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Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957 2026-10-18
Awarded jointly to Chen Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee for investigating parity conservation laws, leading to discoveries about elementary particles.[ref]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1957 by Nobel Prize Outreach. Both laureates, equal shares and parity-law investigation motivation
Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963 2026-10-18
One half went to Eugene Paul Wigner for theories of atomic nuclei and elementary particles, particularly symmetry principles; the other half jointly to Maria Goeppert Mayer and Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen for discoveries about the nuclear shell model.[ref]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1963 by Nobel Prize Outreach. Reproduced individual official Nobel record: Wigner one-half for nuclear/particle theory and symmetry; Mayer and Jensen one-quarter each for nuclear shell structure.
Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 2026-10-18
Awarded in equal shares to Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Julian Seymour Schwinger and Richard Feynman for fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with consequences for elementary particles.[ref]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1965 by Nobel Prize Outreach. Individual official award summary: all three laureates, one-third shares, and common quantum-electrodynamics motivation.
Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968 2026-10-18
Awarded to Luis Walter Alvarez for discoveries in elementary particle physics, especially particle resonances identified using hydrogen bubble chambers and analysis of their records.[ref]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1968 by Nobel Prize Outreach. Reproduced individual official 1968 record: sole laureate, resonance discoveries using hydrogen bubble chambers and data analysis.
Nobel Prize in Physics in 1969 2026-10-18
Awarded to Murray Gell-Mann for discoveries concerning the classification of elementary particles and their interactions.[ref]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1969 by Nobel Prize Outreach. Reproduced individual official 1969 record: sole laureate, classification of elementary particles and their interactions.
Nobel Prize in Physics in 1976 2026-10-18
Awarded in equal shares to Burton Richter and Samuel Chao Chung Ting for pioneering work discovering a new kind of heavy elementary particle.[ref]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1976 by Nobel Prize Outreach. Individual official summary: equal halves for pioneering discovery of a heavy elementary particle of a new kind.