Are there Virtual Particles for Every Field?

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Ryan Reed

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Nov 14, 2015

Just as there are virtual photons, which are in the EM field, are there virtual particles in fields such as the Higgs and Strong?

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Nov 14, 2015

Yes.

But they aren't real in any usual sense. Its simply a pictorial representation of terms in what's called a Dyson series:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_series

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