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Letter: Heavy Higgs?

Published 14 August 2004

From Rod Munday

The article on the search for the Higgs particle contained much speculation about its mass (17 July, p 38). This raises the question: if the Higgs particle gives mass to other particles, what gives the Higgs its mass?

Cardiff, UK

Issue no. 2460 published 14 August 2004

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