Tony Hilton Royle Skyrme | |
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Born | Lewisham, London, England | 5 December 1922
Died | 25 June 1987 Birmingham, England, UK | (aged 64)
Nationality | British |
Known for | Skyrmions |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Nuclear physics High-energy physics |
Tony Hilton Royle Skyrme (/skɜːrm/; 5 December 1922 – 25 June 1987) was a British physicist who was born in Lewisham.
He proposed modelling the effective interaction between nucleons in nuclei by a zero-range potential.[1] This idea is still widely used today in nuclear structure,[2] and in equations of state for neutron stars.[3]
Skyrme is perhaps best known for formulating the first topological soliton to model a particle, the skyrmion.[4] Some of his most important work can be found in his selected papers.[5][6] Skyrme was awarded the Hughes Medal by the Royal Society in 1985.
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