Hans A. Bethe Prize
The Hans A. Bethe Prize is a prize awarded annually since 1998 by the American Physical Society for achievements in astrophysics , nuclear astrophysics, nuclear physics and related fields. It is named in honor of Hans Bethe and endowed with $ 10,000.
Award winners
- 1998 John N. Bahcall
- 1999 Edwin Salpeter
- 2000 Igal Talmi
- 2001 Gerald Brown
- 2002 Gordon Baym
- 2003 Michael Wiescher
- 2004 Wick Haxton
- 2005 Stanford E. Woosley
- 2006 Alastair Cameron
- 2007 James R. Wilson
- 2008 Friedrich-Karl Thielemann
- 2009 W. David Arnett
- 2010 Claus Rolfs
- 2011 Christopher Pethick
- 2012 Manuel Peimbert , Silvia Torres-Peimbert (UNAM, Mexico City) for work on the cosmological abundance of helium and the abundance of other elements and the implications for the cosmology and chemical evolution of galaxies and stars (laudation).
- 2013 George M. Fuller (University of California, San Diego), for outstanding contributions to nuclear astrophysics , especially his work on the nuclear reaction rates of processes of weak interaction for star evolution and star collapse and his pioneering work on neutrino mixing in supernovae (laudation)
- 2014 Karl-Ludwig Kratz for his groundbreaking and visionary work in developing a complete overview of the r-process by using novel experimental techniques in studying the decay of nuclei far from equilibrium. He used observations from astronomers, astrophysical and nuclear theoretical models and the geochemical analysis of meteorites (laudation).
- 2015 James Lattimer for outstanding theoretical work that combines observations of supernovae and neutron stars with neutrino emissions and the equation of state for matter beyond the density of nuclei (laudatory speech).
- 2016 Vassiliki Kalogera for essential contributions to the study of electromagnetic and gravitational wave radiation from binary compact objects including the now confirmed prediction that the fusion of two neutron stars generates short gamma ray flashes that can be found in all types of galaxies (laudation).
- 2017 Stuart L. Shapiro for fundamental and continued contributions to the understanding of physical processes in compact objects in astrophysics and higher numerical relativity (laudation).
- 2018 Keith Alison Olive
- 2019 Ken'ichi Nomoto
- 2020 Fiona Harrison
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Laudation: For his ground breaking and visionary work towards developing a cohesive picture of the r-process by employing novel experimental techniques to study the decay of nuclei far from stability, working with observations of astronomers, models of astrophysicists and nuclear theorists, and the geochemical analyzes of meteorites