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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.
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What is a higgs bosson?
A Higgs Boson is a particle that is hypothesised to give other particles their mass. All fields have gauge particles, or bosons, for example, the electromagnetic field's boson is the photon. Peter Higgs' theory was that all particles that have mass are interacting with a sea of Higgs particles, and it was this interaction that gave these particles their mass. The Large Hadron Collider at CERN recently discovered a Higgs-like particle at a mass of around 125 Gigaelectronvolts.
What is a negative Higgs field?
A Higgs boson field is simply a medium of Higgs bosons with which other particles pass through and interact. The Higgs boson field is believed to be what gives some particles their mass, though the existence of Higgs bosons has yet to be proven.
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.
Photon does not have charge then how does it have electromagnetic field?
Well one way to look at it is that a photon IS an electromagnetic field. The photon is the gauge particle for the electromagnetic force. Without photons there would be no electromagnetic interaction force, and therefore no electromagnetic fields.
State and Explain Early and current ideas about matter?
A moderately complete answer to this question would take a pretty lengthy book. Given that, I suggest you Google "Higgs" or "Higgs field" or "Higgs boson"; these should give you a handle on the latest ideas/theories. Good luck.
Why the rest mass of photon is zero in quantum mechanic?
I have a theory gw+l=gw l=m. If a gravitational warp traps photon then photon have mass. A small amount 0.000000000000000000000000001 mg. That is what i think. ============================================= Until such time as the previous contributor's hunch can be tested in the laboratory, all theory and experiment so far has shown the rest mass of the photon to be zero.
Could dark matter and the higgs field be the same thing the both don't interact whit matter but do affect it indirectly?
The Higgs field and Dark Matter are the same thing.... I'll take my Noble Prize now.
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.
I don't get it some particles of matter are said to be massless because they don't interact with the Higgs field at all but matter is defined as anything that takes up space and has mass any ideas?
Matter is typically defined as something that has rest-mass and volume. Therefore massless particles are not considered matter under that definition. Since they have no mass they do not interact with the theoretical Higgs field. Example, a photon does not have rest-mass, although strictly speaking it has relativistic momentum given by p=E/c.
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.
What is a higgs bosson?
A Higgs Boson is a particle that is hypothesised to give other particles their mass. All fields have gauge particles, or bosons, for example, the electromagnetic field's boson is the photon. Peter Higgs' theory was that all particles that have mass are interacting with a sea of Higgs particles, and it was this interaction that gave these particles their mass. The Large Hadron Collider at CERN recently discovered a Higgs-like particle at a mass of around 125 Gigaelectronvolts.
Which is a not a subatomic particle?
Examples: positron, photon, neutrino, muon, tau, Higgs boson etc.
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.
What were the forces in the god particle?
The God Particle, referred to by scientists as the Higgs Boson, is responsible for a particle having mass. Most particles in the universe have mass. However, if symmetry is to be preserved, all particles must be massless. This is a problematic result of the universe simply existing. In order to have symmetry preserved, there must be some field that is being interacted with. Higgs Particles (in order for the Higgs Mechanism to work there must be more than one) essentially generate a field. Heavier particles interact more with the field and lighter particles interact less. It can be thought of as wading through a pool: you have a harder time moving if you apply more force with your legs but it is easier to move if you use less force. The Higgs Particles are expected to have a spin of 2 and to be electrically neutral. They are not expected to interact with any forces except for gravity and the Weak Force (responsible for particle decay).
What is a negative Higgs field?
A Higgs boson field is simply a medium of Higgs bosons with which other particles pass through and interact. The Higgs boson field is believed to be what gives some particles their mass, though the existence of Higgs bosons has yet to be proven.
