
Would the Universe be different with a zero Higgs field?
Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
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The Third Effect of a Zero Higgs Field
There would be a particle, the X particle, which is similar sort of to the photon in that it's a single particle that mediates a force about as powerful as electricity and magnetism. And then we'd have these other three particles, the W123, from what we call the isospin force, except it wouldn't have the Higgs boson field slowing it down. The third effect, which might be the biggest, is the one that would blow us all up. This one would literally blow up your spot.
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