Tom W. B. Kibble Scientist

Thomas Walter Bannerman Kibble, FRS, (born 1932) is a British scientist and senior research investigator at The Blackett Laboratory, at Imperial College London, UK. His research interests are in quantum field theory, especially the interface between high-energy particle physics and cosmology. He has worked on mechanisms of symmetry breaking, phase transitions and the topological defects that can be formed. His seminal paper on cosmic strings introduced the phenomenon into modern cosmology. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh (MA 1955, BSc 1956, PhD 1958).

Personal facts

Tom W. B. Kibble
Birth dateDecember 23, 1932
Birth place
India , Chennai , Presidencies and provinces of British India , Madras Presidency
Nationality
United Kingdom
Education
University of Edinburgh
Known for
Quantum field theory
Higgs mechanism
Cosmology
Higgs boson
Symmetry breaking

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awards
Hughes Medal
Royal Society
Rutherford Medal and Prize
Imperial College London
Faraday Medal and Prize
Dirac Prize
Sakurai Prize
doctoral advisor
Field of study
Theoretical physics

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