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Thomson Medal and Prize

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The Thomson Medal and Prize is an award which has been made biennially in even-numbered years since 2008 by the British Institute of Physics for "distinguished research in atomic (including quantum optics) or molecular physics". It is named after Sir J. J. Thomson and comprises a medal and a prize of £1000.

Medallists

source: Institute of Physics]

  • 2016: Jeremy M Hutson, for his pioneering work on the theory of ultracold molecules
  • 2014: Charles S Adams, for his imaginative experiments which have pioneered the field of Rydberg quantum optics
  • 2012: Michael Köhl, for his pioneering experimental work in Bose-Einstein condensates and cold Fermi gases
  • 2010: Gaetana Laricchia, for her contributions to the development of the world's only positronium beam
  • 2008: Edward Hinds, for his important and elegant experimental investigations in the fields of atomic physics and quantum optics

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