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It has been predicted and many physicists are banking on it existing, however it has not yet been detected with any reasonable certainty. If it exists, it is expected that the LHC at CERN will find it.
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What is a summary explanation of the Higgs Field?
A summary explanation of the Higgs Field is that it is an energy field that is accompanied by the Higgs Boson.
What gives Higgs boson its mass?
The "Higgs Field".
Where is the higgs field?
The Higgs Field is present throughout the universe; it has a nonzero value everywhere.
Does the Photon interact with the Higgs Field?
The Higgs field is a hypothetical field which explains mass. It is believed to be interaction with this field which gives particles mass. The photon is a massless particle, so it must not interact with the Higgs field.
Why was the Higgs boson named after Peter Higgs?
Peter Higgs is credited with first proposing the existence of the Higgs Field, an idea that resulted in a unification of the electro-magnetic force with the weak interaction. Peter did not name the field after himself, that came later.
Mass depends on what?
Presumably the Higgs field.
Can the higgs boson exist in a nebula?
it exists inside the atom
Can dark matter also be the higgs field?
No. The Higgs Field (and it's particle, the Higgs Boson) are simply part of the explanation for why things have mass. While examine these may help us explain what dark matter is, they are certainly different things.
What is quark and higgs boson?
Quarks are point-like particles found mainly in baryons, mesons etc. The Higgs boson is a primary particle produced when the higgs field is excited
What subatomic particle causes mass?
*IF* the Higgs Field gives an explanation for why some particles have mass and others don't, and *IF* the Higgs Boson is a part of this field; then the discovery of the Higgs Boson would be a major breakthrough in supporting the Higgs Field, and thus the continued use of "The Standard Model." If it is NOT found, then scientists are almsot back to the drawing board. Because of these facts, the Higgs Boson is called, completely erroneously, the particle that creates mass or (worse) the "God Particle." Even the person who first used that term to describe the Higgs Boson hates the use of it. As of this week, scientists at CERN predict that the existence of the Higgs Boson will be known within a year.
How does the Higgs field affect quantum entanglement?
The Higgs Field has nothing to do with quantum entanglement. Quantum Entanglement is the phenomena that, when a particle decays into two particles, they travel in separate directions. When one particle is observed to be spinning in one direction, then we will immediately know that the other particle is spinning in the opposite direction. However, neither particle is spinning until it is observed, yet the other particle suddenly "decides" which way it is spinning as soon as the first is observed. Particles interacting with the Higgs Field (all of the particles that exist interact with the Higgs Field) simply take on mass, which depends on the strength of the interaction with the field. If a particle decays, then it will decay into a particle-antiparticle pair. Since all particles and their antiparticle counterparts have the same mass, there is no entanglement.
Is dark matter and God Particle the same?
They have absolutely nothing to do with each other. Dark matter is that "something out there" that interacts with baryonic matter (ie, that small amount of our Universe we understand) via gravity but not in any other way. We don't have a good idea of what this stuff IS, but we're working on it. The Higgs Boson (its nickname as the "God Particle" being one of the silliest names for anything in science, ever) is a particle predicted by the (hypothetical) existence of the Higgs Field. If Peter Higgs (and others) was right in explaining why some particles have mass and other particles don't, then the Higgs Boson should exist for about 10^-14 seconds, given the right conditions. When a particles that almost certainly were Higgs were found last year, it was big boost for the correctness of the Higgs Field.
