On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 10:07 PM Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 28 May 2019, at 06:48, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Mass comes from interaction with the Higgs field. Higgs particles aren't > necessary; which is good since it takes a lot of energy to create one. > > > Apology for my naivety, but is not the relation between the Higgs field > and the Higgs particles not similar to the usual relation between wave and > particles? > Not really. The field (now called the Higgs field) was hypothesised in connection with electroweak theory in order to give the weak vector currents (W^+ and W^-) mass. Peter Higgs was awarded the Nobel prize for pointing out that if there is a field, there must be an associated particle: namely, the Higgs boson (as it is now called). This is a consequence of relativistic field theory, and really nothing to do with non-relativistic wave-particle duality. Bruce If not, that would explain the difficulties I have with how to extends > Everett formulation of QM to field theory, not mentioning the gravitational > field. > > Bruno > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAFxXSLTw3Jc_fLurnedk%2BJ60PbuTiBkA-WZ3mwm8bAe0jQVG-Q%40mail.gmail.com.
