... 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics cont.

... The importance of X-ray sources was also recently recognized by the APS when Michael C.F. Wiescher, from the University of Notre Dame was awarded the 2003 Bethe Prize. The award was given for his contributions to the experimental foundation of nuclear astrophysics, especially the delineation of the processes involved in explosive hydrogen burning in novae and x-ray bursters; and for providing an intellectual bridge between experimental nuclear astrophysicists and their theoretical colleagues.

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Links for further information:

Chandra X-Ray Observatory
The Rare Isotope Accelerator, RIA

For more information:
Link to the Nobel Prize Committee web site
APS Media Relations information for the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics