Subject Awards

Chadwick medal and prize

History
In 2008 Council decided to establish the Chadwick medal and prize

Terms
The award shall be made for distinguished research in particle physics. The medal will be accompanied by a prize of £1000 and a certificate.

Medallists

2009
Professor Tejinder Virdee
Imperial College London

For his crucial role in the design and construction of CMS; one of the main experiments which start operation at the LHC this year.
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2008
Professor Keith Green and Professor J Michael Pendlebury
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory/University of Sussex

For their outstanding contributions to the measurement of the neutron electric dipole moment, and of other fundamental properties of the neutron.
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