The discussion revolves around scalar interactions, particularly in the context of the Higgs vacuum expectation value (vev) and their effect on the chirality of interacting particles. Participants explore the implications of these interactions for mass generation in fermions, touching on concepts such as angular momentum and Lorentz invariance.
Participants express differing views on the relationship between scalar interactions and chirality, with no consensus reached on whether scalar interactions reverse chirality or if they allow for coupling of both chiralities.
The discussion includes assumptions about the nature of scalar interactions and their implications for chirality and mass generation, which remain unresolved. The dependence on definitions of chirality and angular momentum is also noted.
ok thanks i understand it sort of(and sorry for posting this as a intermediate level thread. ishouldve posted it as basic...). so scalar interactions preserve angular momentum(i guess helicity... right?) but does not 'think about' chirality and therefore they can couple left-right chiral particles which leads to fermion mass...right?Vanadium 50 said:I would say it's the exact opposite - because they are scalars, they don't care about chirality and thus can couple left-handed and right-handed fields.