The Nobel Prize in Physics 1995
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Martin L. Perl
Prize share: 1/2
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Frederick Reines
Prize share: 1/2
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1995 was awarded "for pioneering experimental contributions to lepton physics" jointly with one half to Martin L. Perl "for the discovery of the tau lepton" and with one half to Frederick Reines "for the detection of the neutrino."
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