![]() ![]() The Mass Mechanism solves this by hypothesizing an ever-present field of waves that slows particles as they pass through it, like atomic flies in cosmic honey. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. But this clearly does not reflect the world around us, in which pretty much everything is more or less heavy. In fact, the theory works best when particles are assumed to have no mass at all. It cannot really explain why they have mass, which gravity turns into weight. “Mass is the thing that gets in the way of perfect symmetry for the particle.”Īt the moment, physics can only really explain how particles bounce around and interact according to the basic forces. Close told a standing-room only audience at the University of Toronto’s physics department this week, in advance of an interview with the National Post. “The basic seeds of matter … have a profound symmetry spoiled by mass,” Prof. Close prefers to call the Mass Mechanism. And if there was ever an elegant unproven idea, it is the Higgs Mechanism, which Prof. They will wait years for evidence, and decades for proof. ![]() The Nobel committee is famous for awarding prizes for ideas that are not only elegant and insightful, but also true. Close says, is that if the God Particle is discovered, and the problem of mass is solved, then six people deserve credit, of whom all are elderly but only one has died, and so the Nobel race could turn into an endurance contest. The most who can win a Nobel is three, and each must be alive. Activate your Online Access Now Article content If you are a Home delivery print subscriber, unlimited online access is included in your subscription. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. ![]()
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