Yoichiro Nambu

Prix

1. 1985

   Médaille Max Planck

   Physique

   Spontaneous symmetry breaking in particle physics.

2. 1994/1995

   Prix Wolf — Physique

   Physique

   for his contribution to elementary particle theory, including recognition of the role played by spontaneous symmetry-breaking in analogy with superconductivity theory, and the discovery of the color symmetry of the strong interactions.

3. 2008

   prix Nobel — Physique

   Physique

   for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics