left and right handed spinning versions of the particles dont behave the same

see that right handed electrons dont interact with weak force

i.e. e(r) sits right on the 0 of the x-axis

if a particle has a line over it, thats the antimatter version of the particle

so theres 4 different electrons.

i with you so far.

left handed and right handed electron

and left handed and right handed positron

notice how the DISTANCE between every particle

is represented by a force carrier vector

i.e. if you take a down quark and add W to it, you get an up quark

ok i'm starting to get a bit lost now. lol

oh yeah i get you

left and right handed particles are connected by higgs interactions

higgs is the center line

oh that's pretty cool

yes this is fantastic image

so, when a left handed down quark interacts with higgs field, it becomes right handed down quark

and etc for all the other particles

so this BREAKS a symmetry

the higgs field is infinite

so all these particles can jump around on the X and Y axis

so the stable dimension that remains

is perpendicular, the electric charge

thats preserved after higgs interactions

epic

this is why we say the higgs is responsible for electroweak symmetry breaking

and now you basically understand how it works

if i ever get past undergrad physics, i'm coming to you for questions i have. lmao

The only things this chart leaves out are like.... really theres 3 generations of matter, so pretend its superimposed on another dimension for flavor.

you've heard of electron, muon, and tau right

yeah

similarly for quarks, its up/down, charm/strange, and top/bottom

and this chart completely leaves out gluons, the force carriers of the strong force

but there's no way we can show all that in 2d

if we tried, it would look something like this