Tony Skyrme
Tony Hilton Royle Skyrme | |
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Tony Skyrme in 1946 | |
| Born | 5 December 1922 Lewisham, London, England |
| Died | 25 June 1987 (aged 64) Birmingham, England, UK |
| 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. This idea is still widely used today in nuclear structure, and in equations of state for neutron stars.
Skyrme is perhaps best known for formulating the first topological soliton to model a particle, the skyrmion. Some of his most important work can be found in his selected papers. Skyrme was awarded the Hughes Medal by the Royal Society in 1985.