Fundamental Force in a Bathhouse
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Quantum Field Theory Explained
According to quantum field theory, particles aren't tiny little balls that exist independently of everything else. They're not like physical spheres going around the universe. Each of these particles is just a long-lived discrete energy spike in its own so-called quantum field. So, when people call the Higgs boson the God particle because it gives other particles their mass, what they're saying according toQuantumField Theory is that the Higgs Boson interacts less strongly with electrons than quarks.
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