[pdonis]

> Is that really so?

As the article notes, no, this is not a correct description.

[sieste]

sorry for the confusion, I meant is it really the case that this is a commonly used description of the higgs field.

[pdonis]

> is it really the case that this is a commonly used description of the higgs field.

For whatever it's worth, it's not a description I had seen before I read the article. It's certainly not one you're going to find in actual textbooks or physics papers.