First of all, it's my understanding that the Higgs Boson has yet to be definitively observed (just it's "presence", which has been presumed from the data thus far gathered). So, it still (again, my understanding) only exists as a math lover's wet dream.
So, to me, the effect that either of the Higgs permutations may have on gravity (or vice-versa) has yet to be discovered. So much of theoretical physics relies on a "willful suspension of disbelief" that I, for one, kinda lose interest.
There are, of course, many who think otherwise.
Also:
As the particle moves through the Higgs field it is said that it absorbs Higgs bosons. Does it have to move in order for this to happen?
Well, if it didnt move it would not be much good to us because movement is a very important aspect of everything we do. So whether or not it absorbs bosons if it doesnt move may not matter unless you can find an application that does any good when it only contains particles that dont move. Or perhaps you have something else in mind.
What else we might try to find out is if the Higgs field itself moves, ie the bosons.
Been doing a little more reading will post later but found a quote that i think relates to our topic here and one you will like MrAl "A fish probably cannot understand the existence of water; he is too deeply immersed in it." just give a thought about what we are talking about and this, made me laugh.
Hi again,
If you had a very special flashlight that could shoot Higgs bosons and aimed it at a special massless wall and turned it on, you would be transmitting the Higgs field to the wall via the Higgs bosons and that would cause the wall to have mass but not just at the surface but through the whole wall.
MrAl said:Energy is often stored in fields. The field is said to be an "influence" which means that it's always there but it wont cause anything to happen unless something enters inside it's range of influence. The range of influence tells us that it is truly localized which proves something must really be there. Think of an electrostatic field.
MrAl said:The Higgs field is supposed to be everywhere and supposedly comes into existence just moments after the big bang. Because it is everywhere it is harder to observe (think of Noodles reply about the fish in the water).
MrAl said:This is like the hole in the ground idea in philosophy, where we can say the hole is an entity in itself even though there is nothing there, or we can say it is not there simply because there is nothing there. If we could find a 'hole' in the Higgs field we'd have it made...
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