Name Isaak Pomeranchuk | Role Physicist | |
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Died December 14, 1966, Moscow, Russia Education Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Books Introduction into the theory of neutron multiplicating systems (reactors) | ||
Isaak Yakovlevich Pomeranchuk (Russian: Исаа́к Я́ковлевич Померанчу́к; 20 May 1913, Warsaw, Russian Empire – 14 December 1966, Moscow, USSR) was a Soviet physicist, who was the founder and first head of the theory division at ITEP. The particle pomeron is named in his honour. For his work, Pomeranchuk was twice awarded the Stalin State Prize (1950,1952). He was elected a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1953 and full member in 1964.
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