In order to understand what the universe is, we need to know a bit about Quantum Physics and its last discoveries.
We learned that elementary particles like quarks and electrons are the foundation upon which all matter in the universe is built. We know how these particles interact but we didn’t know how they were getting their mass.
The experts believe the Higgs boson gives the particles mass and fills in one of the key holes in modern physics.
“The Higgs boson is the last missing piece of our current understanding of the most fundamental nature of the universe,” Martin Archer, a physicist at Imperial College in London
See this drawing = wonderful analogy and explanation
The 2013 Physics Nobel Prize has been awarded to two physicists (François Englert -Universite Libre de Bruxelles- and Peter Higgs -University of Edinburgh) who developed the theory that helps explain the origin of mass of elementary particles :
and predicts the existence of the Higgs Boson ( so called ” God particle” -It’s nothing to do with religion — the only similarity is you’re seeing something that’s a field that’s everywhere, in all spaces.).
If you want to read more about the Higgs field, click here
Would you like to find out more about what scientists played with in the last decades? If ” yes”, watch the next videos:
The Elegant Universe (about String Theory and the Theory of Everything):
More recent: QUANTUM LEAP ~ THE FABRIC OF THE COSMOS 2015
- The Fabric of the Cosmos 1 of 4) What Is Space
- The Fabric of the Cosmos 2 of 4) The Illusion of Time
- The Fabric of the Cosmos 3 of 4) Quantum Leap
- The Fabric of the Cosmos 4 of 4) Universe or Multiverse
One Universe or more than one?
This post helped me a lot to learn more about our Universe.
Bravo Antonie!!
Aceasta postare m-a impresionat si m-a facut sa privesc Universul din alta perspectiva:
cea a fizicenilor.
Putem spune ca fizica cuatinca a evoluat foarte mult in ultima vreme odata cu aparitia acceleratoarelor de particule ca L.H.C si C.E.R.N.
Trebuie sa nu ne oprim in a ne pune intrebari.
Va astept cu mai multe stiri in acest domeniu.
Multumesc pentru timpul acordat!
Cine raspunde urmatoarelor intrebari , va primi un premiu consistent din partea mea:
1. What is the Unification Theory/ The Theory of Everything?
2. Describe the 4 main forces that act in Universe
3.What do the physicists think that Gravity is?
4.What are the Strings in Strings Theory?
5. How many dimensions are predicted by the Strings Theory?
6. Who was Michael Greene?
I stop here. The answers are to be found in the “Elegant Universe” videos (part1 and part2)
Here you have another set of questions:
1.Who was the first person saying that the empty space is not empty, but full of activity that forces objects to move?
2. Where is the most powerful particle accelerator in the world? What is the speed of the particles in this accelerator?
3. What are the scientists searching for at CERN?
and :
How was Newton’s space considered?
How was Einstein’s space looking like?