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Higgs mechanism
  ساز-و-کار ِ هیگز  
sâzokâr-e Higgs
Fr.: mécanisme de Higgs  

In the → standard model of → particle physics, a mechanism postulated to endow mass to
→ elementary particles. Simply put, a background field, called the → Higgs field, becomes locally distorted whenever a particle moves through it. The distortion generates the particle’s mass.

See also: → Higgs boson; → mechanism.