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if the Higgs bosson field is responsible for giving particles mass. and mass and energy are interchangable e=mc^2. Then is there a field, like the higgs that is responsible for energy. maybe an exited state of the higgs?
ChrisVer said:Which particles don't get their rest mass by Higgs field vev?
dauto said:scalar particles including the higgs field itself may have intrinsic masses that are not created by a higgs vev.
ChrisVer said:Well, that is nice thing to say... :)
Higgs is the only scalar field (speaking about higgs yet it didn't come to my mind as a particle)
except for maybe particles coming from anomalously broken symmetries (eg axion? I am not sure because I haven't grasped the essence of anomalies)
Matterwave said:Doesn't the Higgs boson itself derive mass from spontaneous symmetry breaking, and therefore would be with its interaction with the gauge fields? So one might say the gauge vector bosons acquire mass at the same time as the Higgs due to their interaction with one another.
If neutrinos have a Majorana mass, this would come from elsewhere besides Higgs.ChrisVer said:Which particles don't get their rest mass by Higgs field vev?
The Higgs boson mass and energy refer to the fundamental particle predicted by the Higgs field, which is responsible for giving all other particles in the universe their mass. The Higgs boson has a mass of approximately 125 GeV (gigaelectronvolts) and an energy of 125 GeV.
The Higgs boson was discovered in 2012 by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. Scientists used the LHC to accelerate and collide protons at high energies, creating conditions similar to those present in the early universe. From these collisions, they were able to observe the production and decay of the Higgs boson, confirming its existence and determining its mass and energy.
The discovery of the Higgs boson and its mass and energy was a crucial step in understanding the fundamental building blocks of the universe and how they acquire mass. It also helps to explain the symmetry breaking that occurred in the early universe and is a key piece in the Standard Model of particle physics.
No, the Higgs boson mass and energy are fundamental properties of the particle. They are determined by the strength of the Higgs field and cannot be altered. However, scientists continue to study the Higgs boson and its interactions in order to gain a deeper understanding of its properties and potential implications for the universe.
The Higgs boson mass and energy are directly related through Einstein's famous equation, E=mc². This means that the energy of the Higgs boson is equal to its mass multiplied by the speed of light squared. In particle physics, mass and energy are often used interchangeably, so the Higgs boson's mass can also be referred to as its energy.