The Nobel Prize in Physics 1995

Martin L. Perl

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Prize share: 1/2

Frederick Reines

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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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