The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 was divided, one half awarded to Rainer Weiss, the other half jointly to Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves".
1) Rainer Weiss -(from left )
Rainer Weiss
Born: 1932, Berlin, Germany
Affiliation at the time of the award: LIGO/VIRGO Collaboration, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA
Prize motivation: "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves"
2) Barry C. Barish - (centre)
Barry C. Barish
Born: 1936, Omaha, NE, USA
Affiliation at the time of the award: LIGO/VIRGO Collaboration, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA, USA
Prize motivation: "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves"
3)Kip S. Thorne - (right)
Kip S. Thorne
Born: 1940, Logan, UT, USA
Affiliation at the time of the award: LIGO/VIRGO Collaboration, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA, USA
Prize motivation: "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves"
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