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I believe I understand how the Higgs field imparts "mass" on a particle. Would someone explain how the existence of the Higgs Field means there has to be a Higgs Particle?
Fixed it.imsmooth said:I should have marked my understanding as "I".
It's the other way around. We have an EM field, and when we quantize it we discover that it supports quantized excitations that we call "photons". There's a pretty decent overview (but not even close to being a substitute for a real textbook) at:Don't photons create their EM field? Isn't the EM field there because of the photons?
It is a counting argument. The massive particles obtain their mass because they "eat" certain degrees of freedom of the Higgs field. At the end this leaves you with one remaining degree of freedom, which shows itself as a dynamical field on its own. After quantizing it, you get a particle from this, similar to how one obtains a photon from an EM-field.imsmooth said:I believe I understand how the Higgs field imparts "mass" on a particle. Would someone explain how the existence of the Higgs Field means there has to be a Higgs Particle?
The Higgs Field is a theoretical field that is thought to give particles their mass by interacting with them. It is a fundamental part of the Standard Model of particle physics.
The Higgs Particle, also known as the Higgs Boson, is a particle that is thought to be responsible for the Higgs Field. Its existence was confirmed in 2012 by the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
The Higgs Field interacts with particles, giving them a resistance or "drag" as they move through it. This resistance results in the particles having mass.
The discovery of the Higgs Particle confirmed the existence of the Higgs Field and helped to validate the Standard Model. It also provided a deeper understanding of how particles acquire mass.
The Higgs Mechanism is a theory that explains how particles acquire mass through interactions with the Higgs Field. It is a key component of the Standard Model and helps to explain the origins of mass in the universe.