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vacuum-mechanics
Dear friends,
Up to now, it is the right time to talk about “the rising time of quantum mechanics?” which was mentioned in the title. Here we will start to question about the expensive “Large Hadrons Collider” at CERN, is this a real success of quantum mechanics?
For my opinion, it seems that actually this is a final step which is going to the dead end, but why? Before answering the question, let us first consider some more detail about the standard model of particle physics, in which the LHC was used to verify its prediction of the existing of Higgs boson.
Fist let us summarize what the “standard model” is. Conventionally, the standard model is a relativistic quantum gauge field theory. And nowadays it is a successful “unified theory” which involved the three basic forces i.e. electromagnetic force, weak force and strong force, but does not include gravity!
By the way, the standard model is a mathematical theory of elementary particles which includes the three fundamental interactions, i.e. electromagnetic (QED), weak, and strong (QCD) interactions into a single formula. But its mathematical structure is quite complicated and arbitrary!
Now returning to the mentioned Higgs, what is it? Conventionally,Higgs field was postulate to be “matter field” which is existed by pervading in vacuum space; it is something that was arisen from the vacuum! In one sense, the Higgs field plays the role of a new type of vacuum, analogous to the old-fashioned aether, which acts like a continuous background medium and pervades all of space-time.
Next, how the Higgs boson (particle) was created? Conventionally, Higgs mechanism is the action of spontaneous symmetry breaking of Higgs field,which give mass to all fundamental particles.Technically the mechanism is well understood, but at a physical level its meaning is not yet fully grasped in particle physics!
In short conclusion, it may say that Higgs boson is condensed Higgs field which was arisen in the high energy collision! But the creation process is not so clear as mentioned early, so the follow question arise; is there any other way for explaining the Higgs mechanism which gives us a better view?
Finally, we will consider that if the Higgs boson was found by the LHC then can we conclude that it is the successful of quantum mechanics theory (as mentioned in the title)? In the next pose we will answer it, please keep following!