The Nobel Prize in Physics 1994

Bertram N. Brockhouse

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Prize share: 1/2

Clifford G. Shull

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Prize share: 1/2

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1994 was awarded "for pioneering contributions to the development of neutron scattering techniques for studies of condensed matter" jointly with one half to Bertram N. Brockhouse "for the development of neutron spectroscopy" and with one half to Clifford G. Shull "for the development of the neutron diffraction technique"

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