Higgs and E=mc2 ?

Is the Higg's boson and field are responsible for E=mc2, ie that energy and mass are the same thing?
- Anonymous

No.   The Higgs field an esoteric quantum field theory explanation for the breaking of certain symmetries in the mass spectrum of the elementary particles.   The Higgs boson is a manifestation of that field.   Since these fields are inherently relativistically invariant they will obey the usual Einstein relation between mass, momentum and energy:  E² = m₀²c⁴ + p²c² ,
sometimes shortened to E = mc².

LeeH

(published on 07/17/2012)