2011 Nobel Prize in Physics

Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt, Adam G. Riess

Nobel Lecture

Saul Perlmutter, The Supernova Cosmology Project, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 

and University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

Brian P. Schmidt, The High-Z Supernova Search Team, Australian National University, Weston Creek, Australia

Adam G. Riess, The High-Z Supernova Search Team, Johns Hopkins University and Space Telescope Science 

Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA

Photo Gallery

Saul Perlmutter lecturing at the 2002 Berkeley Lab (LBNL) Open House.

Saul Perlmutter in his office, surrounded by journalists, after the announcement of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Saul Perlmutter and his Supernova Cosmology Project (SCP) team.

Like many Nobel Laureates before him, Saul Perlmutter autographs a chair at Bistro Nobel at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2011.

Saul Perlmutter pictured with a view of the supernova 1987a in the background.

Saul Perlmutter with a telescope. Photo taken in 1992.

Like many Nobel Laureates before him, Brian P. Schmidt autographs a chair at Bistro Nobel at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2011.

Adam G. Riess together with his wife Nancy Joy Riess and their two children Noah and Gabrielle at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2011.

Adam Riess arriving at the parking lot at Johns Hopkins University after the announcement of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Adam Riess celebrating with a glass champagne with colleague Dan Reich.

Colleagues at Johns Hopkins University proposing a toast for Adam Riess, 2011 Nobel Laureate in Physics

A happy Adam Riess, left, with his wife Nancy and colleague Dan Reich.

Adam Riess, 2011 Nobel Laureate in Physics, surrounded by reporters and news media outside Johns Hopkins University.

Adam Riess, center, is congratulated by colleagues Julian Krolik and Charles Bennett after the announcement of the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Adam Riess, right, is congratulated by colleagues after the announcement of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Amid a backdrop of far-off galaxies, spiral galaxy NGC 3370 looms in the foreground. It lies about 100 million light-years away toward the constellation Leo, and is also home to a supernova seen in 1994 in the NASA Hubble Space Telescope.

Portrait of Adam G. Riess.

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