Every boson on the chart so far earns its place the same way: it carries a force. The chart holds one more boson, and it carries no force at all. So what is it for?
Look at the boson column: the photon, the gluon, the W boson, the Z boson. Each one carries a force.
The standard model holds a fifth boson. It carries no force. This fifth boson answers a different question: why do fundamental particles have mass in the first place?
So the sorting line inside the boson family reads: a force-carrier boson passes a force between particles; the Higgs passes no force — it gives fundamental particles their mass. The Higgs is still a boson. It is just not a force carrier.
A chart lists five bosons: the photon, the gluon, the W boson, the Z boson, and the Higgs boson. Which one carries no force?
The photon, the gluon, the W boson, and the Z boson each carry a force.
The Higgs carries no force. It gives fundamental particles their mass.
The Higgs boson carries no force.
Is the Higgs boson a force-carrier boson?
A force-carrier boson passes a force between particles.
The Higgs passes no force.
No. The Higgs is a boson, but not a force carrier.
What does the Higgs boson give to fundamental particles?
Which statement about the Higgs boson is correct?
A student says every boson in the standard model carries a force. Is the student correct?
Four of the five bosons on the chart carry a force. Which boson is the exception?
According to the standard model, what gives fundamental particles their mass?
Which statement about the Higgs boson is correct?