Cornell University (AB, 1954) Harvard University (PhD, 1959)
Known for
Electroweak theory Georgi–Glashow model GIM mechanism Glashow resonance De Rujula-Georgi-Glashow quark model Chiral color Very special relativity Trinification Weak hypercharge Weak mixing angle Criticism of Superstring theory
Spouse
Joan Shirley Alexander
(m. 1972)
Children
4
Awards
Oskar Klein Memorial Lecture (2017) Richtmyer Memorial Award (1994) Nobel Prize in Physics (1979) J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize (1977) Sloan Fellowship (1962)
Scientific career
Fields
Theoretical Physics
Institutions
Boston University Harvard University Texas A&M University California Institute of Technology Stanford University University of California, Berkeley
Thesis
The vector meson in elementary particle decays(1958)
Doctoral advisor
Julian Schwinger
Sheldon Lee Glashow (US: /ˈɡlæʃoʊ/,[1][2]UK: /ˈɡlæʃaʊ/;[3] born December 5, 1932) is a Nobel Prize-winning American theoretical physicist. He is the Metcalf Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Boston University and Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics, emeritus, at Harvard University, and is a member of the board of sponsors for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
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Sheldon Lee Glashow (US: /ˈɡlæʃoʊ/, UK: /ˈɡlæʃaʊ/; born December 5, 1932) is a Nobel Prize-winning American theoretical physicist. He is the Metcalf Professor...
forces. In 1974, SheldonGlashow and Howard Georgi proposed unifying the strong and electroweak interactions into the Georgi–Glashow model, the first...
equilibrium is around 5.5x1012 K (from the Large Hadron Collider). SheldonGlashow, Abdus Salam, and Steven Weinberg were awarded the 1979 Nobel Prize...
charge of +2/3 e. In 1964, James Bjorken and SheldonGlashow theorized on the charm quark, and in 1970, Glashow, John Iliopoulos, also theorized on by others...
Nobel laureate in physics for his contributions with Abdus Salam and SheldonGlashow to the unification of the weak force and electromagnetic interaction...
theoretical physicist. He shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with SheldonGlashow and Steven Weinberg for his contribution to the electroweak unification...
Grand Unified Theory proposed by Alvaro De Rújula, Howard Georgi and SheldonGlashow in 1984. It states that the gauge group is either S U ( 3 ) C × S U...
Glashow resonance is the resonant formation of the W boson in antineutrino-electron collisions: ν e + e− → W− . The resonance was proposed by Sheldon...
{\displaystyle U(1)} at long distances. This was extended by his student SheldonGlashow into the accepted pattern of electroweak unification. He attempted...
only in charged current interactions. The mechanism was put forth by SheldonGlashow, John Iliopoulos and Luciano Maiani in their famous paper "Weak Interactions...
1968 in a unified theory of electromagnetism and weak interactions by SheldonGlashow, Steven Weinberg, and Abdus Salam, for which they shared the 1979 Nobel...
electromagnetic forces have already been unified with the electroweak theory of SheldonGlashow, Abdus Salam, and Steven Weinberg, for which they received the 1979...
Z gauge bosons in the electroweak interaction was accomplished by SheldonGlashow, Abdus Salam and Steven Weinberg, for which they were awarded the 1979...
electroweak theory developed mainly by Abdus Salam, John Clive Ward, SheldonGlashow and Steven Weinberg, and confirmed shortly thereafter in 1973, in a...
Feinberg went to Bronx High School of Science with Steven Weinberg and SheldonGlashow and obtained his bachelor's and graduate degrees from Columbia University...
Nobel Laureate in Physics SheldonGlashow at Harvard told Damon that the subject should be math instead of physics. Glashow referred Damon to his brother-in-law...
confirmation event for the quark model. charm quark c elementary (quark) SheldonGlashow, John Iliopoulos, Luciano Maiani (1970) B. Richter, S. C. C. Ting (...
Bulfinch and Abbott Among those who have done research at Lyman are SheldonGlashow, Higgins Professor of Physics, Emeritus and Richard Wilson, Mallinckrodt...
report. He is best known for his prediction of the charm quark with SheldonGlashow and Luciano Maiani (the "GIM mechanism"). Iliopoulos is also known...
Higgs mechanism could be used to break the electroweak symmetry of SheldonGlashow's unified model for the weak and electromagnetic interactions, (itself...
than a year, extensions to the Gell-Mann–Zweig model were proposed. SheldonGlashow and James Bjorken predicted the existence of a fourth flavor of quark...
in Physics in 1991; notable signer of the Humanist Manifesto III. SheldonGlashow: Nobel Prize-winning American theoretical physicist. He is the Metcalf...
Sammarinese physicist best known for his prediction of the charm quark with SheldonGlashow and John Iliopoulos (the "GIM mechanism"). In 1964 Luciano Maiani received...
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