Physics
Statutes for the prizes awarded by the Royal Academy of Sciences
Statutes containing special regulations for the award by the Royal Academy of Sciences of prizes from the Nobel Foundation, etc. The Government decreed on 7 April 1994 that the Statutes of 29 of June 1973, containing special regulations concerning the award by the Royal Academy of Sciences of prizes from the Nobel Foundation etc., shall…
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Prize awarder for the Nobel Prize in Physics The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is responsible for selecting the Nobel Prize laureates in physics. By the terms of the Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences since 1901. The Academy was founded in 1739 and has today about 440…
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Nomination and selection of physics laureates
Nomination to the Nobel Prize in Physics is by invitation only. The names of the nominees and other information about the nominations cannot be revealed until 50 years later. Process of nomination and selection The sends confidential forms to persons who are competent and qualified to nominate. Qualified nominators The right to submit proposals for…
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Nominations
The Nobel Committee for Physics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is responsible for the selection of candidates for the Physics Prize from the names submitted for consideration by qualified nominators, who have been invited through formal letters. Nobel Committee for Physics 2021 Members David Haviland Professor of Nanostructure Physics Mats Larsson Professor of…
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Press release
English (pdf) 6 October 2015 has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2015 to Takaaki Kajita Super-Kamiokande Collaboration University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan and Arthur B. McDonald Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Collaboration Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada “for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass” Metamorphosis in the particle world…
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