Celebrating Kibble&Higgs legacies at Imperial
Sir Peter Higgs was a postdoc in the theory group at Imperial and Sir Tom Kibble a professor throughout his career. In 1964, Prof. Kibble theoretical work provided the basis for symmetry breaking and predicted the existence of a particle with physical properties like the Higgs boson. See below for a timeline of the boson theory and discovery at Imperial.
- Higgs history: timeline of the boson theory and discovery at Imperial
- Higgs@10: Celebration of 10 years anniversary of discovery of the Higgs at Imperial
- A memoir of renowned theoretical physicist Professor Tom Kibble for the Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
- The Isaac Newton medal, the highest UK honour for physics, awarded to Professor Kibble article by Michael Duff and Kellogg Stelle
- Sir Tom Kibble: a tribute by Jerome Gauntlett
- Tom Kibble: Renaming Higgs boson would be 'silly'
- Kibble at 80
- See also experimental particle physics engagement activities
YouTube videos
An audience with Kibble
Professor Sir Tom Kibble talks to Imperial alumni about his role in the prediction of the Higgs Boson, the elusive particle whose existence was finally confirmed at CERN in 2012.
An audience with Kibble
Sir Tom Kibble's role on prediction of the Higgs Boson
Professor Sir Tom Kibble talks to Imperial alumni about his role in the prediction of the Higgs Boson, the elusive particle whose existence was finally confirmed at CERN in 2012.
Kibble and Virdee on new boson
Professors Tom Kibble and Tejinder Virdee speak about the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics
Imperial scientists discuss the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics and the importance of the discovery of the Higgs boson.
A celebration of Tom Kibble at Imperial College London
Tom Kibble's life work by Profs Kellogg Stelle and Anne-Christine Davis
The Department of Physics celebrates Professor Sir Tom Kibble’s contributions to theoretical physics and to the college over many years. Professor Kellogg Stelle and Professor Anne-Christine Davis will speak about Tom’s life and work. The event will culminate with Professor Peter Ware Higgs CH FRS FRSE unveiling a special portrait of Tom.
Spontaneous symmetry breaking in QFT
Sir Tom Kibble on his 1964 paper that led to speculation about the Higgs boson.
Emeritus Professor Tom Kibble talks about spontaneous symmetry breaking in quantum field theories, the subject of his 1964 paper that led to speculation about the Higgs boson.
Tom Kibble: breaking symmetries, breaking ground and the new
Tom Kibble: breaking symmetries, breaking ground and the new boson
Nobel Laureate Professor Steven Weinberg presents a special lecture on particle physics to celebrate Imperial Professor Tom Kibble's 80th birthday.
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