Markov prize for Boos and Gorbunov
The Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences (INR RAS) has awarded its 2018 Markov prize to Eduard Boos from Lomonosov Moscow State University and Dmitry Gorbunov from INR RAS for their "outstanding contributions to the theoretical studies of hypothetical elementary particles and developments of methods for their experimental search". Boos was recognised for, among other achievements, participating in the creation of a new method of event simulation that takes into account loop corrections and a new method of optimising kinematical variables. Gorbunov was recognised for, among other things, the development of an experimental programme to search for new physics in the goldstino sector and suggesting direct experimental tests of the minimal extension of the Standard Model, in addition to putting forward the idea that blazars are sources of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (see “IceCube neutrino points to origin of cosmic rays“). The award was presented at the 15th Markov Readings, a series of international seminars held in commemoration of the prominent Russian scientist Moisey Markov, in Moscow on 13 May.