Accelerators role as engines of discovery was rewarded with 25 Nobel Prizes in Physics.
X-Rays sources were used in research that was awarded with 20 Nobel Prizes Chemistry, Physics and Medicine.
Accelerators and Nobel Prizes List
A Letter from Alex Chao to the Editors of the ICFA Beam Dynamics Panel Newsletter and an article by him and Enzo Haussecker on Influence of Accelerator Science on Physics Research