Higgs Field

The Higgs Field, also known as the Mass Field is a field of Higgs bosons that permeates the whole Universe, and is spread out evenly through all of spacetime.

The Higgs Field is responsible for giving mass to particles, and for the properties associated with mass such as inertia, momentum, inability to travel at the speed of light, particle decay through the Weak Force and Gravity. It is not technically a force, since it is permanent and permeates all of space constantly. However, it is often considered to be a similar phenomenon.

Function
The Higgs Field is made up of countless individual Higgs boson particles that permeate the entirety of the Universe. The Higgs bosons spawn and dissipate constantly within the field, but the field itself remains constant.

Any particle that interacts with a Higgs boson exhibits the effects of mass. The Higgs bosons cause certain heavy particles to decay via the Weak Force. Particles travelling through the Higgs Field exhibit inertia and momentum. As they approach the speed of light, they collide with more and more Higgs bosons, increasing their inertia and making travel at the speed itself impossible for particles with mass. Interactions between particles with mass and Higgs bosons also produce gravitons, the carrier particles of Gravity.

Particles which interact more strongly with the Higgs Field have a higher mass, exhibiting more inertia and more Gravity. Particles with no mass at all do not interact with the Higgs Field at all, and so they travel at the speed of light. Particles with negative mass interact with the Higgs Field to produce the exact opposite effects of particles with positive mass, travelling at infinite speed by default and requiring energy to slow them down closer to the speed of light. Matter with negative mass is known as tachyonic matter.

Manipulation
The Higgs Field is immensely stable, and has an even and constant presence across almost all space in the Universe. However, it is possible to manipulate the Higgs Field. Certain technologies allow for the creation of Anti-Higgs bosons, which destroy Higgs bosons upon contact and create an area of space where the Higgs Field is not present. Such a piece of space is called a mass vacuum, and all particles travel at the speed of light within it, both regular matter particles and tachyons.