Question

Are Photons Goldstone Bosons?

Answer 1

For starters, Goldstone bosons are spinless scalars. The photon is a spin-1 vector particle. For another,Goldstone bosons are not fundamental particles in the same sense the photon, the electron, or quarks are fundamental. Rather, they appear as a result of symmetry breaking

Answer 2

Photons and Gravitons as Goldstone Bosons, and the Cosmological Constant Per Kraus and E. T.