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In 1997, François Englert won the High Energy and Particle Prize of the European Physical Society for what mechanism?

Quantum Chromodynamics Mechanism
Superstring Theory Mechanism
Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism
Electroweak Symmetry Breaking Mechanism

Answer

The Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism is a theory that explains the mass of subatomic particles. It was proposed by Robert Brout and François Englert in 1964, and independently by Peter Higgs in 1964. The mechanism predicts that there is a new field, the Higgs field, which permeates the entire universe. This field gives mass to particles by interacting with them.