Editing Nobel Prize in Physics (section)

== Prizes ==
A Physics Nobel Prize laureate is awarded a gold medal, a diploma bearing a citation, and a sum of money.<ref>{{cite web |author=Rivers |first=Tom |date=10 December 2009 |title=2009 Nobel Laureates Receive Their Honors &#124; Europe |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/article-2009-nobel-laureates-receive-their-honors-78989292/368898.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004132331/http://www.voanews.com/content/article-2009-nobel-laureates-receive-their-honors-78989292/368898.html |archive-date=4 October 2012 |access-date=3 May 2015 |publisher=.voanews.com}}</ref>

=== Medals ===
{{Main|Nobel Prize medal#Physics and Chemistry}}
The medal for the Nobel Prize in Physics is identical in design to the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] medal.<ref name='NobelUnique'>{{cite web|title=A unique gold medal|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/about/the-nobel-medals-and-the-medal-for-the-prize-in-economic-sciences/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411152140/https://historical.ha.com/itm/miscellaneous/georg-wittig-nobel-prize-medal-in-chemistry-received-in-1979-together-with-four-additional-medals/a/6165-49227.s|archive-date=11 April 2017|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|access-date=20 June 2023}}</ref><ref name='NobelPhysicsChem'>{{cite web|title=The Nobel Prize medals in physics and chemistry|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/facts/the-nobel-medal-for-physics-and-chemistry/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331125610/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/facts/the-nobel-medal-for-physics-and-chemistry/|archive-date=31 March 2023|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|access-date=20 June 2023}}</ref> The reverse of the physics and chemistry medals depicts the [[Physis|Goddess of Nature]] in the form of [[Isis]] as she emerges from clouds holding a [[cornucopia]]. The Genius of Science holds the veil which covers Nature's "cold and austere face".<ref name='NobelPhysicsChem'/> It was designed by [[Erik Lindberg]] and is manufactured by Svenska Medalj in [[Eskilstuna]].<ref name='NobelPhysicsChem'/> It is inscribed "''Inventas vitam iuvat excoluisse per artes''" ("It is beneficial to have improved (human) life through discovered arts"), an adaptation of "''inventas aut qui vitam excoluere per artes''" from line 663 of book 6 of the ''[[Aeneid]]'' by the Roman poet [[Virgil]].<ref name='NobelMedicine'>{{cite web|title=The Nobel Prize medal in physiology or medicine|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/facts/the-nobel-medal-for-physiology-or-medicine/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416152940/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/facts/the-nobel-medal-for-physiology-or-medicine/|archive-date=16 April 2023|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|access-date=20 June 2023}}</ref> A plate below the figures is inscribed with the name of the recipient. The text "''REG. ACAD. SCIENT. SUEC.''" denoting the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is inscribed on the reverse.<ref name='NobelPhysicsChem'/>

=== Diplomas ===
[[File:Nobel Pierre et Marie Curie 1.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|1903 Nobel Prize diploma, awarded to [[Marie Curie]] and [[Pierre Curie]]]]
Nobel laureates receive a diploma directly from the hands of the [[Monarchy of Sweden|King of Sweden]]. Each diploma is uniquely designed by the prize-awarding institutions for the laureate who receives it.<ref name="nobelprize5">{{cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/about/diplomas/|title=The Nobel Prize Diplomas|publisher=Nobelprize.org|access-date=3 May 2015|archive-date=13 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413221248/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/about/diplomas/|url-status=live}}</ref> The diploma contains a picture with the name of the laureate and a citation explaining their accomplishments.<ref name="nobelprize5" />

=== Award money ===
At the awards ceremony, the laureate is given a document indicating the award sum. The amount of the cash award may differ from year to year, based on the funding available from the [[Nobel Foundation]]. For example, in 2009 the total cash awarded was 10&nbsp;million [[Swedish Krona|Swedish Kronor]] (SEK) (US$1.4&nbsp;million),<ref name="nobelprize2">{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/about/amounts/ |title=The Nobel Prize Amounts |publisher=Nobelprize.org |access-date=24 August 2014 |archive-date=20 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720111123/https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/about/amounts/ |url-status=live }}</ref> but in 2012 following the [[Great Recession]], the amount was 8&nbsp;million SEK, or US$1.1&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/06/11/world/europe/nobel-prize-cut/index.html|title=Nobel prize amounts to be cut 20% in 2012|publisher=CNN|date=11 June 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709002611/http://articles.cnn.com/2012-06-11/world/world_europe_nobel-prize-cut_1_nobel-prize-nobel-foundation-alfred-nobel?_s=PM:EUROPE|archive-date=9 July 2012}}</ref> If there are two laureates in a particular category, the award grant is divided equally between the recipients, but if there are three, the awarding committee may opt to divide the grant equally, or award half to one recipient and a quarter to each of the two others.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2009/oct/05/nobel-prize-medicine-2009-award|title=Nobel prize for medicine shared by scientists for work on ageing and cancer &#124; Science &#124; guardian.co.uk|newspaper=Guardian|date=5 October 2009|access-date=15 January 2010|location=London|first=Ian|last=Sample|archive-date=13 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113060257/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2009/oct/05/nobel-prize-medicine-2009-award|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Sample |first=Ian |date=7 October 2008 |title=Three share Nobel prize for physics &#124; Science &#124; guardian.co.uk |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/oct/07/physics.nobel |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601140728/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/oct/07/physics.nobel |archive-date=1 June 2019 |access-date=10 February 2010 |newspaper=Guardian |location=London, England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Landes |first=David |title=Americans claim Nobel economics prize – The Local |url=http://www.thelocal.se/22604/20091012/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120105624/http://www.thelocal.se/22604/20091012/ |archive-date=20 November 2012 |access-date=15 January 2010 |publisher=Thelocal.se}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2009/press.html |title=The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics – Press Release |publisher=Nobelprize.org |date=6 October 2009 |access-date=10 February 2010 |archive-date=19 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119013135/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2009/press.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Ceremony ===
The committee and institution serving as the selection board for the prize typically announce the names of the laureates during the first week of October. The prize is then awarded at formal ceremonies held annually in [[Stockholm Concert Hall]] on 10 December, the anniversary of Nobel's death. The laureates receive a diploma, a medal, and a document confirming the prize amount.<ref name="awardceremony">{{cite web | url=https://www.nobelprize.org/ceremonies/archive/history/index.html | title=Nobel prize award ceremony | access-date=4 May 2015 | archive-date=24 April 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424214834/http://www.nobelprize.org/ceremonies/archive/history/index.html | url-status=live }}</ref>