<human>:  How does the Higgs boson interact with a proton?
<bot>: The Higgs boson interacts with a proton by causing the proton to decay. Protons are made up of three quarks, so they are bound together by the strong force, which is a type of nuclear force. The Higgs boson is a boson that gives other particles their mass. It interacts with the quarks of a proton, causing them to decay into lighter particles.