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Nuclear physics and elementary particles

The atomic nucleus and radioactivity, nuclear reactions and reactors, accelerators, particles and their interactions.

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Mottelson, Ben

Ben Mottelson (born 9.07.1926) is a Danish theoretical physicist and a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.

Mysovsky, Lev Vladimirovich

Lev Vladimirovich Mysovsky (18.02.1888-29.08.1939) was a Soviet physicist and a Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.

Nambu, Yoichiro

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

Naumov, Alexei Alexandrovich

Alexei Alexandrovich Naumov (born 27.01.1916) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1964).

Oliphant, Marcus Laurence Elwin

Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant (born 8.10.1901) is an Australian physicist and a member of the Australian Academy of Science, of which he was president in 1954 — 57.

Oppenheimer, Robert

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

Pavlovsky, Alexander Ivanovich

Alexander Ivanovich Pavlovsky (born 27. 06.1927) is a Soviet experimental physicist, a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1979).

Peierls, Rudolf Ernst

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

Pál, Lénárd

Lénárd Pál (born 7.02.1925) is a Hungarian physicist, a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1974).

Rasetti, Franco Dino

Franco Dino Rasetti (born 10.08. 1901) —an Italian experimental physicist and palaeontologist, a member of the Accademia dei Lincei (1937).

Ramsey, Norman Foster

Norman Foster Ramsey (born 27.08.1915) — an American experimental physicist, member of the National Academy of Sciences (1952).

Savić, Pavle

Pavle Savić (born 10.01.1909) - a Yugoslav physicist and chemist, member of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts, and from 1971 president of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Tavkhelidze, Albert Nikiforovich

Albert Nikiforovich Tavkhelidze (born 16.12.1930) — a Soviet theoretical physicist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR (1974).

Tamm, Igor Evgenyevich

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

Wheeler, John Archibald

John Archibald Wheeler (born 9.07.1911)-an American theoretical physicist, member of the National Academy of Sciences (1952).

Wilkinson, Denys Haigh

Denys Haigh Wilkinson (born 5.09.1922) — an English physicist, Fellow of the Royal Society (1956).

Uhlenbeck, George Eugene

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

Fainberg, Yakov Borisovich

Yakov Borisovich Fainberg (born 7.09.1918) — Soviet physicist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1979).

Halban, Hans

Hans Halban (26.01.1908-28.02.1964)- experimental physicist.

Zweig, George

George Zweig (born 20.05.1937) - American physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences.