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Richard Q. Twiss

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Astronomer and physicist from United Kingdom

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Richard Quintin Twiss was a British astronomer. He is known for his work on the Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect with Robert Hanbury Brown. It led to the development of the Hanbury Brown-Twiss intensity interferometer in the UK in 1954.

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Awards 2

1982Albert A. Michelson Medal
1968Eddington Medal

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Richard Quintin Twiss was a British astronomer. He is known for his work on the Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect with Robert Hanbury Brown. It led to the development of the Hanbury Brown-Twiss intensity interferometer in the UK in 1954. Their work appeared to contradict the established beliefs about quantum interference, and he and Brown received the Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society for it in 1968.

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United Kingdom
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Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
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Lived 1920 to 2005 · aged 84
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6 languages

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