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| name = François Englert | |||
| birth_date = 1932 | |||
| fields = Theoretical physics | |||
| work_institutions = Université libre de Bruxelles | |||
| known_for = Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism | |||
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{{Short description|Physicist associated with the Higgs mechanism}} | {{Short description|Physicist associated with the Higgs mechanism}} | ||
'''François Englert''' (born 1932) is a Belgian theoretical physicist associated with the symmetry-breaking mechanism that gives mass to elementary particles. He shared the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics with [[Biography:Peter Higgs|Peter Higgs]]. | '''François Englert''' (born 1932) is a Belgian theoretical physicist associated with the symmetry-breaking mechanism that gives mass to elementary particles. He shared the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics with [[Biography:Peter Higgs|Peter Higgs]]. | ||
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| Born | 1932
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| Known for | Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism |
François Englert (born 1932) is a Belgian theoretical physicist associated with the symmetry-breaking mechanism that gives mass to elementary particles. He shared the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics with Peter Higgs.
In the Quantum Collection, Englert is linked with the Higgs mechanism and the Higgs boson.
See also
Author: Harold Foppele