We, the ATLAS and CMS collaborations, announced the observation of a new particle at a mass of 126 GeV in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson at the LHC on the 4^<th> July in 2012. After that, by checking couplings, spin and party of this new particle with the full dataset taken in 2012 we reported that the observed particle was a Higgs boson. The mass of the Higgs boson is measured to be m_H=125.5±0.2 (stat.) ^<+0.5>_<-0.6> (syst.) GeV and 125.7±0.3 (stat.) ±0.3 (syst.) GeV by ATLAS and CMS, respectively. The signal strength parameter μ is also given to be 1.33 ^<+0.21>_<-0.18> (for m_H=125.5 GeV) and 0.80±0.14 (for m_H=125.7 GeV), respectively, which is consistent with the Standard Model Higgs boson hypothesis μ=1. Studies of spin and parity quantum numbers shows compatibilities with the Standard Model 0^+ for the Higgs boson, whereas all alternative hypotheses studied, namely some specific 0^-, 1^±, 2^+ models, are excluded at CL above 97.8%. Further data is necessary to investigate the properties of the observed Higgs boson in order to see whether the Standard Model is still valid or the physics beyond the Standard Model can be found in a TeV energy scale.
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