Peter Higgs将其2013年诺贝尔奖项捐给了爱丁堡大学, Peter Higgs donated his 2013 Nobel Prize medal to the University of Edinburgh, where he developed his theory on mass.

1964年在爱丁堡大学提出希格斯博森理论的Peter Higgs教授将2013年诺贝尔物理奖授予该大学,正如他的遗嘱所述。 Professor Peter Higgs, who proposed the Higgs boson theory in 1964 at the University of Edinburgh, has donated his 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics medal to the university, as stated in his will. 他的理论在2012年欧洲核子研究中心的大哈德伦对撞机上得到确认,解释物质是如何获得质量的,并让他与François Englert一起获得诺贝尔奖。 His theory, confirmed in 2012 at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, explained how matter acquires mass and earned him the Nobel alongside François Englert. 希格斯1960年加入爱丁堡并于1996年成为名誉教授,于2024年4月94岁去世。 Higgs, who joined Edinburgh in 1960 and became professor emeritus in 1996, died in April 2024 at age 94. 奖牌将保留在大学研究收藏中心,并在包括2026年Higgs讲座在内的活动中展出。 The medal will be preserved in the university’s Centre for Research Collections and displayed at events, including the 2026 Higgs Lecture. 2012年设立的希格斯理论物理中心继续推进物理基础研究。 The Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, established in 2012, continues to advance fundamental research in physics.