Higgs mechanism

English

Etymology

From Higgs (“a surname”) + mechanism; named after British physicist Peter Higgs, who is credited with its discovery.

Noun

Higgs mechanism (plural Higgs mechanisms)

1. (physics) The proposed interaction between elementary particles and the Higgs field that imbues the particles with mass and breaks the electroweak symmetry.

Related terms

• Higgs
• Higgs boson
• Higgs field
• Higgsino
• Higgs particle