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Incoming links: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1973 by Nobel Prize Outreach
Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 2026-10-18
One half was shared by Leo Esaki and Ivar Giaever for experimental discoveries of quantum tunnelling in semiconductors and superconductivity, respectively. The other half went to Brian D. Josephson for predicting supercurrents across a tunnel barrier and the Josephson effect.[ref]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1973 by Nobel Prize Outreach. Individual official summary: Esaki and Giaever one-quarter each, Josephson one-half; experimental and theoretical motivations separately.