Mach or Higgs? The mechanisms to generate mass

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to show that the gravitational interaction is able to generate mass for all bodies. The condition for this is the existence of an energy distribution represented by the vacuum or the cosmological constant term $\Lambda g_{\mu \nu }.$ We review briefly the alternative Higgs mechanism in order to compare both processes.

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