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Carlo Rubbia
Full Name of the recipient | Carlo Rubbia |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
Year of Award | 1984 |
Share in Award | 50.0% |
Award Shared with | Simon van der Meer (50.0%) |
Motivation for the Award | for their decisive contributions to the large project, which led to the discovery of the field particles W and Z, communicators of weak interaction |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | CERN, Geneva, Switzerland |
Place of Birth | Gorizia, Italy ITA |
Date of Birth | 31 March 1934 |
Age at the time of Award | 49 years |