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Which award did François Englert receive for the unification of short and long range interactions?

EU's High Energy and Particle Physics Prize
The Dirac Medal
Mathematical Physics Prize
The Shaw Prize

Answer

François Englert was awarded the EU's High Energy and Particle Physics Prize for his work on the unification of short and long range interactions. Englert's work was part of a collaboration with Robert Brout, and together they developed a theory that unified the electromagnetic and weak forces.