Someone argues: 'Since the Higgs boson is a fundamental boson listed next to the photon
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Particle Physics, Ch The particle zoo and the four interactions
Problem
Someone argues: 'Since the Higgs boson is a fundamental boson listed next to the photon, the gluons, the W and the Z, it must carry a fifth fundamental force, with a range set by its mass 125.2GeV/c2, and, like them, it should have spin J=1.' Find the two errors in this statement and give the correct spin and role of the Higgs boson.