Biography:Abdus Salam

Abdus Salam
Abdus Salam in 1987
Born	29 January 1926 Jhang, Punjab, British India
Died	21 November 1996 Oxford, England
Known for	Electroweak theory; Pati-Salam model; theoretical particle physics
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physics (1979)

Abdus Salam (29 January 1926 - 21 November 1996) was a Pakistani theoretical physicist who made major contributions to electroweak unification and particle physics. He shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg for work on the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction.

Salam was also a strong advocate for scientific development in the Global South. He founded the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, which became an important institution for supporting researchers from developing countries.

Electroweak theory

Salam's electroweak work helped establish a gauge-theory description of weak and electromagnetic forces. Together with the Higgs mechanism and related symmetry-breaking ideas, this became a foundation of the Standard Model.

His broader theoretical work included particle classification, unification ideas, and the Pati-Salam model. These topics connect gauge fields, electroweak theory, and attempts to go beyond the Standard Model.

See also

• Physics:Quantum Electroweak theory
• Physics:Quantum Standard Model
• Physics:Quantum gauge field
• Biography:Steven Weinberg
• Biography:Sheldon Glashow

References

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