'for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles' 'for their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles' 'for his contributions to the theory of nuclear reactions, especially his discoveries concerning the energy production in stars' 'for his contributions and discoveries concerning the classification of elementary particles and their interactions' 'for his invention and development of the holographic method' 'for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory' 'for his theoretical predictions of the properties of a supercurrent through a tunnel barrier, in particular those phenomena which are generally known as the Josephson effects' 'for the discovery of the connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus based on this connection' 'for their pioneering work in the discovery of a heavy elementary particle of a new kind' 'for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation' 'for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including inter alia the prediction of the weak neutral current' 'for their important breakthrough in the discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials'

'for the neutrino beam method and the demonstration of the doublet structure of the leptons through the discovery of the muon neutrino' 'for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics' 'for his invention and development of particle detectors, in particular the multiwire proportional chamber' 'for their discovery of superfluidity in helium-3' 'for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light' 'for basic work on information and communication technology' 'for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids' 'for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction' 'for his contribution to the quantum theory of optical coherence' 'for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae' 'for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems'

'for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments' 'for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter' 'for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves'

for the optical tweezers and their application to biological systems.' 'for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics. To re-sort the Table, click a column header.

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