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	\| caption = ~~Robert~~ Brout		\| caption = Brout
	\| ~~name~~ = ~~Robert Brout~~		\| birth_date = 14 June 1928
	\| ~~birth_date~~ = ~~1928~~		\| birth_place = New York City, United States
	\| death_date = 2011		\| death_date = 3 May 2011
			\| death_place = Linkebeek, Belgium
	\| fields = Theoretical physics		\| fields = Theoretical physics
	\| work_institutions = Université libre de Bruxelles		\| work_institutions = Université libre de Bruxelles
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	~~{{Short description\|Physicist associated with the Higgs mechanism}}~~		'''Robert Brout''' (1928-2011) was a Belgian theoretical physicist, born in the United States, known for work on spontaneous symmetry breaking in gauge theory.
	'''Robert Brout''' (1928-2011) was ~~an American-~~Belgian theoretical physicist ~~associated with~~ the symmetry-breaking mechanism ~~now linked with~~ the Higgs ~~field~~ and ~~Higgs boson~~.
			== Higgs mechanism ==
			Brout and [[Biography:François Englert\|François Englert]] proposed a mechanism by which gauge bosons can acquire mass while preserving the mathematical structure of gauge theory. This became part of the theoretical foundation for the Higgs boson and the electroweak Standard Model.

	In the ~~Quantum Collection~~, ~~Brout is linked with~~ the ~~historical development~~ of the ~~Higgs~~ mechanism.		Brout died before the 2012 Higgs boson discovery and therefore could not share the 2013 Nobel Prize, but his contribution remains central to the history of the mechanism.

	== ~~See also~~ ==		== Quantum Collection links ==
	* [[Physics:Quantum Higgs boson]]		* [[Physics:Quantum Higgs boson]]
	* [[Physics:Quantum ~~Higgs field~~]]		* [[Physics:Quantum boson]]
			* [[Physics:Quantum W and Z bosons]]
			* [[Physics:Quantum Standard Model]]

			== References ==
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			* {{Cite journal \|last1=Englert \|first1=F. \|last2=Brout \|first2=R. \|title=Broken Symmetry and the Mass of Gauge Vector Mesons \|journal=Physical Review Letters \|year=1964 \|volume=13 \|issue=9 \|pages=321-323 \|doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.13.321}}
			* {{Cite web \|title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 2013 - Scientific Background \|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/advanced-physicsprize2013.pdf \|publisher=The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences \|access-date=2026-05-23}}

	{{Author\|Harold Foppele}}		{{Author\|Harold Foppele}}

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			\| birth_date = 1928
			\| death_date = 2011
			\| fields = Theoretical physics
			\| work_institutions = Université libre de Bruxelles
			\| known_for = Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism
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	'''Robert Brout''' (1928-2011) was an American-Belgian theoretical physicist associated with the symmetry-breaking mechanism now linked with the Higgs field and Higgs boson.		'''Robert Brout''' (1928-2011) was an American-Belgian theoretical physicist associated with the symmetry-breaking mechanism now linked with the Higgs field and Higgs boson.

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{{Short description|Physicist associated with the Higgs mechanism}}
'''Robert Brout''' (1928-2011) was an American-Belgian theoretical physicist associated with the symmetry-breaking mechanism now linked with the Higgs field and Higgs boson.

In the Quantum Collection, Brout is linked with the historical development of the Higgs mechanism.

== See also ==
* [[Physics:Quantum Higgs boson]]
* [[Physics:Quantum Higgs field]]

{{Author|Harold Foppele}}