Higgs Field Definition

noun

A hypothetical quantum field postulated to explain the property of mass in elementary particles. Higgs bosons arise as excitations of the Higgs field by other particles.

American Heritage

Origin of Higgs Field

From Higgs (“a surname") + field; after the British physicist Peter Higgs, who is credited with proposing what is now called the Higgs mechanism.

From Wiktionary
After Peter Ware Higgs (born 1929), British physicist

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition