The Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was announced in May 2016 by recognizing the scientists and engineers who contributed to the momentous detection of

2016

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

A	Electrostatics
B	Phase space
C	Infra red Rays
D	Gravitational Wave

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Peter Shor Wins Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.

Detailed explanation-2: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Joseph Polchinski, Andrew Strominger, and Cumrun Vafa.

Detailed explanation-3: -The prize is awarded to physicists from theoretical, mathematical, or experimental physics that have made transformative contributions to fundamental physics, and specifically for recent advances.

Detailed explanation-4: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Ashoke Sen. Ashoke Sen was among the first recipients of the Fundamental Physics Prize “for opening the path to the realisation that all string theories are different limits of the same underlying theory".

Detailed explanation-5: -2013 Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics For his discovery of Hawking radiation from black holes, and his deep contributions to quantum gravity and quantum aspects of the early Universe.

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