Denys Haigh Wilkinson (born 5.09.1922) — an English physicist, Fellow of the Royal Society (1956). Born in Leeds He graduated from the University of Cambridge (1943), and in 1947 — 57 worked at the Cavendish Laboratory. In 1957 —76 he was professor at the Clarendon Laboratory of the University of Oxford, and in 1962 — 76 head of the nuclear physics department. Since 1976 he has been vice-president of the University of Sussex.
His research was in nuclear physics, infrared spectroscopy and scientific instrumentation. He detected (1952) the photodisintegration of the deuteron. He determined (1963), to within 10-9, the anomalous magnetic moment of the electron. In 1956 he developed the theory of the giant dipole resonance. He studied the role of isospin in nuclear processes and parity violation in alpha decay. He was the first to consider (1958) the possible types of experiments for detecting an internucleon potential that does not conserve spatial parity.
D. Hughes Medal (1965), T. Bonner Prize (1974).
His research was in nuclear physics, infrared spectroscopy and scientific instrumentation. He detected (1952) the photodisintegration of the deuteron. He determined (1963), to within 10-9, the anomalous magnetic moment of the electron. In 1956 he developed the theory of the giant dipole resonance. He studied the role of isospin in nuclear processes and parity violation in alpha decay. He was the first to consider (1958) the possible types of experiments for detecting an internucleon potential that does not conserve spatial parity.
D. Hughes Medal (1965), T. Bonner Prize (1974).