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THE ONLY PAKISTANI MUSLIM NOBEL PRIZE HOLDER
Abdus Salam[1] (Urdu: مظمد عبد السلام) (January 29, 1926;JhangPunjab – November 21, 1996; Oxford, England)[2] was a Pakistanitheoretical physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics for his work in Electro-Weak Theory. Salam, Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg shared the prize for this discovery. Salam holds the distinction of being the first PakistaniNobel Laureate, and is the first MuslimNobel Laureate in science. The validity of the theory was ascertained through experiments carried out at the Super Proton Synchrotron facility at CERN in Geneva, particularly, through the discovery of the W and Z Bosons.
The road named after Abdus Salam in CERN, Geneva
Contributions :
Salam's primary focus was research on the physics of elementary particles. His particular contributions included:
Abdus Salam
Abdus Salam (1926-1996)
BornJanuary 29, 1926
Jhang, Punjab, British IndiaDiedNovember 21, 1996 (aged 70)
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
CitizenshipUnited KingdomNationalityPakistanFieldsPhysicsInstitutionsPakistan Atomic Energy Commission
Punjab University
Imperial College, London
Government College
University of Cambridge
International Centre for Theoretical PhysicsAlma materUniversity of the Punjab
Government College
St John's College, CambridgeDoctoral advisorNicholas Kemmer
Paul MatthewsDoctoral studentsMichael Duff
Walter Gilbert
John Moffat
Yuval Ne'eman
John PolkinghorneKnown forElectroweak theory
Pati-Salam modelNotable awardsNobel Prize in Physics (1979)
Smith's Prize
Adams PrizeReligious stanceIslam
THE ONLY PAKISTANI MUSLIM NOBEL PRIZE HOLDER
Abdus Salam[1] (Urdu: مظمد عبد السلام) (January 29, 1926;JhangPunjab – November 21, 1996; Oxford, England)[2] was a Pakistanitheoretical physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics for his work in Electro-Weak Theory. Salam, Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg shared the prize for this discovery. Salam holds the distinction of being the first PakistaniNobel Laureate, and is the first MuslimNobel Laureate in science. The validity of the theory was ascertained through experiments carried out at the Super Proton Synchrotron facility at CERN in Geneva, particularly, through the discovery of the W and Z Bosons.
The road named after Abdus Salam in CERN, Geneva
Contributions :
Salam's primary focus was research on the physics of elementary particles. His particular contributions included:
[*]two-component neutrino theory and the prediction of the inevitable parity violation in weak interaction;
[*]gauge unification of weak and electromagnetic interactions, the unified force is called the "Electroweak" force, a name given to it by Salam, and which forms the basis of the Standard Model in particle physics;
[*]predicted existence of weak neutral currents and W particles and Z particles before their experimental discovery;[10]
[*]symmetry properties of elementary particles; unitary symmetry;
[*]renormalization of meson theories;
[*]gravity theory and its role in particle physics; two tensor theory of gravity and strong interaction physics;
[*]unification of electroweak with strong nuclear forces, grand unification theory;
[*]related prediction of proton-decay;
[*]Pati-Salam model, a grand unification theory;
[*]Supersymmetry theory, in particular formulation of Superspace and formalism of superfields in 1974;
[*]the theory of supermanifolds, as a geometrical framework for understanding supersymmetry, in 1974;[11]
[*]Supergeometry, the geometric basis for supersymmetry, in 1974;[12]
[*]application of the Higgs mechanism to the electroweak symmetry breaking;
[*]prediction of the magnetic photon in 1966;[13]
Abdus Salam
Abdus Salam (1926-1996)
BornJanuary 29, 1926
Jhang, Punjab, British IndiaDiedNovember 21, 1996 (aged 70)
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
CitizenshipUnited KingdomNationalityPakistanFieldsPhysicsInstitutionsPakistan Atomic Energy Commission
Punjab University
Imperial College, London
Government College
University of Cambridge
International Centre for Theoretical PhysicsAlma materUniversity of the Punjab
Government College
St John's College, CambridgeDoctoral advisorNicholas Kemmer
Paul MatthewsDoctoral studentsMichael Duff
Walter Gilbert
John Moffat
Yuval Ne'eman
John PolkinghorneKnown forElectroweak theory
Pati-Salam modelNotable awardsNobel Prize in Physics (1979)
Smith's Prize
Adams PrizeReligious stanceIslam
