The 1998 Wolf Prize has been awarded to Yakir Aharonov and Sir Michael Berry for the discoveries that bear their names – the Aharonov- Bohm effect and the Berry phase. Both effects – subtle and unexpected consequences of quantum theory – have subsequently been observed in many different types of experiment.
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