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by _pferreir_ 4631 days ago
They could have awarded it to the CMS and ATLAS experiments as well. No need to award it to CERN.
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davrosthedalek 4631 days ago
That's not a significantly lower number of people.
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davrosthedalek 4631 days ago
And I would like to add that the people building the accelerator play a significant role too.
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aestra 4631 days ago
They can't award it to CERN or CMS or ATLAS. At most 3 individual people can split one prize.
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