Robert Brout

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academic human physicist theoretical physicist

Robert Brout was a Belgian theoretical physicist best known for his pioneering work on spontaneous symmetry breaking in quantum field theory, which laid the groundwork for the prediction of the Higgs boson.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic → human → physicist → theoretical physicist →
academicDegree	PhD in physics →
awardReceived	High Energy and Particle Physics Prize of the European Physical Society → J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics → Julius Wess Award → Sakurai Prize → Wolf Prize in Physics →
citizenship	Belgium → United States of America →
coAuthor	François Englert → Gerard ’t Hooft → Luciano Faddeev → Peter Higgs → Tom Kibble →
countryOfBirth	United States of America →
countryOfDeath	Belgium →
dateOfBirth	1928-06-14 →
dateOfDeath	2011-05-03 →
doctoralAdvisor	Robert Serber →
educatedAt	Columbia University →
employer	Brown University → Université libre de Bruxelles →
familyName	Brout →
fieldOfWork	particle physics → quantum field theory → theoretical physics →
givenName	Robert →
influenced	the development of the Standard Model of particle physics →
knownFor	Brout–Englert–Higgs mechanism → cosmology → spontaneous symmetry breaking in quantum field theory → work related to the Higgs boson →
languageSpoken	English → French →
memberOf	Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium →
name	Robert Brout →
notableStudent	Marc Henneaux →
placeOfBirth	New York City →
placeOfDeath	Brussels →
positionHeld	professor of physics →
publicationYearOfKeyWork	1964 →
religion	Jewish background →
residence	Belgium →
theoryDeveloped	Brout–Englert–Higgs mechanism →
workLocation	Brussels →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
François Englert →	coAuthor
François Englert →	doctoralAdvisor
Higgs field →	isPredictedBy
Robert Brout →	name
Higgs boson →	predictedBy
Higgs mechanism →	proposedBy
François Englert →	sharesNobelPrizeWith