A Higgs Boson Composed of the W,Z Gauge Bosons

A composite Higgs model is developed, where a pair of standard Higgs bosons is mapped onto scalar pairs of the W and Z gauge bosons in the SU(2) singlet state [1],[2]. This produces immediately a mass Lagrangian for the composite. The resulting mass is half of the standard Higgs vacuum expectation value, which agrees with the experimental Higgs mass within 2% (within the validity of the leading order approximation). Instead of the standard Higgs potential, the quadratic and biquadratic self-interactions of the W,Z serve as the symmetry-breaking potential. The appropriate Feynman graphs are given. The couplings of this composite to the bosons and fermions of the standard model are developed in [3],[4]. The current status is summarized in [5]. If successful, this composite model would eliminate the Higgs boson from the list of elementary particles and thereby simplify the standard model.