Higgs field

== English == === Etymology === From Higgs (“a surname”) + field; named after British physicist Peter Higgs, who is credited with proposing what is now called the Higgs mechanism. === Noun === Higgs field (usually uncountable, plural Higgs fields) (physics) A theoretical scalar field associated with electroweak symmetry breaking, the quantum of which is the Higgs boson; interaction with this field is hypothesised to give elementary particles their mass. ==== Related terms ====