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
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