Tom Kibble

Sir

Tom Kibble

CBE FRS MAE
Sir; Tom Kibble; CBE FRS MAE
Born	Thomas Walter Bannerman Kibble; 23 December 1932; Madras, Madras Presidency, British India
Died	2 June 2016 (aged 83); London, England
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh (BSc, MA, PhD)
Known for	Quantum field theory, broken symmetry, Higgs boson, Higgs mechanism, Kibble–Zurek mechanism, cosmic strings
Awards	FRS (1980); Hughes Medal (1981); Rutherford Medal and Prize (1984); Guthrie Medal and Prize (1993); Sakurai Prize (2010); Dirac Medal (2013); Albert Einstein Medal (2014); Isaac Newton Medal (2016);
	Scientific career
Fields	Theoretical physics
Institutions	Imperial College London
Thesis	Topics in quantum field theory: 1. Schwinger's action principle; 2. Dispersion relations for inelastic scattering processes (1958)
Doctoral advisor	John Polkinghorne
Doctoral students	John W. Barrett ; Seifallah Randjbar-Daemi; Jonathan Ashmore

Sir Thomas Walter Bannerman Kibble CBE FRS MAE (/ˈkɪbəl/; 23 December 1932 – 2 June 2016) was a British theoretical physicist, senior research investigator at the Blackett Laboratory and Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics at Imperial College London. His research interests were in quantum field theory, especially the interface between high-energy particle physics and cosmology. He is best known as one of the first to describe the Higgs mechanism, and for his research on topological defects. From the 1950s he was concerned about the nuclear arms race and from 1970 took leading roles in promoting the social responsibility of the scientist.

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