deadscientist said:Hello all,
How is it that super symmetry accounts for the Higgs having a mass and what would the 4 remaining Higgs bosons account for?
Supersymmetry is a theoretical framework that proposes a symmetry between fermions (particles with half-integer spin) and bosons (particles with integer spin) in particle physics. It suggests that for every known particle, there exists a yet-to-be-discovered "superpartner" particle with a different spin.
The Higgs field is a fundamental field in particle physics that is theorized to give mass to particles. It is believed to permeate the entire universe, and particles that interact with the Higgs field gain mass while those that do not remain massless.
Supersymmetry suggests that for every boson in the Standard Model (which describes all known particles and their interactions), there exists a fermionic partner. This would include a superpartner for the Higgs boson, called the Higgsino, which plays a crucial role in the mechanism of electroweak symmetry breaking.
The search for supersymmetry and the Higgs is important because it could help explain certain phenomena in particle physics, such as the hierarchy problem (the large discrepancy between the strength of gravity and the other fundamental forces) and the nature of dark matter. It could also provide evidence for the existence of new particles and interactions beyond the Standard Model.
Although the theory of supersymmetry and the Higgs has not been conclusively proven, there have been many experiments and observations that support its existence. The discovery of the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider in 2012 was a major step towards validating this theory, but more data and experiments are needed to confirm its predictions.