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"Massive" bosons
I just read in Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" that particles of integer spin are the force-carrying ones, with no mass. Further on, he states that the massive vector bosons, namely W+, W- and Z0 are vector bosons with masses of around 100 GeV. He gives no explanation regard this phenomenon.
I looked up in Wikipedia and they say it has something to do with the Higgs mechanism. Can someone explain that to me?
I just read in Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" that particles of integer spin are the force-carrying ones, with no mass. Further on, he states that the massive vector bosons, namely W+, W- and Z0 are vector bosons with masses of around 100 GeV. He gives no explanation regard this phenomenon.
I looked up in Wikipedia and they say it has something to do with the Higgs mechanism. Can someone explain that to me?