Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927 2026-10-18
Awarded in equal shares to Arthur Holly Compton for the Compton effect and Charles Thomson Rees Wilson for making charged-particle paths visible by condensation. The Compton scattering experiment of 1923 and Wilson cloud-chamber experiment explain the two experimental methods.[ref]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1927 by Nobel Prize Outreach. Official award record: Compton and Wilson, half shares and their distinct experimental subjects