chemguy Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 The Higgs Mechanism requires a field (the Higgs field). This field has been added to the Standard Model. Is the Higgs field a "new form" of an old idea (the eather)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewcellini Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 (edited) Do you mean the luminiferous aether? That was proposed as a medium for the propagation of electromagnetic waves, and there is no evidence of its existence. Here's a famous null experiment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelson%E2%80%93Morley_experiment Not sure how the higgs field and the aether are related as they serve different purposes. I suppose you can say they are similar as the higgs field and aether (at least it was supposed to) permeate space but that's about it. Edited April 18, 2016 by andrewcellini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Is the Higgs field a "new form" of an old idea (the eather)? The Higgs field is Lorentz invariant. The aether was not, which was its downfall. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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