Institute of Physics Joseph Thomson Medal and Prize

The Thomson Medal and Prize is an award which has been made, originally only 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 Nobel prizewinner Sir J. J. Thomson, the British physicist who demonstrated the existence of electrons, and comprises a silver medal and a prize of £1000.[1]

This article is about the Institute of Physics award. For the Royal Society of New Zealand award, see Thomson Medal (Royal Society of New Zealand).
Joseph Thomson Medal and Prize
Awarded forAtomic physics
Sponsored byInstitute of Physics
Presented byInstitute of Physics 
Reward(s)Silver medal, £1000
First awarded2008
Websitehttp://www.iop.org/about/awards/
The cathode ray tube by which J. J. Thomson demonstrated that cathode rays could be deflected by a magnetic field.

Not to be confused with the J. J. Thomson IET Achievement Medal for electronics.

Medallists

The following have received a medal:[2]

  • 2019: Simon L. Cornish, for outstanding contributions to experiments on ultra-cold atoms and molecules [3][4]
  • 2016: Jeremy M. Hutson, for his pioneering work on the theory of ultracold molecules [5][6]
  • 2014: Charles S Adams, for his imaginative experiments which have pioneered the field of Rydberg quantum optics[7]
  • 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[8]
  • 2008: Edward Hinds, for his important and elegant experimental investigations in the fields of atomic physics and quantum optics[9][10][11]

See also

References
  1. "Joseph Thomson Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  2. "Thomson medal recipients". Institute of Physics.
  3. "Big honours for two scientists who explore the very small". myScience. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
  4. "N8 University scientists have received big honours for their work exploring the very small". N8 Research Partnership. 3 July 2019.
  5. "2016 Thomson Medal and prize of the Institute of Physics". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  6. "Jeremy Hutson awarded Thomson Medal". University of Durham. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  7. https://www.dur.ac.uk/physics/news/?itemno=22404&rehref=%2Fphysics%2Fnews%2Farchive%2F&resubj=Headlines
  8. "Prof Gaetana Laricchia". UCL. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  9. Orzel, Chad (4 October 2007). "Institute of Physics Awards 2007". ScienceBlogs. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  10. "Edward Hinds Biography". The Royal Society. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  11. Engelbrecht, Gavin (4 November 2007). "Prestigious awards for school's old boys". The Northern Echo.
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