Tom Kibble

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Sir
Tom Kibble
CBE FRS MAE
Born
Thomas Walter Bannerman Kibble

(1932-12-23)23 December 1932
Madras, Madras Presidency, British India
Died2 June 2016(2016-06-02) (aged 83)
London, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh (BSc, MA, PhD)
Known forEinstein–Cartan–Sciama–Kibble theory
Kibble–Zurek mechanism
Higgs boson
Higgs mechanism
Cosmic strings
Spontaneous symmetry breaking
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
Quantum field theory
InstitutionsImperial College London
ThesisTopics in quantum field theory: 1. Schwinger's action principle; 2. Dispersion relations for inelastic scattering processes (1958)
Doctoral advisorJohn Polkinghorne
Doctoral studentsJohn W. Barrett[2]
Seifallah Randjbar-Daemi[citation needed]
Jonathan Ashmore[3]

Sir Thomas Walter Bannerman Kibble CBE FRS MAE[1] (/ˈkɪbəl/; 23 December 1932 – 2 June 2016) was a British theoretical physicist, senior research investigator at the Blackett Laboratory and Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics at Imperial College London.[4] His research interests were in quantum field theory, especially the interface between high-energy particle physics and cosmology. He is best known as one of the first to describe the Higgs mechanism, and for his research on topological defects. From the 1950s he was concerned about the nuclear arms race and from 1970 took leading roles in promoting the social responsibility of the scientist.[5]

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  2. ^ "Academy of Europe: CV".
  3. ^ Ashmore, Jonathan Felix (1972). Aspects of quantum field theory. ethos.bl.uk (PhD thesis). University of London. hdl:10044/1/16203.[permanent dead link‍]
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  5. ^ Gauntlett, Jerome (2016). "Thomas Kibble (1932–2016) Theoretical physicist and Higgs-boson pioneer". Nature. 534 (7609): 622. Bibcode:2016Natur.534..622G. doi:10.1038/534622a. PMID 27357788. S2CID 4401102.