Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for detecting gravitational waves
Q. Recently the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics has been awarded to- Published on 05 May 16a. Team detecting gravitational waves
b. Team detecting Higgs boson
c. Team detecting Dark Matter
d. Team that proved that the universe is rapidly expanding
ANSWER: Team detecting gravitational waves
- The scientists and engineers of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, who detected gravitational waves and reported their discovery in February, have been awarded a $3 million Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.
- The team also includes Indian scientists and researchers.
- The three founders of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) are Rainer Weiss, emeritus professor of physics at MIT; Kip Thorne, Caltech’s Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, emeritus; and Ronald Drever, emeritus professor of physics at Caltech.
