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Thouless’s Nobel Prize was awarded for his work in what category of Physics?

  • Applied Physics

  • Quantum Physics

  • Theoretical Physics

  • Condensed Matter Physics

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Condensed Matter Physics is the study of the physical properties of condensed phases of matter such as solids, liquids, and gases as well as plasma. Thouless received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2016 for his theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.
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