The Nobel Prize in Physics 2004
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David J. Gross
Prize share: 1/3
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H. David Politzer
Prize share: 1/3
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Frank Wilczek
Prize share: 1/3
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2004 was awarded jointly to David J. Gross, H. David Politzer and Frank Wilczek "for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction"
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