= Nobel Prize in Physics in 2017
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One half went to <Rainer Weiss>, and one quarter each to <Barry C. Barish> and <Kip S. Thorne>, for decisive contributions to the <LIGO> detector and observation of <gravitational waves>.<Press release: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 by Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences>[Official 3 October 2017 award decision: Weiss one half, remaining half jointly to Barish and Thorne; their individual official facts records explicitly give one quarter each.]{ref}
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