The AMS paper will report the positron-electron ratio in the mass range of 0.5 to 350 Gigaelectronvolts.

BBC: Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer to release first results

The electron would have no mass if it were not for this "substance, " the field made of Higgs particles.

CNN: Scientists more certain that particle is Higgs boson

And that resistance is what we, in our big everyday world, think of as the mass of the electron.

CNN: Scientists more certain that particle is Higgs boson

Both indicate that, if what they have seen really are Higgses, then the boson has a mass of about 125 giga-electron-volts (GeV), in the esoteric units which are used to measure how heavy subatomic particles are.

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