Pierre Darriulat | |
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 Pierre Darriulat in 1980 | |
| Born | 17 February 1938 |
| Nationality | France |
| Alma mater | University of Orsay |
| Awards | 1973 Joliot-Curie Award 1987 Grand Prix de l’Académie des Sciences: prix du Commissariat à l’énergie atomique 1985 Award from the French Academy of Science 2008 André Lagarrigue Award Honorary medal from the Vietnamese Ministry of Sciences and Technology Honorary medal from the Physical Society of Vietnam 2014 Vietnamese Friendship Medal 2016 Phan Chau Trinh Prize for education and culture Honorary degree from the University of Pavia |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics (Particle physics, astrophysics) |
| Institutions | CERN, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology |
Pierre Darriulat (born 17 February 1938) is a French experimental particle physicist. As staff member at CERN, he contributed in several prestigious experiments. He was the spokesperson of the UA2 collaboration from 1981 to 1986, during which time the UA2 collaboration, together with the UA1 collaboration, discovered the W and Z bosons in 1983.