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In 2010, which prize did François Englert receive alongside Tom Kibble and Robert Brout among others?
J. J. Sakurai Prize
Wolf Prize
Lorentz Medal
Copley Medal
Answer
The J. J. Sakurai Prize is awarded by the American Physical Society for "outstanding contributions to theoretical physics". It was established in 1989 and is named after Japanese physicist Jun John Sakurai. François Englert, Tom Kibble, and Robert Brout were jointly awarded the J. J. Sakurai Prize in 2010 for their work on the Higgs mechanism, which is responsible for the mass of elementary particles.
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