| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1963 |
| Number: | 71 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Clyde Lorrain Cowan, Jr |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1919 |
| Year, Death: | 1974 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| City: | Bethesda |
| State: | MD |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Frederick Reines |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1918 |
| Year, Death: | 1998 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| City: | Los Alamos |
| State: | NM |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominee 3: |
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| Name: | Hannes Alfvén |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1908 |
| Year, Death: | 1995 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| City: | Stockholm |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Einar Lindholm |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1913 |
| Year, Death: | 1990 |
| City: | Stockholm |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
| Comments: | First choice: C.L. Cowan sharing prize with F. Reines. Second choice: H. Alfvén. |