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Re:Is there a 5th fundamental force of nature? by jychang on Thursday August 24, 2023 @08:03PM (#37256130)
That’s news to me. Are you saying the Higgs boson can create a force that accelerates particles in a direction? How does that work?
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Re:Is there a 5th fundamental force of nature? by hughesjj on Thursday August 24, 2023 @08:53PM (#37256516)
Kind of the opposite though right? As in it dampens acceleration in any direction?
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Re:Is there a 5th fundamental force of nature? by pa7x1 on Friday August 25, 2023 @03:44AM (#37259176)
Yes, the Higgs boson results in an attractive force between fermions given by the Yukawa potential (see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukawa_interaction).

This potential takes basically the same form as the gravitational potential but with an additional exponential decay with distance due to the mass of the boson. Resulting in short-range interactions. So yes, in very short distances (~(inverse of the Higgs mass) ~ 10^-18 m) fermions do experience an attractive force between them due to the Higgs interaction.

It works in exactly the same manner the rest of interactions work, the boson (Higgs) is the mediator of the force.

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