The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded “for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter” on October 4th to:
- David J. Thouless, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- F. Duncan M. Haldane, Princeton University, NJ
- J. Michael Kosterlit, Brown University, Providence, RI
Some of their work is available for free online right now through World Scientific Publishing Co.:
Two chapters of Topological Quantum Numbers in Nonrelativistic Physics by David J Thouless
One chapter from 40 Years of Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless Theory edited by Jorge V José
- Early Work on Defect Driven Phase Transitions by J. Michael Kosterlitz and David J. Thouless
If you’d like to read more about this year’s Nobel Laureates take a look at the nobelprize.org webpage for this year’s award.
