Higgs mechanism

Summary

Higgs mechanism is a mechanism^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of mechanism entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (542 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Higgs mechanism is credited with the discovery of Peter Higgs^[3].
• Higgs mechanism is credited with the discovery of François Englert^[4].
• Higgs mechanism is credited with the discovery of Robert Brout^[5].
• Higgs mechanism's image is recorded as CMS Higgs-event.jpg^[6].
• Higgs mechanism's instance of is recorded as mechanism^[7].
• Peter Higgs is named after Higgs mechanism^[8].
• Higgs mechanism's GND ID is recorded as 4474162-5^[9].
• Higgs mechanism's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1964-00-00T00:00:00Z^[10].
• Higgs mechanism's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02_0x6^[11].
• Higgs mechanism's facet of is recorded as mass^[12].
• Higgs mechanism's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Higgs-mechanism^[13].
• Higgs mechanism's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 4665012^[14].
• Higgs mechanism's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as mecanisme-de-higgs^[15].
• Higgs mechanism's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["PhysicalEffect", "HiggsMechanism"]^[16].
• Higgs mechanism's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 164731562^[17].
• Higgs mechanism's Scholarpedia article ID is recorded as Englert-Brout-Higgs-Guralnik-Hagen-Kibble_mechanism^[18].
• Higgs mechanism's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C164731562^[19].
• Higgs mechanism's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as mathematics/higgs-mechanism^[20].
• Higgs mechanism's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as mekhanizm-khiggsa-fc96ae^[21].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Peter Higgs^[3], a theoretical physicist^[22], 1929–2024^[23], of United Kingdom^[24], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh^[25], specialised in theoretical physics^[26]; François Englert^[4], a physicist^[27], b. 1932^[28], of Belgium^[29], awarded the Wolf Prize in Physics^[30], specialised in theoretical physics^[31]; and Robert Brout^[5], a physicist^[32], 1928–2011^[33], of United States^[34], awarded the Wolf Prize in Physics^[35], specialised in particle physics^[36].

Why It Matters

Higgs mechanism ranks in the top 6% of mechanism entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (542 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]