for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider.
Place of birth: Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Current Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom (Emeritus)
Address:
The Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics
School of Physics and Astronomy
The University of Edinburgh
James Clerk Maxwell Building
Kings Buildings
Mayfield Road
Edinburgh EH9 3JZ
Phone: +44 (0) 131 651 7067
Fax: +44 (0) 131 650 5902
E-mail: admin-general [at] ph [dot] ed [dot] ac [dot] uk
PETER W. HIGGS
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