from what i read,
The Higgs boson or Higgs
particle is a proposed elementary particle in the
Standard Model of particle
physics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson
In particle physics, an
elementary particle or fundamental
particle is a particle not known to have
substructure,[1]
thus it is not known to be made up of smaller particles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_particle
In Buddhism's the smallest particle known as 邻虚尘(neighbor
of space) or 极微之微, is not to be
divided any more.
What is the smallest particle of matter known?
So far it looks like there is nothing smaller inside an
atom than quarks. Our experiments look
for evidence that quarks have some sort of shape or structure. If
they do have a shape or structure rather than just being a point
(which by itself is a very difficult concept to understand), then
there might be some sub-quark constituents. At present there is
little or no evidence of any structure to the quark. Maybe there is
though! That might be something for you, the next generation, to
look for and try to figure out!
http://education.jlab.org/qa/quark_01.html
三千年后的今天，科学技术进步，人们可以用最精密的仪器观察宇宙人生，观察一切物体，发现一切万物都是从原子、电子、基本粒子所组成的。过去以为原子是最小的，不能再分割了；近年来由于科技进步，原子可以分裂为中子、质子。随着科学仪器的进步，中子、质子又可以分解，外国人称之为QUARK（夸克），这是目前所发现最小的。是不是还能分裂？科学家认为如果科技再进步，很可能再分裂成更微小的物体。这种分法就像佛经里讲的微尘、色聚极微、极微之微，分到最后就是所谓的“邻虚尘”，不能再分了。-------净空法师讲述
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