Question: Who did the 1957 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics work with on the problem of magnetic flux?
Context: In physics, specifically electromagnetism, the magnetic flux (often denoted Φ or Φ ) through a surface is the surface integral of the normal component of the magnetic field B passing through that surface.  The SI unit of magnetic flux is the weber (Wb) (in derived units: volt-seconds), and the CGS unit is the maxwell.  Magnetic flux is usually measured with a fluxmeter, which contains measuring coils and electronics, that evaluates the change of voltage in the measuring coils to calculate the magnetic flux. The magnetic flux, represented by the symbol Φ , threading some contour or loop is defined as the magnetic field B multiplied by the loop area S , i.e. Φ = B ⋅ S .  Obviously, both B and S can be arbitrary and so is Φ .  However, if one deals with the superconducting loop or a hole in a bulk superconductor, it turns out that the magnetic flux threading such a hole/loop is quantized. In superconductivity, a semifluxon is a half integer vortex of supercurrent carrying the magnetic flux equal to the half of the magnetic flux quantum Φ .  Semifluxons exist in the 0-π long Josephson junctions at the boundary between 0 and π regions.  This 0-π boundary creates a π discontinuity of the Josephson phase.  The junction reacts to this discontinuity by creating a semifluxon.  Vortex's supercurrent circulates around 0-π boundary.  In addition to semifluxon, there exist also an antisemifluxon.  It carries the flux −Φ/2 and its supercurrent circulates in the opposite direction. Flux pinning is the phenomenon where a superconductor is pinned in space above a magnet.  The superconductor must be a type-II superconductor because type-I superconductors cannot be penetrated by magnetic fields.  The act of magnetic penetration is what makes flux pinning possible.  At higher magnetic fields (above Hc1 and below Hc2) the superconductor allows magnetic flux to enter in quantized packets surrounded by a superconducting current vortex (see Quantum vortex).  These sites of penetration are known as flux tubes.  The number of flux tubes per unit area is proportional to the magnetic field with a constant of proportionality equal to the magnetic flux quantum.  On a simple 76 millimeter diameter, 1-micrometer thick disk, next to a magnetic field of 28 kA/m, there are approximately 100 billion flux tubes that hold 70,000 times the superconductor's weight.  At lower temperatures the flux tubes are pinned in place and cannot move.  This pinning is what holds the superconductor in place thereby allowing it to levitate.  This phenomenon is closely related to the Meissner effect, though with one crucial difference — the Meissner effect shields the superconductor from all magnetic fields causing repulsion, unlike the pinned state of the superconductor disk which pins flux, and the superconductor in place. The gauss, abbreviated as G or Gs, is the cgs unit of measurement of magnetic flux density (or "magnetic induction") (B).  It is named after German mathematician and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss.  One gauss is defined as one maxwell per square centimeter.  The cgs system has been superseded by the International System of Units (SI), which uses the tesla (unit T) as the unit of magnetic flux density.  One gauss equals 1×10 tesla (100 μT), so 1 tesla = 10,000 gauss. Flux linkage is a property of a two-terminal element.  Although it is often confused with magnetic flux, the flux linkage is actually an extension rather than an equivalent of magnetic flux.  Flux linkage is defined as Flux pumping is a method for magnetising superconductors to fields in excess of 15 teslas.  The method can be applied to any type II superconductor and exploits a fundamental property of superconductors.  That is their ability to support and maintain currents on the length scale of the superconductor.  Conventional magnetic materials are magnetised on a molecular scale which means that superconductors can maintain a flux density orders of magnitude bigger than conventional materials.  Flux pumping is especially significant when one bears in mind that all other methods of magnetising superconductors require application of a magnetic flux density at least as high as the final required field.  This is not true of flux pumping. An electromagnetic lock, magnetic lock, or maglock is a locking device that consists of an electromagnet and an armature plate.  There are two main types of electric locking devices.  Locking devices can be either "fail safe" or "fail secure".  A fail-secure locking device remains locked when power is lost.  Fail-safe locking devices are unlocked when de-energized.  Direct pull electromagnetic locks are inherently fail-safe.  Typically the electromagnet portion of the lock is attached to the door frame and a mating armature plate is attached to the door.  The two components are in contact when the door is closed.  When the electromagnet is energized, a current passing through the electromagnet creates a magnetic flux that causes the armature plate to attract to the electromagnet, creating a locking action.  Because the mating area of the electromagnet and armature is relatively large, the force created by the magnetic flux is strong enough to keep the door locked even under stress. In quantum mechanics, the Byers-Yang theorem states that all physical properties of a doubly connected system (an annulus) enclosing a magnetic flux formula_1 through the opening are periodic in the flux with period formula_2 (the magnetic flux quantum).  The theorem was first stated and proven by Nina Byers and Chen-Ning Yang (1961), and further developed by Felix Bloch (1970). Chen-Ning Frank Yang, also known as Yang Zhenning (; born October 1, 1922), is a Chinese physicist who works on statistical mechanics and particle physics.  He and Tsung-dao Lee received the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on parity nonconservation of weak interaction.  The two proved theoretically that one of the basic quantum-mechanics laws, the conservation of parity, is violated in the so-called weak nuclear reactions, those nuclear processes that result in the emission of beta or alpha particles.  The most important work of Yang is Yang-Mills theory.
Answer: Nina Byers