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 nostr:npub1knzsux7p6lzwzdedp3m8c3c92z0swzc0xyy5glvse58txj5e9ztqpac73p nostr:npub1eacn5n4e4mj5c06gvqe3l57wf9ss87mq65z83rtuhdu0cy7s5ehqhc5vqz why exactly would you say that the anti-Higgs field mediates the mass of antiparticles? As far as I understand it, Dirac fermions only arise as soon as the nonzero Higgs expectation value introduces a heterochiral coupling between the symmetry-broken left-handed and the right-handed Weyl fermions. Antiparticles then are distinguished from particles by the phase angle between the coupled left-handed and right-handed part of their wavefunction. So basically, the Higgs mass terms "happen" at an earlier conceptual stage than Dirac antiparticles.