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Born November 6, 1932 • Etterbeek • Belgium
Died June 18, 2026 (aged 93) • Belgium
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (2013)
Subjects Of Study Higgs boson • Higgs field • Higgs mechanism • boson

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