How leptons and quarks got mass and began to actively interact The Higgs boson is responsible for the masses of quarks, leptons and intermediate bosons involved in weak interactions of elementary particles — it was specifically introduced into the theory … Continue reading
You never know where you find neutrinos and where you lose In the seventies, experiments were carried out to study the weak interaction in the CERN Big European Bubble Chamber (BEBC). The results of measurement of the interaction parameter, called … Continue reading
How the understanding of asymmetry of the weak interaction was coming Following pions, in 1947 positively charged kaons were discovered, which decay into either two or three pions. These decays are relatively slow as occur due to the weak interaction. … Continue reading
On the stunning results of elementary particle physics and cosmology Modern knowledge of the microcosm and the cosmos is still far from perfect. For example, we can not describe in detail the strong interactions of elementary particles, or explain the … Continue reading
Departing together with electrons and carrying the invisible energy The discovery of neutrons, it seemed, has clarified the structure of matter. All elementary particles needed to build atoms were known. It only remained unclear where are the electrons observed in … Continue reading