Francois Englert

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Physicist
gptkbp:academic_advisor gptkb:Robert_Brout
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Université_libre_de_Bruxelles
gptkbp:author gptkb:Peter_Higgs
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz_Prize
gptkb:CERN_Medal_of_Honor
gptkb:Francqui_Prize
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Etterbeek,_Belgium
gptkbp:born November 6, 1932
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:contribution gptkb:quantum_field_theory
gptkbp:death_place still alive
gptkbp:field gptkb:Physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Francois Englert
gptkbp:image Francois_ Englert.jpg
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:quantum_field_theory
gptkb:Quantum_Mechanics
gptkb:string_theory
gptkb:cosmology
Higgs boson discovery
astrophysics
mathematical physics
modern physics
dark matter research
theoretical astrophysics
neutrino physics
supersymmetry
quantum gravity research
electroweak theory
Higgs boson theory
theoretical particle physics
dark energy research
particle cosmology
particle accelerator research
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Robert_Brout
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:Englert-Brout_mechanism
gptkb:Higgs_mechanism
gptkbp:member gptkb:European_Physical_Society
gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkb:Royal_Academy_of_Sciences,_Letters_and_Fine_Arts_of_Belgium
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Belgian
gptkbp:notable_students gptkb:Jean-Michel_Marin
gptkb:Jean-Pierre_Bourguignon
gptkb:Gérard_Mourou
gptkb:Nicolas_Gisin
gptkb:Marc_Henneaux
gptkbp:offers_degree Ph D in Physics
gptkbp:research_areas Higgs field
symmetry breaking
standard model of particle physics
gptkbp:research_focus gptkb:Physics
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marie-Thérèse_Englert
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4