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The search for the Higgs boson could soon prove successful. Although the particle bears the name of a single physicist, many more were involved in devising the theory behind it — so which of them should share a potential Nobel Prize?

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Figure 1: An effective potential, V(ϕ), in the form of a 'Mexican hat' leads to spontaneous symmetry breaking.

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  1. Luis Álvarez-Gaumé and John Ellis are in the Theory Division, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland;,

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  2. Department of Physics, John Ellis is also in the Theoretical Physics and Cosmology Group, King's College London, London WC2R 2LS, UK.,

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Álvarez-Gaumé, L., Ellis, J. Eyes on a prize particle. Nature Phys 7, 2–3 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys1874

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