Is the Higgs Particle the Sole Determinant of Inertia?

[Zman]

The Higgs particle is said to be required for mass.
Does this mass in this case mean inertia?

Surely all that is required for mass is energy.

 

[krishna mohan]

No...we are talking about the rest mass here...not about the total relativistic mass...photon, for example, is massless...


in the electroweak theory, electrons and photons are originally massless...It is something like this..the particles have a lagrangian...there is a definite form for the mass term of a particle in a lagrangian...but in the electroweak lagrangian those terms are not allowed as they break the symmetries we want the lagrangian to have in order to explain experiments...so people found another way to bring about the mass terms...but that method requires at least an extra particle called the Higgs particle..

Neutrino and the photon are massless even after all this...but again, mass means rest mass only..

 

[sir-pinski]

The Higgs particle plays a crucial role in giving particles their mass, but it is not directly responsible for inertia. Inertia is the resistance an object has to changes in its motion, and it is determined by its mass. The mass of an object is a measure of its inertia, but it is not the only factor that contributes to it. Energy also plays a role in inertia, as objects with more energy tend to have more inertia.

So while the Higgs particle is necessary for particles to have mass, it is not the only factor that determines their inertia. Inertia is a complex concept that involves both mass and energy, and the Higgs particle is just one piece of the puzzle.