Michael Dine
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Michael Dine is an American theoretical physicist known for his influential work in particle physics and cosmology, particularly in supersymmetry, string theory, and early-universe baryogenesis.
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| Michael Dine canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5766848 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Dine Context triple: [Affleck–Dine baryogenesis scenarios, namedAfter, Michael Dine]
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John H. Schwarz
John H. Schwarz is an American theoretical physicist best known as one of the founders of superstring theory and a pioneer in the development of string theory as a candidate for a unified theory of fundamental forces.
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Dan Appelquist
Dan Appelquist is a web standards and open web advocate known for his leadership in internet architecture and governance, including chairing key World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) groups.
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C.
Gerald Guralnik
Gerald Guralnik was an American theoretical physicist best known as one of the co-discoverers of the Higgs mechanism that explains how particles acquire mass.
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D.
C. R. Hagen
C. R. Hagen is a theoretical physicist known for his contributions to particle physics and gauge theories, including work related to the Higgs mechanism.
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E.
Sidney Drell
Sidney Drell was an American theoretical physicist renowned for his contributions to quantum field theory and particle physics, as well as for his influential work in national security and arms control policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Dine Target entity description: Michael Dine is an American theoretical physicist known for his influential work in particle physics and cosmology, particularly in supersymmetry, string theory, and early-universe baryogenesis.
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A.
John H. Schwarz
John H. Schwarz is an American theoretical physicist best known as one of the founders of superstring theory and a pioneer in the development of string theory as a candidate for a unified theory of fundamental forces.
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B.
Dan Appelquist
Dan Appelquist is a web standards and open web advocate known for his leadership in internet architecture and governance, including chairing key World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) groups.
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C.
Gerald Guralnik
Gerald Guralnik was an American theoretical physicist best known as one of the co-discoverers of the Higgs mechanism that explains how particles acquire mass.
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D.
C. R. Hagen
C. R. Hagen is a theoretical physicist known for his contributions to particle physics and gauge theories, including work related to the Higgs mechanism.
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E.
Sidney Drell
Sidney Drell was an American theoretical physicist renowned for his contributions to quantum field theory and particle physics, as well as for his influential work in national security and arms control policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American physicist
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human ⓘ theoretical physicist ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | Curtis Callan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Dirac Medal
NERFINISHED
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Sakurai Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Johns Hopkins University
NERFINISHED
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Yale University ⓘ |
| employer | University of California, Santa Cruz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
axion physics
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baryogenesis ⓘ cosmology ⓘ early-universe cosmology ⓘ gauge mediation ⓘ particle physics ⓘ string theory ⓘ strong CP problem ⓘ supersymmetry ⓘ supersymmetry breaking ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | theoretical physics textbook ⓘ |
| hasPublishedIn |
Journal of High Energy Physics
NERFINISHED
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Nuclear Physics B NERFINISHED ⓘ Physical Review D NERFINISHED ⓘ Physics Letters B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
dark matter
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early-universe phase transitions ⓘ inflationary cosmology ⓘ moduli stabilization ⓘ physics beyond the Standard Model ⓘ vacuum structure in string theory ⓘ |
| hasWritten | Supersymmetry and String Theory: Beyond the Standard Model NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Dine–Fischler–Srednicki–Zhitnitsky axion model
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gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking ⓘ work on baryogenesis ⓘ work on string theory ⓘ work on supersymmetry ⓘ work on the strong CP problem ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Physical Society ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
Dine–Fischler mechanism for baryogenesis
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Dine–Seiberg problem in string phenomenology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Tom Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | theoretical physicist ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz ⓘ |
| workplace | Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Michael Dine Description of subject: Michael Dine is an American theoretical physicist known for his influential work in particle physics and cosmology, particularly in supersymmetry, string theory, and early-universe baryogenesis.
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