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Why is it called the Higgs particle?
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Higgs boson is named after the physicist Peter Higgs. The Higgs boson is the particle that gives other particles their mass. It is a fundamental piece of the Standard Model of particle physics. The Higgs boson is a particular type of particle called a scalar boson. Scalar bosons have spin 0, which means that they are neutral and have no electric charge. The Higgs boson is the only scalar boson predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics.