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I nearly referred to it as infamous in the title. Unfair?
My question is this: why did they add up the combined energy of all the fields when only the Higgs field would be active in void space (I use this term to refer to the spaces between filaments, does it have its own name or is it usually just called intergalactic space?)?
An extension of this question is why do they consider each force to have its own energy field. Isn't it simpler to assume they use a single source of energy, which reacts depending on how it is interacted with? I see a similarity here with String Theory duality.
Should this be in the Quantum Mechanics forum? lol.
If dark energy is consider to also come from the vaccum, wouldn't that tie in with the Higgs Field having a non-zero expectation value? I understand the purpose of the Higgs Field. Breaking symmetry, imparting mass. Usually, descriptions of it talk in terms as if the Higgs field is still operating today, i.e. that we and our planet gain their mass as a sort of ongoing process. I tend to end up thinking about what all this "excess" energy is doing out in deep space with no matter to wrestle with.
I appreciate that when confronted with something that seems obvious, ones first reaction should be to determine if one hasn't simply misunderstood something along the way. That's where you lot come in ;). Something beyond "no" and before "wall-of-maths-crits-you-for-INFINITE-damage". (That one's for Drakkith. He's going to glare at the screen, annoyed when he reads this post, I can feel it.)
My question is this: why did they add up the combined energy of all the fields when only the Higgs field would be active in void space (I use this term to refer to the spaces between filaments, does it have its own name or is it usually just called intergalactic space?)?
An extension of this question is why do they consider each force to have its own energy field. Isn't it simpler to assume they use a single source of energy, which reacts depending on how it is interacted with? I see a similarity here with String Theory duality.
Should this be in the Quantum Mechanics forum? lol.
If dark energy is consider to also come from the vaccum, wouldn't that tie in with the Higgs Field having a non-zero expectation value? I understand the purpose of the Higgs Field. Breaking symmetry, imparting mass. Usually, descriptions of it talk in terms as if the Higgs field is still operating today, i.e. that we and our planet gain their mass as a sort of ongoing process. I tend to end up thinking about what all this "excess" energy is doing out in deep space with no matter to wrestle with.
I appreciate that when confronted with something that seems obvious, ones first reaction should be to determine if one hasn't simply misunderstood something along the way. That's where you lot come in ;). Something beyond "no" and before "wall-of-maths-crits-you-for-INFINITE-damage". (That one's for Drakkith. He's going to glare at the screen, annoyed when he reads this post, I can feel it.)