My brother named it. Not me!Vanadium 50 said:Orodruin's answer is good. To add, the very definition of a field is something that has a value (and zero is a possible value) everywhere in space and time. So it doesn't really make sense to talk about where a field is.
PS Do you have a doctorate? If you don't, why do you call yourself doctor?
Oh sorry I did not know about tagsOrodruin said:Yes. Like all fields, the Higgs field is everywhere.
The Higgs field does not predict that you should gain mass. It predicts that a certain set of elementary particles have mass. If there was no Higgs field, electrons would be massless and you could not exist.
Note: Do not abuse the AIB tags. This is clearly not an A-level thread. A-level means you have a graduate student level understanding and want answers tailored to that level. I have changed the tag to B.
The Higgs field is an invisible energy field that is thought to permeate all of space. It is responsible for giving particles their mass.
The Higgs field was discovered in 2012 by scientists working at the Large Hadron Collider. They detected the Higgs boson, a particle that is associated with the Higgs field.
Yes, the Higgs field is believed to be present everywhere in the universe. It is thought to be a fundamental aspect of our universe.
No, the Higgs field is invisible and cannot be directly measured. However, its effects can be observed through experiments and calculations in particle physics.
The Higgs field is significant because it is responsible for giving particles their mass, which is a crucial aspect of our understanding of the universe and the fundamental forces that govern it.