Breakthrough Prize 2013 (special): Winners

Recipients

1. Fundamental Physics

   Peter Jenni, Fabiola Gianotti, Michel Della Negra, Tejinder Singh Virdee, Guido Tonelli, Joe Incandela, Lyn Evans

   Physics

   For their leadership role in the scientific endeavour that led to the discovery of the new Higgs-like particle by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations at CERN's Large Hadron Collider.

2. Fundamental Physics

   Stephen Hawking

   Physics

   For his discovery of Hawking radiation from black holes, and his deep contributions to quantum gravity and quantum aspects of the early universe.