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Would the Universe be different with a zero Higgs field?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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The Higgs Field Doesn't Relax

The energy is exactly where the mass of small particles comes from. The Higgs field doesn't relax, so it has some kind of energy right now. Like a left-handed electron flying through space, the Higgs can turn it into a right-handed version and then back and forth. This is happening trillions of times per second if you have a particle flying through space.

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