The lower Higgs component has
T3=−1/2 and
hypercharge Y=1/2, so the generator annihilating the
vacuum is
This is the unbroken electromagnetic
U(1)Q. Since
[Q,T±]=±T±, the two
W boson fields have charges
Q(W±)=±1. The
Z boson,
photon, and physical Higgs excitation are neutral.