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The 203 pages that link to Nobel Prize in Physics, each with the reason it gives.

• Nobel Prize in ChemistryCompared with: It is a neighboring Nobel category whose boundaries sometimes overlap with chemistry.

• Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineCompared with: Its focus on physical science distinguishes it from the medicine prize’s remit.

• Niels BohrRelated: Bohr received the 1922 prize for his investigations of atomic structure and radiation.

• X-ray diffractionRelated: The 1914 and 1915 prizes recognized Laue's discovery and the Braggs' analysis of crystal structures.

• Max PlanckRelated: Planck received the 1918 prize for his discovery of energy quanta.

• Nobel Prize controversiesBroader topic: Its emphasis on recognized discoveries can conflict with the collaborative nature of modern physics.

• Compton scatteringRelated: Compton received the 1927 prize for discovering the effect.

• Nobel PrizeBroader topic: It is one of the five prize fields named in Nobel’s will.

• Enrico FermiRelated: Fermi received the 1938 award for his work on neutron-induced radioactivity and transuranium elements.

• Marie CurieRelated: Curie shared the 1903 prize with Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel for research on radiation.

• Hendrik LorentzNarrower topic: Lorentz and Zeeman received the 1902 prize for research on magnetic effects on radiation.

• J. J. ThomsonRelated: Thomson received the 1906 prize for investigations of electrical conduction through gases.

• Josephson effectRelated: Josephson shared the 1973 prize for theoretical predictions of tunneling in superconductors.

• Erwin SchrödingerRelated: Schrödinger shared the 1933 prize with Paul Dirac for discoveries in atomic theory.

• Werner HeisenbergBroader topic: Heisenberg received the 1932 prize for creating quantum mechanics, whose applications led to hydrogen’s allotropic forms.

• Cherenkov radiationRelated: Cherenkov, Frank, and Tamm received the 1958 prize for the discovery and interpretation of the effect.

• Max BornRelated: Born received the 1954 prize for fundamental research in quantum mechanics, especially its statistical interpretation.

• PositronRelated: Anderson received the 1936 prize for discovering the positron.

• Transmission electron microscopyRelated: Ruska received the 1986 prize for his fundamental work in electron optics.

• CyclotronRelated: Lawrence received the 1939 prize for inventing and developing the cyclotron.

• High-temperature superconductivityRelated: The 1987 prize unusually followed Bednorz and Müller’s discovery after only a short interval.

• Paul DiracRelated: Dirac shared the 1933 prize with Erwin Schrödinger for new productive forms of atomic theory.

• Van der Waals equationRelated: Van der Waals received the 1910 prize for his work on the equation of state for gases and liquids.

• Ernest LawrenceNarrower topic: Lawrence’s 1939 award placed the cyclotron among discoveries recognized as major advances in physics.

• Hans BetheRelated: Bethe received the 1967 prize for his theory of stellar energy production.

• Guglielmo MarconiRelated: Marconi shared the 1909 prize with Karl Ferdinand Braun for contributions to wireless telegraphy.

• Murray Gell-MannRelated: Gell-Mann received the 1969 prize for his work and discoveries concerning elementary particles.

• Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesRelated: The Academy selects the laureates and presents the prize each year.

• William ShockleyRelated: Shockley shared the 1956 prize with Bardeen and Brattain for research on semiconductors and the transistor effect.

• LIGORelated: The 2017 prize recognized foundational contributions to LIGO and gravitational-wave detection.

• Eugene WignerRelated: Wigner received the 1963 prize for foundational work in quantum mechanics, especially symmetry principles.

• Mössbauer spectroscopyRelated: Mössbauer received the 1961 prize for his discovery of recoilless nuclear resonance absorption.

• Lev LandauRelated: Landau received the 1962 prize for his pioneering theories of condensed matter, especially liquid helium.

• Louis de BroglieRelated: De Broglie received the 1929 prize for discovering the wave nature of electrons.

• Pierre CurieRelated: Pierre Curie shared the 1903 prize with Marie Curie and Henri Becquerel for radiation research.

• William Henry BraggRelated: Bragg and his son received the 1915 award for their analysis of crystal structure using X-rays.

• Alfvén waveRelated: Alfvén received the 1970 prize for fundamental work in magnetohydrodynamics and plasma physics.

• Arnold SommerfeldRelated: Sommerfeld was nominated many times but never received the prize, despite his broad influence.

• James ChadwickRelated: Chadwick received the 1935 prize for discovering the neutron.

• Abdus SalamRelated: Salam shared the 1979 prize with Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg.

• Steven WeinbergRelated: Weinberg shared the 1979 prize for electroweak unification.

• De Broglie wavelengthRelated: De Broglie received the 1929 prize for his discovery of the wave nature of electrons.

• Jocelyn Bell BurnellRelated: The 1974 prize recognized pulsar-related work by Antony Hewish and Martin Ryle, but not Bell Burnell.

• Kyoto UniversityRelated: Kyoto University researchers and alumni have received the prize for work in particle physics.

• Luis AlvarezNarrower topic: Alvarez received the 1968 prize for contributions to elementary-particle physics, especially hydrogen bubble chambers.

• Experimental physicsRelated: Many honored discoveries depended on decisive measurements or experimental techniques.

• Roger PenroseRelated: Penrose received the 2020 prize for showing that black-hole formation is a robust prediction of general relativity.

• Stanford Linear Accelerator CenterRelated: Several discoveries made at SLAC contributed to Nobel-recognized work in particle physics.

• Walter BrattainNarrower topic: Brattain shared the 1956 award with Bardeen and Shockley for semiconductor research and the transistor effect.

• Nobel lectureBroader topic: Physics lectures often explain the discoveries and experiments behind a laureate’s award.