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Michael Kobel EPPOG meeting CERN 3.10.2008
The Higgs Mechanism(TU Dresden, Würzburg Univ)
Particle(metal sheet)moves in
Vacuum(Air) or
Higgs field(Silicone Oil)with variable
Mass(inclination angle)and can create
Higgs Bosons(bull’s-eye bulge)
YOU CAN TOUCH IT!
Air
Silicon oil
Hight Adjustment
Inclination angle Plate
Bull’s Eye
Crank
Michael Kobel EPPOG meeting CERN 3.10.2008
Suggestion for Demonstration1. Movement of the plate in the air (= space without Higgs field)
Almost without friction “massless”
2. Movement of the plate in Silicon oil (= space with Higgs field) Non-zero friction, need force to accelerate felt as having “mass”
3. Adjusting the inclination angle of the plate
Variation of the friction = variation of mass(NB: The equivalent particle property in nature is still unknown and presents one of nature’s big unanswered questions)
4. Fast movement at a large inclination angle (=high energy massive particles: bottom, top, W, Z ) Silicon oil is set in motion Buckling of the bulls eye= Higgs Particles (VISIBLE!) In reality this “curl” of Higgs Field (= Higgs Particles)
only travels an extremely short distance (~ fm = proton size)and then transforms into detectable particles