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Nobel Prize for J-Psi Discovery

United States of America · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1976Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1976

Burton RichterDecember 1976

Stockholm · Science / Physics

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovery of the J/psi using electron-positron collisions.

Samuel TingDecember 1976

Stockholm · Science / Physics

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovery of a new kind of heavy elementary particle.

Names involved

Burton RichterSamuel Ting

Provenance

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