The Nobel Prize in Physics 1984
Awarded on: 1984-10-17
"for their decisive contributions to the large project, which led to the discovery of the field particles W and Z, communicators of weak interaction"
Affiliations:
- CERN – Geneva, Switzerland
Carlo Rubbia
Born: 1934-03-31 in Gorizia, Italy
Gender: male
Field: Italian particle physicist and Nobel Prize winner (born 1934)
Biography
Carlo Rubbia is an Italian particle physicist and inventor who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Simon van der Meer for work leading to the discovery of the W and Z particles at CERN.