Dmitri Skobeltsyn
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Dmitri Vladimirovich Skobeltsyn (Russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Скобельцын; 24 November 1892, Saint Petersburg – 16 November 1990, Moscow) was a Soviet physicist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (1946), Hero of Socialist Labour (1969).
Born24 November 1892
DiedNovember 16, 1990 (aged 97)
Dmitri Skobeltsyn | |
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Dmitri Skobeltsyn | |
| Born | 24 November 1892 |
| Died | November 16, 1990 (aged 97) |
Starting in 1923, Skobeltsyn pioneered the use of the cloud chamber[1] to study the Compton effect.
As a result of this work, Skobeltsyn paved the way for Carl David Anderson's discovery of the positron by two important contributions: by adding a magnetic field to his cloud chamber (in 1925[2]), and by discovering charged particle cosmic rays,[3] for which he is credited in Anderson's Nobel lecture.[4]
Awards and honors
- Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour (1944, 1945)
- Six Orders of Lenin (1949, 1953, 1962, 1969, 1972, 1975)
- Stalin Prize, 1st class (1951)
- Hero of Socialist Labour (1969)
- Lenin Prize (1982)
- Order of the October Revolution (1982)
