Artem Alikhanian
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| Artem Alikhanian | |
| Born | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Died | 1978 Moscow |
| Nationality | Armenian |
| Institutions | Yerevan Physics Institute |
| Notable awards | Lenin Prize State Prizes |
Artem Isahaki (Isaakovich) Alikhanian (June 24, 1908, Tiflis - 1978) was a Soviet Armenian physicist, academic of USSR Science Academy, one of the founders and first director of the Yerevan Physics Institute, a correspondent member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1946), academic of the Armenian Academy of Sciences. USSR State Prizes (1941, 1948), Lenin Prize (1970).
[edit] Biography
In 1930, before he has graduated from Leningrad State University, he became a staff-member at Leningrad Physico-Technical Institute working together with his brother Abraham Alikhanov. For their investigations both brothers were awarded the USSR State Prize. In 1942 they initiated a scientific mission on Mt. Aragats in order to search for the third (proton) component of cosmic rays, found so called narrow showers in cosmic rays, established the first evidence of the existence in cosmic rays of the particles with masses between that of muon and proton. In 1948 A. Alikhanov and A. Alikhanian again were awarded the USSR State Prize for the investigation of cosmic rays. After they founded a cosmic ray station on Aragats at 3250 m, in 1943 two brothers participated in the foundation of the Armenian Academy of Sciences, established the Yerevan Physics Institute. A. Alikhanian became its Director for the next 30 years. In 1956 A. Alikhanian, A. Alikhanov and Viktor Hambartsumian initiated the creation of the Yerevan Synchrotron with 6 GeV energy of electrons. For the works on wide-gap track spark chambers in 1970 A.Alikhanian together with the colleagues was awarded the Lenin Prize. Later he initiated the works on x-ray transition radiation detectors.
