Peter Higgs is a British theoretical physicist best known for his work on the field of particle physics, particularly for his proposal of the mechanism that explains how particles acquire mass. This theoretical framework is known as the Higgs mechanism, which is a key component of the Standard Model of particle physics. Higgs proposed the existence of a field, now called the Higgs field, and a corresponding particle, later named the Higgs boson.
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