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Higgs Field

Belgium · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1964Date range
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Chronological records

1964

Robert Brout1964

Science / Astronomy

The Higgs mechanism, which gives mass to vector bosons, is theorized in 1964 by Francois Englert and Robert Brout ("boson scalaire")

Francois Englert1964

Science / Astronomy

The Higgs mechanism, which gives mass to vector bosons, is theorized in 1964 by Francois Englert and Robert Brout ("boson scalaire")

Names involved

Francois EnglertRobert Brout

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