Why do some subatomic particles have a great deal of mass, and some have no mass at all? Let’s look at Higgs field, perhaps by some definitions another name for the ether, which is a quantum field that permeates the entirety of the space of the Universe. The Higgs effect was first presented in 1964 by Scottish theoretical physicist Peter Higgs, but it wasn't until 2013—almost 50 years—that the Higgs effect was tentatively proven at the Large Hadron Collider. The effect was seen as finding a missing piece of the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics (Higgs boson).
Einstein’s Special Relativity Theory (SRT) assumed the absence of the ether, but noted physicists have established and confirmed the reality of the Higgs boson, which is a quantum (part of) of the Higgs field (ether). The theory is that the Higgs boson imparts mass to particles like electrons and protons; even so, the Higgs boson is ignored with respect to the concept (equations) of Einstein’s curved space-time. Without the Higgs field, particles would all travel at the speed of light and have no mass.
To be fair, Einstein himself realized that some type of (relativistic) ether was theoretically necessary after all. Einstein initially used the term, “new ether.” He deduced that the ether was something, but considered it undetectable, and he did not incorporate this concept into his equations with respect to SRT and GRT.
Read more on this topic in Chapter 1 of The Ether by Ramsey, where the author explains in detail, how the Higgs field is synonymous with the traditional meaning and definition of the word ether, the preferred frame for the velocity of light. Visit TheEtherbyRamsey.com
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