The Higgs boson has the mass of 133 protons about the same as a cesium atom

Subject: The Higgs boson has the mass of 133 protons about the same as a cesium atom

Date: Mon Dec 31 09:22:10 2012
Posted by Alan
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How can there be masses less than one Higgs boson? How can a particle that 
decays so rapidly confer mass? At a low enough mass are there measurable 
fluctuations to mass dependant qualities such as enertia?

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