# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/julius-ashkin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:33:46.612Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/julius-ashkin"
name: "Julius Ashkin"
slug: "julius-ashkin"
description: "Julius Ashkin was a leader in experimental and theoretical physics known for furthering the evolution of particle physics from nuclear physics. As a theoretical physicist he made contributions in the fields of statistical mechanics, solid state physics, nuclear physics, and elementary particle physics. As an experimental physicist his main contributions concerned the passage of certain particles through solid matter and their subsequent decay. He was recognized for the quality of his research and teaching."
tagline: "American nuclear physicist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Julius_Ashkin_Los_Alamos_identity_badge_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1920-08-23"
deathDate: "1982-06-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.11
  momentum:             5.25
  historical:           4.606696
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A3%D8%B4%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "يوليوس أشكين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "چوليوس اشكين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A2%D8%B4%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "جولیوس آشکین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Ashkin"
    title: "Julius Ashkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Ashkin"
    title: "Julius Ashkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16009894"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump