October 9, 2012
peter.suber's bookmarks 2012-10-09
Summary:
"The 2012 Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded to two American Physical Society [APS] Fellows [Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland] who performed experiments exploring aspects of the quantum mechanics of photons and electrically charged atoms known as ions....APS is very pleased that much of this seminal work noted by the Nobel committee has been published in the APS journals: Physical Review Letters, Physical Review A, and Reviews of Modern Physics. To honor these laureates and their collaborators, we have made freely available five of their many APS publications that demonstrate some of the key insights of their pioneering work...."