| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1951 |
| Number: | 38 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Arnold Sommerfeld |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1868 |
| Year, Death: | 1951 |
| City: | Munich |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Erwin Wilhelm Müller |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1911 |
| Year, Death: | 1977 |
| City: | Berlin-Dahlem |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Walther Kossel |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1888 |
| Year, Death: | 1956 |
| City: | Tübingen |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Comments: | First choice: A. Sommerfeld. Second choice: E. Müller. |