Institute of Physics Joseph Thomson Medal and Prize
{{short description|Awarded for atomic or molecular physics}}
{{About|the Institute of Physics award|the Royal Society of New Zealand award|Thomson Medal (Royal Society of New Zealand)}}
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| reward = Silver medal, £1000
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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.{{cite web |title=Silver Subject Medals and Prizes |url=https://www.iop.org/about/awards/silver-subject-medals#thomson |website=Institute of Physics |access-date=7 March 2023 }}
Not to be confused with the J. J. Thomson IET Achievement Medal for electronics.
Medallists
The following have received a medal:{{Cite web|title=Joseph Thomson Medal and Prize recipients|url=https://www.iop.org/about/awards/silver-subject-medals/joseph-thomson-medal-and-prize-recipients|access-date=2021-11-29|website=Joseph Thomson Medal and Prize recipients {{!}} Institute of Physics|language=en}}
- 2024: Janne Ruostekoski, for outstanding contributions to the fundamental understanding of cooperative interactions between light and atomic ensembles, as well as for pioneering efforts in harnessing these interactions for applications.
- 2023: Ulrich Schneider, for groundbreaking experiments on the collective dynamics of quantum gases in optical lattices, including fundamental studies of localization effects in both disordered and quasicrystalline systems.
- 2022: Michael Tarbutt, for pioneering experimental and theoretical work on the production of ultracold molecules by laser cooling, and the applications of those molecules to quantum science and tests of fundamental physics.{{Cite web|title=2021 Joseph Thomson Medal and Prize|url=https://www.iop.org/about/awards/2022-joseph-thomson-medal-and-prize|access-date=2021-11-29|website=2021 Joseph Thomson Medal and Prize {{!}} Institute of Physics|language=en}}
- 2021: Carla Faria, for distinguished contributions to the theory of strong-field laser-matter interactions.{{Cite web|title=2021 Joseph Thomson Medal and Prize|url=https://www.iop.org/about/awards/2021-joseph-thomson-medal-and-prize|access-date=2021-11-29|website=2021 Joseph Thomson Medal and Prize {{!}} Institute of Physics|language=en}}
- 2020: Michael Charlton, for scientific leadership in antimatter science.{{Cite web|title=2020 Joseph Thomson Medal and Prize|url=https://www.iop.org/about/awards/2020-joseph-thomson-medal-and-prize|access-date=2021-11-29|website=2020 Joseph Thomson Medal and Prize {{!}} Institute of Physics|language=en}}
- 2019: {{ill|Simon L. Cornish|qid=Q54264620}}, for outstanding contributions to experiments on ultra-cold atoms and molecules {{Cite web|url=https://www.myscience.org/news/wire/big_honours_for_two_scientists_who_explore_the_very_small-2019-durham |title=Big honours for two scientists who explore the very small |publisher=myScience |date=2 July 2019|access-date = 2019-07-30}}{{Cite web|url =https://www.n8research.org.uk/n8-university-scientists-receive-institute-of-physics-awards/ |title=N8 University scientists have received big honours for their work exploring the very small |publisher=N8 Research Partnership |date=3 July 2019}}
- 2016: Jeremy M. Hutson, for his pioneering work on the theory of ultracold molecules {{Cite web|url = http://www.iop.org/about/awards/subject/thomson/medallists/page_67621.html|title = 2016 Thomson Medal and prize of the Institute of Physics|publisher=Institute of Physics|access-date = 2016-07-01}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dur.ac.uk/chemistry/news/news_archive/?itemno=28470 |title=Jeremy Hutson awarded Thomson Medal |publisher=University of Durham |date=3 July 2016|access-date = 2019-12-27}}
- 2014: Charles S Adams, for his imaginative experiments which have pioneered the field of Rydberg quantum optics{{Cite web|url=https://www.dur.ac.uk/physics/news/?itemno=22404&rehref=%2Fphysics%2Fnews%2Farchive%2F&resubj=Headlines|title = Physics}}
- 2012: {{ill|Michael Köhl|lt=Michael Köhl|de|Michael Köhl (Physiker)}}, for his pioneering experimental work in Bose-Einstein condensates and cold Fermi gases
- 2010: {{ill|Gaetana Laricchia|qid=Q56701851}}, for her contributions to the development of the world's only positronium beam{{Cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/physics-astronomy/people/professor-gaetana-laricchia |title=Prof Gaetana Laricchia |publisher=UCL |date=25 April 2018|access-date = 2019-12-27}}
- 2008: Edward Hinds, for his important and elegant experimental investigations in the fields of atomic physics and quantum optics{{Cite web|url=https://scienceblogs.com/principles/2007/10/04/institute-of-physics-awards-20 |title=Institute of Physics Awards 2007 |publisher=ScienceBlogs |first=Chad |last=Orzel |date=4 October 2007 |access-date = 2019-12-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/edward-hinds-11621/ |title=Edward Hinds Biography |publisher=The Royal Society |access-date = 2019-12-27}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/1808106.prestigious-awards-for-schools-old-boys/ |title=Prestigious awards for school's old boys |date=4 November 2007 |first=Gavin |last=Engelbrecht |work=The Northern Echo}}
See also
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