Profile of James Peebles, Michel Mayor, and Didier Queloz: 2019 Nobel Laureates in Physics

DOI10.1073/PNAS.1920833117MaRDI QIDQ5854797zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Neta A. Bahcall, Adam S. Burrows

Publication date 12 March 2021

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.08511

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70)

Abstract: The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics honors three pioneering scientists for their fundamental contributions to basic cosmic questions - Professor James Peebles (Princeton University), Michel Mayor (University of Geneva), and Didier Queloz (University of Geneva and the University of Cambridge) - "for contributions to our understanding of the evolution of the universe and Earth's place in the cosmos," with one half to James Peebles "for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology," and the other half jointly to Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz "for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star." We summarize the historical and scientific backdrop to this year's Physics Nobel.

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