Muon g-2 Collaboration Wins 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for 66-Year Quest to Weigh a Wobble
The $3 million prize recognizes three generations of experiments at CERN, Brookhaven, and Fermilab that measured the muon's magnetic moment to 127 parts per billion, sharpening a long-standing test of the Standard Model.
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