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Atomic and quantum physics

The structure of the atom, quanta and photons, spectra, quantum transitions.

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Nambu, Yoichiro

Yoichiro Nambu (born 18.01.1921) is a Japanese theoretical physicist.

Auger, Pierre Victor

Pierre Victor Auger (born 14.05.1899) is a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1977).

Oppenheimer, Robert

Robert Oppenheimer (22.04.1904-20.02.1967) was an American theoretical physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1941).

Peierls, Rudolf Ernst

Rudolf Ernst Peierls (born 5.06.1907) is an English theoretical physicist, a Fellow of the Royal Society (1945).

Rabi, Isidor Isaac

Isidor Isaac Rabi (born 29.07.1898) is an American physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1940).

Ramsauer, Carl

Carl Ramsauer (6.02.1879-24.12.1955) was a German physicist.

Tamm, Igor Evgenyevich

Igor Evgenyevich Tamm (8.07.1895-12.04.1971) —a Soviet theoretical physicist, academician (1953; corresponding member 1933).

Townes, Charles Hard

Charles Hard Townes (born 28.07.1915)-an American physicist, one of the founders of quantum electronics, member of the National Academy of Sciences (1956).

Uhlenbeck, George Eugene

George Eugene Uhlenbeck (born 6.02.1900) — an American theoretical physicist, member of the National Academy of Sciences (1955).

Khalatnikov, Isaak Markovich

Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov (born 17.10.1919) — Soviet theoretical physicist, a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1972).

Țițeica, Șerban

Șerban Țițeica (born 27.03.1908) - Romanian theoretical physicist, a member of the Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania (1955), vice-president (from 1963).

Chebotaev, Veniamin Pavlovich

Veniamin Pavlovich Chebotaev (born 27.08.1938) — Soviet physicist, a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1981).

Chadwick, James

James Chadwick (20.10.1891-24.07.1974) — English experimental physicist, Fellow of the Royal Society (1927).

Schawlow, Arthur Leonard

Arthur Leonard Schawlow (born 5.05. 1921) - American physicist, member of the National Academy of Sciences (1970).

Shalnikov, Alexander Iosifovich

Alexander Iosifovich Shalnikov (born 10.05.1905) — Soviet experimental physicist, academician (1979, corresponding member 1946).

Jucys, Adolfas Pranovich

Adolfas Pranovich Jucys (12.09.1904-4.02.1974) was a Soviet theoretical physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Lithuanian SSR (1953).

Neumann, John von

John von Neumann (28.12.1903-8.02.1957) was an American mathematician and physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (from 1937).