Is there a relation between the Higgs Field and Dark Energy? [Archive]

View Full Version : Is there a relation between the Higgs Field and Dark Energy?

freddy33

17-September-2008, 05:35 PM

I was trying to understand how the Higgs field cannot be declared an "ether", and the mental picture of non zero lowest energy made me ask the question:
Is there a relation between dark energy and the shape of the Higgs field?