Astronomy Cast Ep. 394: The Standard Model - Bosons

By Fraser Cain - November 23, 2015 at 2:59 PM UTC | Physics

All fundamental particles are either fermions or bosons. Last week we talked about quarks, which are fermions. This week we'll talk about bosons, including the famous Higgs boson, recently confirmed by the Large Hadron Collider.

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Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today, founding the website in March 1999. He's also the co-host of Astronomy Cast.