Peter Higgs
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Peter Higgs is a British theoretical physicist best known for proposing the Higgs mechanism, which predicted the existence of the Higgs boson and fundamentally shaped the Standard Model of particle physics.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peter Higgs canonical | 23 |
| Peter Higgs (honorary doctorate, not student) | 1 |
| Peter Ware Higgs | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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human ⓘ particle physicist ⓘ theoretical physicist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in physics ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Higgs boson
ⓘ
Large Hadron Collider ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Copley Medal
ⓘ
Dirac Prize ⓘ
surface form:
Dirac Medal
High Energy and Particle Physics Prize of the EPS ⓘ J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ Royal Medal ⓘ J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics ⓘ
surface form:
Sakurai Prize
Wolf Prize in Physics ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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| dateOfBirth | 1929-05-29 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cotham Grammar School
ⓘ
King’s College London ⓘ
surface form:
King's College London
|
| employer | University of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| familyName | Higgs ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
particle physics
ⓘ
quantum field theory ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ |
| fullName |
Peter Higgs
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Peter Ware Higgs
|
| givenName | Peter ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle |
.ch
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surface form:
CH
FRS ⓘ FRSE ⓘ |
| influenced | development of the Standard Model ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Paul Dirac
ⓘ
Yoichiro Nambu ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Higgs mechanism
ⓘ
contributions to the Standard Model of particle physics ⓘ prediction of the Higgs boson ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Institute of Physics
ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ Royal Society of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeCategory | Physics ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeMotivation | for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| notableWork | 1964 paper on broken symmetries and the masses of gauge bosons ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| religion | atheism ⓘ |
| theory |
Higgs mechanism
ⓘ
spontaneous symmetry breaking in gauge theories ⓘ |
| workLocation | Edinburgh ⓘ |
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Subject: Peter Higgs Description of subject: Peter Higgs is a British theoretical physicist best known for proposing the Higgs mechanism, which predicted the existence of the Higgs boson and fundamentally shaped the Standard Model of particle physics.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Peter Ware Higgs
this entity surface form:
Peter Higgs (honorary doctorate, not student)
subject surface form:
Higgs boson
subject surface form:
Higgs mechanism
subject surface form:
François Englert