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The proton and electron are described by separate wavefunctions. When they come together in the hydrogen atom are they quantum entangled and have a joint wavefunction.

Please give a link to where this theory has already been discussed. Thanks

Hi, I am also keen to grasp a very basic understanding the relationship between mass and inertia. Thanks Steve

Hi Vanadium 50, I am looking for an advanced answer - but only on whether the concept is sound - not on how to calculate it - at this stage. Thanks

Could it be that "explaining" Higgs by the coupling or the lack of coupling of fields suggests trying to observe dark matter (mass but no electromagnetic force) is a waste of time as there is no "weakly interacting field" to calculate?

Hi Dr Malawi, What do you mean by inertia is an old concept. Isn't inertia a fundamental quality described by the equivalence principle, that states gravitational and inertial forces are indistinguishable? By "explaining" Higgs by coupling or the lack of coupling suggests trying to observe dark...

Thanks for your reply. I have no reference for my statement. Just an assertion. Rather than using "syrup", why not just say fields interact (couple) with different strengths. This would also explain dark matter. Normal matter couples with both electromagnetic and Higgs fields. Dark matter only...

Physicists say the Higgs Field is like syrup and slows particles down from the speed of light. Wouldn’t it be easier and more correct to say there are no particles, just fields, and the strength of the coupling of the electron, photon, quark etc. fields with the Higgs field determines their...

Doesn’t Spin have enormous consequences, in addition to telling us about a particle’s intrinsic angular momentum? Particles with integral Spin (bosons) have symmetric wavefunctions whereas particles with Spin ½ (fermions) have symmetric wavefunctions. As consequence spin ½ wave functions lie...

Some texts say quantum spin is analogous to the spin of a planet in that it gives a particle angular momentum and a magnetic moment. However, as subatomic particles are tiny, the surfaces of charged particles would have to be moving faster than the speed of light in order to produce the measured...

Although there is no simple non-mathematical explanation, would it be correct to say the photon is an excitation in the photon field and unlike other elementary particles doesn't couple (or interact) with the Higgs field. The amount the other particles couple with the Higgs field give rise to...

Thanks for your explanation. I suppose the answer to my question is NO - there isn't a simple explanation why these two elementary particles are the exceptions.

Sorry I messed up the thread. I hope others can make further suggestions.

The photon and the gluon in the Standard Model do not interact with the Higgs field and are hence massless and travel at the speed of light. Is there a simple explanation why these two elementary particles are the exceptions?

Is it therefore pointless trying to use special relativity to understand the "nature of time" for photons for other massless particles?