What is Lars Onsager Prize?
The '''Lars Onsager Prize''' is a prize in theoretical [[statistical physics]]. It is awarded annually by the [[American Physical Society]]. It was established in 1993 by Drs. Russell and Marian Donnelly<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pages.uoregon.edu/rjd/curriculum.htm |title=Russell J. Donnelly |access-date=2013-06-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131123110458/http://pages.uoregon.edu/rjd/curriculum.htm |archive-date=2013-11-23 }}</ref> in memory of [[Lars Onsager]].<ref name=site>{{cite web|url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/onsager.cfm|title=Lars Onsager Prize|publisher=American Physics Society}}</ref><ref name=shastry>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indian-physicist-wins-lars-onsager-prize/75498-14.html|title=Indian physicist wins Lars Onsager prize|publisher=IBN Live}}{{Dead link|date=April 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==Winners== * 1995: [[Michael Fisher|Michael E. Fisher]] * 1997: [[Robert Kraichnan]] * 1998: [[Leo Kadanoff]] * 1999: [[Chen Ning Yang]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecns.cn/figure/2011/11-02/3476.shtml|title=Chen-Ning Yang, the 'luckiest' physicist|publisher=ECNS.cn}}</ref> * 2000: [[David J. Thouless]], [[John M. Kosterlitz]] * 2001: [[Bertrand Halperin]] * 2002: [[Anatoly Larkin]] * 2003: [[Pierre Hohenberg]] * 2004: [[John Cardy]] * 2005: [[Valery Pokrovsky]] * 2006: [[Rodney Baxter]] * 2007: [[A. Brooks Harris]] * 2008: [[Christopher Pethick]], [[Gordon Baym]], [[Tin-Lun Ho]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news07/Christopher_Pethick_wins_Onsager_Prize/|title=Christopher Pethick wins Onsager Prize|publisher=Niels Bohr Institute|access-date=2018-09-12|archive-date=2016-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230036/http://www.nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news07/Christopher_Pethick_wins_Onsager_Prize/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/news/news.php3?id=161&showyear=2007|title=Jason Ho to Receive Onsager Prize|publisher=Ohio State university