Igor Tamm
Born | Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm (1895-07-08)8 July 1895 Vladivostok, Russian Empire
Died | 12 April 1971(1971-04-12) (aged 75) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
Nationality | Soviet Union
Alma mater | Moscow State University Edinburgh University
Known for | Tamm states Neutron magnetic moment Cherenkov–Vavilov effect Frank–Tamm formula Tamm–Dancoff approximation Hydrogen bomb Tokamak Phonon
Awards | 1967 Lomonosov Gold Medal 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics 1954 Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour · 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 students | Vitaly Ginzburg Andrey Sakharov Leonid Keldysh Leonid Brekhovskikh Anatoly Vlasov