Is the Higgs Field a new form of an old idea?

[chemguy]

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)?

 

[andrewcellini]

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

[swansont]

 

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.