The Higgs mechanism plays a key role in the physics of elementary particles: in the context of the Standard Model, the theory which, describes in a unified framework the electromagnetic, weak, and strong nuclear interactions, it allows for the generation of particle masses while preserving the fundamental symmetries of the theory. This mechanism predicts the existence of a new type of particle, the scalar Higgs boson, with unique characteristics. The detection of this particle and the study of its fundamental properties is a major goal of high-energy particle colliders, such as the CERN Large Hadron Collider or LHC. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
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Djouadi, A. (2011). The higgs mechanism and the origin of mass. In Mass and Motion in General Relativity (Vol. 162, pp. 1–23). Kluwer Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3015-3_1
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