Tom Kibble
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Tom Kibble was a British theoretical physicist renowned for his pioneering work on spontaneous symmetry breaking and the Higgs mechanism in particle physics.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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human → physicist → theoretical physicist → |
| areaOfInfluence | standard model of particle physics → |
| awardReceived |
Dirac Prize
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surface form: "Dirac Medal"
Isaac Newton Medal → J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics → Royal Medal → J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics →
surface form: "Sakurai Prize"
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| coAuthor |
C. R. Hagen
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Gerald Guralnik → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland NERFINISHED → |
| educatedAt |
University of Edinburgh
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University of Oxford NERFINISHED → |
| employer | Imperial College London → |
| familyName | Kibble → |
| fieldOfWork |
cosmology
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gauge theory → particle physics → quantum field theory → theoretical physics → |
| givenName | Thomas → |
| hasAcademicAdvisor | Abdus Salam → |
| influenced |
development of modern cosmological phase transition theory
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research on cosmic strings → |
| knownFor |
Higgs mechanism
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Higgs mechanism →
surface form: "Kibble mechanism"
spontaneous symmetry breaking → topological defects in the early universe → work on cosmic strings → |
| languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned | English → |
| memberOf | Royal Society → |
| nationality | British → |
| notableWork |
Higgs mechanism
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surface form: "Guralnik–Hagen–Kibble paper on symmetry breaking"
work on the Higgs mechanism in non‑Abelian gauge theories → |
| occupation |
physicist
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university teacher → |
| positionHeld | professor of theoretical physics at Imperial College London → |
| sexOrGender | male → |
| workLocation |
Imperial College London
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London, England →
surface form: "London"
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