1996/07/03 by C. G. Bollini, M. C. Rocca
Physics and Astronomy · Social Sciences · #False vacuum #Higgs boson #Higgs field #International Science and Diplomacy #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Propagator #Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics #Standard Model (mathematical formulation) #Unobservable #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/bf03035887
published as Nuovo Cim. A110 (1997) 363-368 · 8 pages, LaTex, no figures
arxiv created 1996/07/03 · openalex publication_date 1997/04/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We suggest that the Higgs might be unobservable as a free particle, due to its origin at a symmetry breaking mechanism. The standard model is kept intact, only the definition of the vacuum for the Higgs is changed. With the new (natural) definition, the Higgs propagator is half advanced and half retarded. This Green function is compatible with the absence of free particles.