The Scientific Counsil of the Intitute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences awarded Markov Prize in 2004 for great contribution to theoretical and experimental investigations in the field of elementary particle physics, nuclear physics and neutrino astrophysics to Vladimir LOBASHEV, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (INR), and Ernst-Wilhelm OTTEN, Institut fur Physik, Johannes Gutenberg Universitat, Germany, for the Outstanding Contribution in Studying of Neutrino Fundamental Properties

Vladimir LOBASHEV On the "Troitsk-nu-mass" set-up created under the supervision of Vladimir Lobashev, where neutrinos are produced in the tritium decay, more and more precise restrictions on the value of neutrino mass have been obtained for the last ten years (now it is less than 2.05 eV/c2).

Ernst-Wilhelm OTTEN The head of the analogous experiment in Germany Ernst Otten will be presented Markov prize diploma at the meeting of collaboration KATRIN which is to be held this June in Moscow. KATRIN is a new large-scaled project which will make it possible to increase the accuracy of the neutrino mass measurement by an order of magnitude.

PRIZE REGULATIONS

Medal Scetch on the Base of the Moisey Markov Bas-relief which was made from Life in 1957 by Sculptor Olga Domogatskaya

Markov Prize Laureate Medal was made for the 100th Anniversary of Academician Markov