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Why is the Higgs Boson listed separately from the other Gauge Bosons in the Standard Model?
gpt
Because the Higgs boson is not a gauge boson.

Gauge bosons are spin 1 particles that are needed to ensure that a local symmetry holds.

The Higgs boson is a spin 0 particle and it does not serve to ensure the existence of a local symmetry.