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 16

a. 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.

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