Does Negative Mass Impact Expansion in Vacuum Space?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion centers on the interaction of antiparticles with the Higgs field, particularly exploring the concept of negative mass and its potential implications for the expansion of the universe, dark energy, and inflation. Participants examine theoretical ideas and challenge each other's reasoning within the context of particle physics and cosmology.

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  • Debate/contested, Conceptual clarification, Exploratory

Main Points Raised

  • One participant questions how antiparticles interact with the Higgs field, suggesting that they might have negative mass and could influence cosmic expansion.
  • Another participant asserts that antiparticles have positive mass, equal to that of their corresponding particles, challenging the initial hypothesis.
  • A later reply acknowledges that while the original argument may not be correct, it presents a logical structure worth considering.
  • One participant criticizes the use of popular science descriptions as inadequate for making predictions in physics, suggesting that they do not align with established scientific understanding.
  • Another participant emphasizes the importance of professional scientific thinking and critiques the original post as speculative and based on misunderstandings.
  • A final comment dismisses the thread as personal speculation and suggests closing the discussion.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express disagreement on the nature of antiparticles and their mass, with some supporting the idea of negative mass and others firmly stating that antiparticles possess positive mass. The discussion remains unresolved with competing views on the implications of these ideas.

Contextual Notes

Participants highlight limitations in the original argument, including potential misunderstandings of particle physics and the applicability of popular science concepts to theoretical predictions.

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does anyone have a view on how an anti particle interacts with the Higgs field?

Does it have negative mass and could that mass be greater than the associated "positive" matter particle created in vacuum space as the universe fabric extends.

If true, the expansion drives the borrowing from the vacuum, and a fractionally higher "anti" mass / coupling with Higgs of the anti particle would drive the acceleration in expansion.

As the fabric stretches the likelihood of annihilation collisions would fractionally diminish so the system would feedback and the borrowed vacuum particles would grow greater over time and add to a "thinning / dilution / surface tension" of the Higgs field?

That would seem to explain dark energy and initial inflation and now acceleration of expansion..

Thoughts please?
 
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yerty4235437y said:
does anyone have a view on how an anti particle interacts with the Higgs field?
In exactly the same way as particles.

Antiparticles have positive mass as well, exactly the same mass as their partners.
yerty4235437y said:
Thoughts please?
None of this makes sense.
 
while it may well not be correct, the logical argument does make sense.
 
No, not at all. You can't use popular science descriptions as arguments for anything. They are at best somewhat linked to the actual physics, but using them to make predictions beyond their applicability doesn't work.
 
And how is progress made beyond the conventional thinking?
 
yerty4235437y said:
And how is progress made beyond the conventional thinking?
You cannot compare what you have proposed in this thread with the "what if" thinking of professional scientists. A professional scientist knows where the boundaries of the box is and how to think outside of it. Your "argument" is just based on word salad and misunderstanding of what the box looks like.
 
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The OP is personal speculation based on misunderstandings. Thread closed.
 

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