Dmitri Skobeltsyn
Dmitri Vladimirovich Skobeltsyn was a Soviet physicist, academician of the Soviet Union">Soviet Union">Soviet Union, Hero of Socialist Labour.
Starting in 1923, Skobeltsyn pioneered the use of the cloud chamber 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, and by discovering charged particle cosmic rays, for which he is credited in Anderson's Nobel lecture.
Awards and honors
- Two Order of the [Red Banner of Labour|Orders of the Red Banner of Labour]
- Six Orders of Lenin
- Stalin Prize, 1st class
- Hero of Socialist Labour
- Lenin Prize
- Order of the October Revolution