> On 28 May 2019, at 14:25, Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 10:07 PM Bruno Marchal <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > On 28 May 2019, at 06:48, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List > <[email protected] <mailto:[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.
Thanks for the precision. I am not entirely convinced, but then I have not yet come to an acceptable interpretation of QM and especially on quantum field theory, nor do I have any explanation on the nature of the virtual particles and Feyman diagram.I think nobody does. Maybe soling the quantum gravity problem will help, or perhaps it will make things even less comprehensible. Bruno > > 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] > <mailto:[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 > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAFxXSLTw3Jc_fLurnedk%2BJ60PbuTiBkA-WZ3mwm8bAe0jQVG-Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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/11C779B7-07E3-413C-860E-A1F87465FB3B%40ulb.ac.be.
