Does Higgs exist in nature or is it merely artificially synthesized particle?

SzethFriendOfNimi , 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago)

The way I understand it is that it’s a field just as photons are an excitation of the electromagnetic field.

Except that the Higgs interacts with some particles giving them “mass” where they otherwise wouldn’t.

So it “exists” in the sense that there is an all pervasive field that is interacting with other fields/particles.

PBS space time is a great channel for things like this

youtu.be/G0Q4UAiKacw

And here’s an easier intro to the topic

youtu.be/kixAljyfdqU

ubermeisters , 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago)

PBS space time, as user friendly as it is, constantly misrepresents the nature of reality for the convenience of explanation, just as a grain of salt. Not saying it’s a bad channel, just saying it’s supposed to be entry level.

SzethFriendOfNimi , 7 months ago

Definitely. There’s always whole swathes of nuance and you have to do that. Even so I still find some of it hard to follow.

Similar to viascience. Great introductory material that gets harder and harder the deeper you go.

Which, to me, just speaks of the incredible depth of knowledge we have and astounds me that we figured out as much as we have as it gets less and less intuitive.