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John C. Baez @johncarlosbaez.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

The Higgs boson gives elementary particles their mass, but 98% of the visible mass in the Universe (not dark matter) comes from a less famous mechanism: chiral symmetry breaking. This is why protons and neutrons are so much heavier than their quarks! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiral_...

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Chiral symmetry breaking - Wikipedia

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