THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS 2016
The Nobel Prize in
Physics 2016 was divided, one half awarded to David
J. Thouless, the other half jointly to F.
Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael
Kosterlitz "for theoretical
discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter".
DAVID J. THOULESS
Born: 1934,
Bearsden, United Kingdom
Affiliation at the time of the award: University
of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Prize motivation: "for
theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases
of matter"
Prize share: ½
F. DUNCAN M. HALDANE
Born: 1951,
London, United Kingdom
Affiliation at the time of the award: Princeton
University, Princeton, NJ, USA
Prize motivation: "for
theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases
of matter"
Prize share: ¼
J. MICHAEL KOSTERLITZ
Born: 1942,
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Affiliation at the time of the award: Brown
University, Providence, RI, USA
Prize motivation: "for
theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases
of matter"
Prize share: ¼
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