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Is the Higgs boson and the Graviton two descriptions of the same thing?
Higgs Boson & Graviton: Same or Different?
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No. See this thread: https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=497820
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Thanks... I think.
Perhaps I'll stick with the laymen explanation until they make a 'for dummies' book about it - Higgs field gives mass, Graviton gives gravity.
Perhaps I'll stick with the laymen explanation until they make a 'for dummies' book about it - Higgs field gives mass, Graviton gives gravity.
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Except it's really the other way around: gravity gives graviton. And Higgs permits mass. Nobody knows what really causes mass!
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