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Hello all .
If there is not higgs boson that mean all elementary particle travel velocity of light through space ?
If there is not higgs boson that mean all elementary particle travel velocity of light through space ?
Yes i want to know does all particle travel at c when there is not Higgs particle ? or not ?phinds said:So, do you think it has been found experimentally true that all elementary particles travel at c? What does that answer tell you about your question?
Bill_K said:Also, don't think that the mass-giving interaction with the Higgs field is universal. It applies only to particles that participate in the electroweak interactions.
That includes everything today, but the situation is expected to soon change. There is very good indirect evidence for the existence of dark matter. If dark matter particles do exist, since they don't have an electroweak interaction, they can carry mass without the assistance of the Higgs field.
It is not, and I do not like the analogy, as it can be misleading: There are slow, light particles, and fast, heavy particles. Actually, every particle is slow in some reference frames and fast in others. And the Higgs field does not "slow down" anything - if no external forces act on a particle, it just keeps its velocity (unlike a crowd at a party).big_bounce said:And that's exactly the way the Higgs mechanism works.
Gluons do not participate in the electroweak interaction, and photons do not get a mass from the Higgs boson.Bill_K said:Also, don't think that the mass-giving interaction with the Higgs field is universal. It applies only to particles that participate in the electroweak interactions.
That includes everything today, but the situation is expected to soon change. There is very good indirect evidence for the existence of dark matter. If dark matter particles do exist, since they don't have an electroweak interaction, they can carry mass without the assistance of the Higgs field.
Unfortunately, those models are turning out to be wrong. What about axions?Most dark matter models assume particles which do interact via the weak interaction.
Bill_K said:What about axions?
To quote a SUSY physicist: "You cannot exclude SUSY".Bill_K said:Unfortunately, those models are turning out to be wrong.
tom.stoer said:I don't think that hadron masses are related to chiral symmetry breaking; chiral symmetry breaking with massless quarks (w/o Higgs) results in massless pions. Mechanisms related to hadron confinement and therefore mass spectra are not related to chiral symmetry breaking, at least not directly.
The Higgs boson is a subatomic particle that is theorized to give mass to other particles in the universe. It is also known as the "God particle" and was discovered in 2012 by scientists at the Large Hadron Collider.
The existence of the Higgs boson helps to explain how particles in the universe have mass. It also helps to fill in missing pieces of the Standard Model of particle physics and helps to further our understanding of the fundamental building blocks of the universe.
If the Higgs boson does not exist, it would mean that our current understanding of how particles acquire mass is incorrect. It would also mean that the Standard Model of particle physics would need to be revised and updated.
Scientists search for the Higgs boson by accelerating particles at high energies and then observing the collisions that occur. They look for specific patterns and signatures in the data that would indicate the presence of the Higgs boson.
If the Higgs boson is not found, it would mean that our current understanding of the universe is incomplete. It could also lead to new theories and ideas about the fundamental nature of particles and their interactions. Additionally, it could have practical applications in fields such as technology and medicine.