Nobel physics prize awarded to David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz for topology work

The Nobel jury cited their 'theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.'

The three “opened the door” to an unknown world where matter takes unusual states or phases, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said. (Source: nobelprize.org)

British-born scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz were awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for work that “revealed the secrets of exotic matter,” the prize committee said.

The three “opened the door” to an unknown world where matter takes unusual states or phases, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.

They were for their “theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.”