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Frivolous · 11-23-2002, 02:42 AM

I would like to point out that there is no mention of this 'bang of bigness' in The Holy Bible

Answerer · 11-24-2002, 04:09 AM

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DNAunion: What massless particles change into quarks and leptons?

It is thought by many that the Higgs boson (or is it the Higgs field) is what gives particles their mass. But does it turn massless particles like photons into quarks and leptons? I don't think so.</strong>

Are you trying to say that higgs boson existed at the same time as the rest of the massless particles such as gravitons and photons(they may be the same at that time)?

eh · 11-24-2002, 07:53 AM

The Higgs can also be thought of as a field, which pervades all space. The ground state of this field is a non zero energy, and these bosons are just the name for the quanta carrying this energy. Since the Higgs would essentially be the source of vacuum energy, it probably pre-existed all other particles.

Demosthenes · 11-24-2002, 08:11 AM

I don't think that is entirely accurate. Higgs is postulated to account for the mass of the particles moving through it. I don't think it accounts for everything in a vaccum, at least for what I understand about it.

eh · 11-25-2002, 08:31 AM

Perhaps not. If these virtual particles borrow energy from the gravitational field to lead their brief existence, as it's been claimed, the Higgs would merely be this field where the energy comes from. At least I think that's the rough idea of it.

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11-23-2002, 02:42 AM	#51
Frivolous Regular Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 101	I would like to point out that there is no mention of this 'bang of bigness' in The Holy Bible

11-24-2002, 07:53 AM	#53
eh Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Canada Posts: 624	The Higgs can also be thought of as a field, which pervades all space. The ground state of this field is a non zero energy, and these bosons are just the name for the quanta carrying this energy. Since the Higgs would essentially be the source of vacuum energy, it probably pre-existed all other particles.

11-24-2002, 08:11 AM	#54
Demosthenes Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: a speck of dirt Posts: 2,510	I don't think that is entirely accurate. Higgs is postulated to account for the mass of the particles moving through it. I don't think it accounts for everything in a vaccum, at least for what I understand about it.

11-25-2002, 08:31 AM	#55
eh Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Canada Posts: 624	Perhaps not. If these virtual particles borrow energy from the gravitational field to lead their brief existence, as it's been claimed, the Higgs would merely be this field where the energy comes from. At least I think that's the rough idea of it.

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