Gerald Guralnik
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Gerald Guralnik was an American theoretical physicist best known as one of the co-discoverers of the Higgs mechanism that explains how particles acquire mass.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gerald Guralnik canonical | 8 |
| Gerald S. Guralnik | 3 |
| C. R. Hagen | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T230822 — 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: Gerald Guralnik Context triple: [Higgs boson, predictedBy, Gerald Guralnik]
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A.
Murray Gell-Mann
Murray Gell-Mann was an American physicist best known for developing the quark model of subatomic particles and receiving the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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B.
Frank Wilczek
Frank Wilczek is a Nobel Prize–winning theoretical physicist renowned for his work on quantum chromodynamics, the strong nuclear force, and concepts such as asymptotic freedom and anyons.
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C.
Sheldon Glashow
Sheldon Glashow is an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering contributions to the electroweak theory that unifies electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.
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D.
Steven Weinberg
Steven Weinberg was an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in unifying the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces into the electroweak theory.
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E.
Jerome Friedman
Jerome Friedman is an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering experimental work that confirmed the existence of quarks as fundamental constituents of matter.
- 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: Gerald Guralnik Target entity description: Gerald Guralnik was an American theoretical physicist best known as one of the co-discoverers of the Higgs mechanism that explains how particles acquire mass.
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A.
Murray Gell-Mann
Murray Gell-Mann was an American physicist best known for developing the quark model of subatomic particles and receiving the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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B.
Frank Wilczek
Frank Wilczek is a Nobel Prize–winning theoretical physicist renowned for his work on quantum chromodynamics, the strong nuclear force, and concepts such as asymptotic freedom and anyons.
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C.
Sheldon Glashow
Sheldon Glashow is an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering contributions to the electroweak theory that unifies electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.
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D.
Steven Weinberg
Steven Weinberg was an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in unifying the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces into the electroweak theory.
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E.
Jerome Friedman
Jerome Friedman is an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering experimental work that confirmed the existence of quarks as fundamental constituents of matter.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American physicist
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human ⓘ physicist ⓘ theoretical physicist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in physics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
American Physical Society J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics
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European Physical Society High Energy and Particle Physics Prize ⓘ Sakurai Prize ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Carl Hagen
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Richard Hagen ⓘ Tom Kibble ⓘ |
| coAuthorOf |
Guralnik–Hagen–Kibble 1964 paper on broken symmetry and mass of gauge bosons
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linked to:
Higgs mechanism
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| coDiscovererOf | Higgs mechanism ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1936-09-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2014-04-26 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor |
V. F. Weisskopf
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linked to:
Victor F. Weisskopf
Walter Gilbert ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Brown University
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| employer | Brown University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
particle physics
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quantum field theory ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline | high-energy physics ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Guralnik ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Gerald ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
gauge theories
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mass generation of gauge bosons ⓘ spontaneous symmetry breaking ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Guralnik–Hagen–Kibble paper on broken symmetries
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linked to:
Higgs mechanism
Higgs mechanism ⓘ spontaneous symmetry breaking in gauge theories ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Physical Society ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Carl Hagen ⓘ |
| notableWork |
“Broken Symmetries and the Masses of Gauge Bosons”
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“Global Conservation Laws and Massless Particles” ⓘ |
| occupation |
researcher
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university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Cedar Falls, Iowa ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Providence, Rhode Island
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linked to:
Providence
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| residence |
Providence, Rhode Island
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linked to:
Providence
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Brown University ⓘ |
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Subject: Gerald Guralnik Description of subject: Gerald Guralnik was an American theoretical physicist best known as one of the co-discoverers of the Higgs mechanism that explains how particles acquire mass.
Referenced by (12)
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linked to: Gerald Guralnik
subject linked to:
“Global Conservation Laws and Massless Particles”
linked to: Gerald Guralnik
subject linked to:
“Global Conservation Laws and Massless Particles”
subject linked to:
“Global Conservation Laws and Massless Particles”
linked to: Gerald Guralnik
linked to: Gerald Guralnik