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Can anyone explain when and where the Higgs enters the reaction? That is the most interesting for me, since we don't have anti Higgs.

drdeca 11y ago
I thought that the Higgs Boson was its own antiparticle, like the photon? I am not sure.
- georgeaf99 11y ago
  I will preface this by saying my understanding of particle physics is very basic... Yes, that is correct. The Higgs particle is also extremely unstable and decays into two photons almost immediately.
  - eli_gottlieb 11y ago
    Wait, why does the field-quantum for inertia decay into the field-quantum for light?
    - drdeca 11y ago
      I am not at all sure, but my guess is that: the results must be electrically neutral in total the results must have the same total spin (0) (this might require that all the resulting things have spin 0 but I don't know) the results must conserve a variety of other quantities, I think maybe pairs photons are (one of?) the only things that meets these requirements? I'm not sure. I'm mainly guessing. But, if proton collisions can cause Higgs Bosons, I think maybe the idea is that so long as all the quantities are conserved(charge, mass, color, spin, momentum, etc. etc.), any particles with small enough energy can be the result maybe? I don't know if that is the idea. I'm just guessing based on how things are described wrt protons, but I might be misinterpreting things.
- georgeaf99 11y ago
  I will preface this by saying my understanding of particle physics is very basic... Yes, that is correct. The Higgs particle is also extremely unstable and decays into two photons almost immediately.
- georgeaf99 11y ago
  I will preface this by saying my understanding of particle physics is very basic... Yes, that is correct. The Higgs particle is also extremely unstable and decays into two photons almost immediately.
yk 11y ago
It does not, it is just pair creation by photons. So two photons react to a electron positron pair. (The inverse process of anti-matter anhilation.
blazar 11y ago
This YouTube video explains it really well. https://youtu.be/kixAljyfdqU https://youtu.be/kixAljyfdqU
KenoFischer 11y ago
In theory if you crank up the energy high enough, you'll create a bunch of Higgs bosons as well, though of course as always, they'll immediately decay.

drdeca 11y ago

I thought that the Higgs Boson was its own antiparticle, like the photon? I am not sure.

georgeaf99 11y ago
I will preface this by saying my understanding of particle physics is very basic... Yes, that is correct. The Higgs particle is also extremely unstable and decays into two photons almost immediately.
- eli_gottlieb 11y ago
  Wait, why does the field-quantum for inertia decay into the field-quantum for light?
  - drdeca 11y ago
    I am not at all sure, but my guess is that: the results must be electrically neutral in total the results must have the same total spin (0) (this might require that all the resulting things have spin 0 but I don't know) the results must conserve a variety of other quantities, I think maybe pairs photons are (one of?) the only things that meets these requirements? I'm not sure. I'm mainly guessing. But, if proton collisions can cause Higgs Bosons, I think maybe the idea is that so long as all the quantities are conserved(charge, mass, color, spin, momentum, etc. etc.), any particles with small enough energy can be the result maybe? I don't know if that is the idea. I'm just guessing based on how things are described wrt protons, but I might be misinterpreting things.
georgeaf99 11y ago
I will preface this by saying my understanding of particle physics is very basic... Yes, that is correct. The Higgs particle is also extremely unstable and decays into two photons almost immediately.
georgeaf99 11y ago
I will preface this by saying my understanding of particle physics is very basic... Yes, that is correct. The Higgs particle is also extremely unstable and decays into two photons almost immediately.

yk 11y ago

It does not, it is just pair creation by photons. So two photons react to a electron positron pair. (The inverse process of anti-matter anhilation.

blazar 11y ago

This YouTube video explains it really well. https://youtu.be/kixAljyfdqU https://youtu.be/kixAljyfdqU

KenoFischer 11y ago

In theory if you crank up the energy high enough, you'll create a bunch of Higgs bosons as well, though of course as always, they'll immediately decay.