AWhat changed
A concrete gauge-theory route to massive vector bosons entered the contemporary symmetry-breaking literature.
Scientific scope
Peter Higgs's October 1964 paper only; no sole credit for the full multi-author mechanism, Standard Model or 2012 boson detection.
Evidence
The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. This record is the exact 1964 Higgs paper, not a claim of sole authorship of the full mechanism. Contemporaneous work by Englert and Brout and by Guralnik, Hagen and Kibble remains separately attributable.
Contributors
- Peter W. Higgs · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
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