Carlo Rubbia was awarded Nobel Prize 1984 in Physics "for their decisive contributions to the large project, which led to the discovery of the field particles W and Z, communicators of weak interaction."

NationalityItaly

InstitutionCERN European Organization for Nuclear Research

Award1984

DisciplinePhysics

Co-recipientsSimon van der Meer

MotivationAwarded with Nobel Prize 1984 in Physics"for their decisive contributions to the large project, which led to the discovery of the field particles W and Z, communicators of weak interaction."

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