Can Antimatter react with Higgs?

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Antimatter can indeed react with the Higgs Field to gain mass, as established by current theoretical frameworks. The Higgs Field is a scalar field, and the Higgs boson is a spin-zero particle that confers mass to all fermions, including antiparticles. This conclusion aligns with the definitions provided in particle physics, confirming that antiparticles should interact with the Higgs Field similarly to their matter counterparts.

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Since Particles react with the Higgs Field to gain mass, can't the antiparticles react with it too to gain mass.
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Not only can, they should.

With the usual caveat of course - IF we figured them out correctly. However, since you refer to the Higgs as currently defined by theory then, within that same theory, the answer is - yep.
 
The Higgs field is believed to be a scalar field, meaning the Higgs should be a spin zero boson and indiscriminatively confer mass to all fermions. For discussion, see http://arxiv.org/abs/1202.6660
 

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