Englert

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academic human physicist theoretical physicist

Englert is a Belgian theoretical physicist renowned for his work on the Brout–Englert–Higgs mechanism, which underpins the modern understanding of how particles acquire mass.

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Label Occurrences
Englert canonical 2
Brout 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic ⓘ
human ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
theoretical physicist ⓘ
areaOfInfluence Standard Model ⓘ
surface form: Standard Model of particle physics
awardReceived High Energy and Particle Physics Prize of the EPS ⓘ
surface form: High Energy and Particle Physics Prize of the European Physical Society

J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics ⓘ
surface form: Sakurai Prize
coAuthor Bruno Touschek ⓘ
Gerard ’t Hooft ⓘ
surface form: Gerardus ’t Hooft

Robert Brout ⓘ
Tom Kibble ⓘ
coDiscovererOf Higgs mechanism ⓘ
surface form: Brout–Englert–Higgs mechanism
contributedTo theoretical foundations of the Higgs boson ⓘ
understanding of electroweak symmetry breaking ⓘ
countryOfBirth Belgium ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Belgium ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1932-11-06 ⓘ
educatedAt Université libre de Bruxelles ⓘ
employer Université libre de Bruxelles ⓘ
fieldOfWork particle physics ⓘ
quantum field theory ⓘ
theoretical physics ⓘ
hasAcademicAdvisor Robert Brout ⓘ
hasAcademicDiscipline high-energy physics ⓘ
hasGender male ⓘ
hasOccupation researcher ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
hasWorkplace Tel Aviv University ⓘ
Université libre de Bruxelles ⓘ
influencedBy Robert Brout ⓘ
knownFor Higgs mechanism ⓘ
surface form: Brout–Englert–Higgs mechanism

Higgs mechanism ⓘ
spontaneous symmetry breaking in gauge theories ⓘ
work on the origin of mass of elementary particles ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
memberOf Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Belgian Royal Academy of Science
nationality Belgian ⓘ
notableStudent Marc Henneaux ⓘ
notableWork 1964 paper on broken symmetry and the mass of gauge bosons ⓘ
placeOfBirth Etterbeek ⓘ
positionHeld professor at Université libre de Bruxelles ⓘ
religion Jewish ⓘ
residence Belgium ⓘ
sharesNobelPrizeWith Peter Higgs ⓘ
survivedEvent Holocaust ⓘ

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François Englert → familyName → Englert ⓘ
Robert Brout → familyName → Englert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brout
Sebastián Englert → familyName → Englert ⓘ