Who shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics with Osheroff?
John Bardeen
Richard Feynman
David Lee and Robert C. Richardson
Albert Einstein
Answer
David Lee and Robert C. Richardson shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics with Osheroff for their work on superfluidity of liquid helium-3. They discovered the superfluid state of helium-3 in 1971, which is a state of matter in which the particles flow without friction. This discovery led to a better understanding of the properties of superfluids and has applications in the development of new technologies.
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