Tag Archives: theoretical particle physics
Diversifying into other beats
I delivered my annual talk AMA at the NCBS science writing workshop yesterday. While the questions the students asked were mostly the same as last year (and the year before that), I also took the opportunity to request them to consider … Continue reading
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Tagged chemical engineering, computer science, National Centre for Biological Sciences, NCBS Science Writing Workshop, physical sciences, quantum biology, science communication, science journalism, The Wire, theoretical particle physics
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Tom Kibble (1932-2016)
Kibble was one of the six theorists who, in 1964, came up with the ABEGHHK’tH mechanism to explain how gauge bosons acquired mass. Continue reading
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Tagged ABEGHHK'tH mechanism, electroweak symmetry breaking, electroweak theory, Francois Englert, gauge bosons, Gerald Guralnik, Higgs mechanism, Kibble-Zurek mechanism, Peter Higgs, Richard Hagen, theoretical particle physics, Tom Kibble
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