Roberto Peccei
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Roberto Peccei was an Italian-American theoretical physicist best known for co-formulating the Peccei–Quinn theory, which proposed a solution to the strong CP problem in quantum chromodynamics and predicted the axion particle.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roberto Peccei canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6604649 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roberto Peccei Context triple: [Sam Treiman, notableStudent, Roberto Peccei]
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A.
Alfredo Grossi
Alfredo Grossi is a character in Dario Argento’s psychological horror film "The Stendhal Syndrome," involved in the movie’s dark and violent narrative.
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B.
Carlo Confalonieri
Carlo Confalonieri was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who held several high-ranking curial positions and was a close collaborator of multiple popes in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Enrico Zuccalli
Enrico Zuccalli was a prominent 17th-century Swiss-Italian Baroque architect active in Bavaria, known for shaping Munich’s court architecture.
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D.
Guido Carlesi
Guido Carlesi is an Italian former professional road cyclist known for his strong stage race performances in the early 1960s.
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E.
Eugenio Camillo Costamagna
Eugenio Camillo Costamagna was an Italian journalist and publisher best known as a co-founder of the influential sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roberto Peccei Target entity description: Roberto Peccei was an Italian-American theoretical physicist best known for co-formulating the Peccei–Quinn theory, which proposed a solution to the strong CP problem in quantum chromodynamics and predicted the axion particle.
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A.
Alfredo Grossi
Alfredo Grossi is a character in Dario Argento’s psychological horror film "The Stendhal Syndrome," involved in the movie’s dark and violent narrative.
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B.
Carlo Confalonieri
Carlo Confalonieri was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who held several high-ranking curial positions and was a close collaborator of multiple popes in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Enrico Zuccalli
Enrico Zuccalli was a prominent 17th-century Swiss-Italian Baroque architect active in Bavaria, known for shaping Munich’s court architecture.
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D.
Guido Carlesi
Guido Carlesi is an Italian former professional road cyclist known for his strong stage race performances in the early 1960s.
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E.
Eugenio Camillo Costamagna
Eugenio Camillo Costamagna was an Italian journalist and publisher best known as a co-founder of the influential sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian-American physicist
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human ⓘ theoretical physicist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in physics ⓘ |
| affiliation |
UCLA Center for Cosmology
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linked to:
UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy
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| awardReceived | Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Italy
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United States of America ⓘ |
| coAuthorOf |
Peccei–Quinn mechanism
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linked to:
Peccei–Quinn theory
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| coAuthorWith | Helen Quinn ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Italy ⓘ |
| doctoralStudent | various students in theoretical particle physics at UCLA ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
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New York University ⓘ |
| employer | University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ |
| familyName | Peccei ⓘ |
| field |
particle physics
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quantum field theory ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ |
| genre | scientific research articles ⓘ |
| givenName | Roberto ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAdvisor | T. D. Lee ⓘ |
| influenced |
axion physics
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dark matter research ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Peccei–Quinn theory
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prediction of the axion particle ⓘ solution to the strong CP problem ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Italian ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Physical Society
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Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) scientific community ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
Peccei–Quinn symmetry
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linked to:
Peccei–Quinn theory
axion ⓘ |
| notableWork | “CP Conservation in the Presence of Pseudoparticles” ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chair of the UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy
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Professor of Physics at UCLA ⓘ Vice Chancellor for Research at UCLA ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
CP violation
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cosmology ⓘ electroweak interactions ⓘ quantum chromodynamics ⓘ |
| subjectOf | biographical articles in physics literature ⓘ |
| theoryDeveloped | Peccei–Quinn theory ⓘ |
| workplace |
Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA
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linked to:
UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy
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