Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997
= Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997
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Awarded in equal thirds to <Steven Chu>, <Claude Cohen-Tannoudji> and <William D. Phillips> for developing methods to cool and trap <chemical atoms> using <lasers>.<The Nobel Prize in Physics 1997 by Nobel Prize Outreach>[Individual official 1997 summary: three one-third shares; methods for cooling and trapping atoms with laser light.]{ref}