François Englert (1932 – 2026)

· Home Web Cern · June 19, 2026, 6:47 p.m.
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This blog post is an obituary for François Englert, a Belgian theoretical physicist who passed away at the age of 93. It highlights his significant contributions to the field, particularly in demonstrating how fundamental particles can acquire mass through interaction with a universal field, along with Robert Brout and coincidentally alongside Peter Higgs, who proposed a similar hypothesis.
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