[Graing]

They 'think' that the Higgs Boson makes up a field that imparts mass. It does so by imparting inertia on the quarks that make up protons. The Higgs has no spin, unlike other elementary particles.

Now, I don't think they have observed the Higgs particle causing this or have measured its mass. I think they found a particle and it seems, initially, that it has no spin. I think there's a leap there because they are really trying to square up the Standard Model and explain where mass comes from.

Disclaimer : I am not a physicist, nor do I play one on T.V. I also did not stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

[MRadtke]

“They ‘think’ that the Higgs Boson makes up a field that imparts mass. It does so by imparting inertia on the quarks that make up protons.”

That is interesting. If that is the case, why do electrons have mass?