05 October,2016 10:17 AM IST | | Agencies
British scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz won the Nobel Physics Prize yesterday for revealing the secrets of exotic matter, the Nobel jury said
Stockholm: British scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz won the Nobel Physics Prize yesterday for revealing the secrets of exotic matter, the Nobel jury said.
"This year's laureates opened the door on an unknown world where matter can assume strange states. They have used advanced mathematical methods to study unusual phases, or states, of matter, such as superconductors, superfluids or thin magnetic films. Thanks to their pioneering work, the hunt is now on for new and exotic phases of matter," it said.
The laureates will share the eight million Swedish kronor (around $931,000) prize sum. Thouless won one-half of the rize, while Haldane and Hosterlitz share the other half.
The jury said their pioneering work "has boosted frontline research in condensed matter physics, not least because of the hope that topological materials could be used in new generations of electronics and superconductors, or in future quantum computers."
