Igor Tamm
Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm (Russian: И́горь Евге́ньевич Тамм; 8 July 1895 – 12 April 1971) was a Soviet physicist who received the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov and Ilya Mikhailovich Frank, for their 1934 discovery and demonstration of Cherenkov radiation. He also predicted the Quasi-particle Phonon, and in 1951, together with Andrei Sakharov, proposed the Tokamak system.
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Tamm in 1958 | |
| Born | Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm 8 July 1895 Vladivostok, Primorskaya Oblast, Russian Empire |
| Died | 12 April 1971 (aged 75) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh Moscow State University |
| Known for | Tamm states Neutron magnetic moment Cherenkov–Vavilov effect Frank–Tamm formula Tamm–Dancoff approximation Hydrogen bomb Tokamak Phonon Quantum speed limit |
| Awards | Lomonosov Gold Medal (1967) Nobel Prize in Physics (1958) Hero of Socialist Labour (1954) Stalin Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Particle physics |
| Institutions | Second Moscow State University Moscow State University Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Lebedev Physical Institute |
| Doctoral advisor | Leonid Mandelstam |
| Doctoral students | Leonid Brekhovskikh Leonid Keldysh Vitaly Ginzburg Igor Golovin Andrey Sakharov Anatoly Vlasov |
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