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Gauge Symmetry

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

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1964

Robert Brout1964

Brussels · Science / Physics

Develops with Francois Englert a mechanism in which spontaneous symmetry breaking gives mass to gauge vector particles without abandoning local gauge symmetry.

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Robert Brout

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