31 August 1964Broken Symmetry PaperFrancois Englert
Publishes a spontaneous-symmetry-breaking mechanism with Robert Brout.
Historical records for Belgium in 1964, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Publishes a spontaneous-symmetry-breaking mechanism with Robert Brout.
Explains how gauge particles can acquire mass through a scalar field.
The Higgs mechanism, which gives mass to vector bosons, is theorized in 1964 by Francois Englert and Robert Brout ("boson scalaire")
The Higgs mechanism, which gives mass to vector bosons, is theorized in 1964 by Francois Englert and Robert Brout ("boson scalaire")
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