Burton Richter shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering a new heavy elementary particle. Experiments with electron-positron collisions revealed the J psi particle and provided crucial evidence for the charm quark.
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Burton Richter
Nobel Prize history for Burton Richter based on the award records stored in the World History Database.
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