I've read material claiming it comes from the Higgs boson fails while others claim it is from the tensions of quarks in the gluon field... I am only a 15 year old kid in high school so please "dumb it down"
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Have you seen the video by Veritasium? – udiboy1209 Jul 28 '13 at 18:10
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Yes that is what confused me since all other sources say it is for Higgs... – user27606 Jul 28 '13 at 18:12
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Well in that video(and also another video), creating that empty space between those quarks takes a lot of energy. That energy contributes to the majority of the mass of the object, the Higgs field contributes for the rest. So what is your question exactly? – udiboy1209 Jul 28 '13 at 18:18
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So rather it is that both of them are true and create mass? – user27606 Jul 28 '13 at 18:19
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That's what he says. Maybe someone else here can confirm this... – udiboy1209 Jul 28 '13 at 18:20
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Do you have any idea in what percentage I the mass each creates – user27606 Jul 28 '13 at 18:21
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Related: http://physics.stackexchange.com/q/64232/2451 and links therein. – Qmechanic Jul 28 '13 at 18:22
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1Mass is interaction. Most mass we observe is due to the interaction amongst quarks. A tiny remainder is due to other interactions including the interaction with the Higgs field. – Johannes Jul 28 '13 at 18:39
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Protip: even those spell-checkers that do pretty well with basic technical vocabulary are likely to be lacking when it comes to more specialized terms, so it isn't safe to trust then. – dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten Jul 28 '13 at 20:44