Yulii Khariton | |
|---|---|
Юлий Харитон | |
 Khariton on a Russian stamp issued on the 100th anniversary of his birth | |
| Born | February 27, 1904 |
| Died | December 18, 1996 (aged 92) |
| Siglum | Yu.K |
| Citizenship |  Russia |
| Alma mater | Leningrad Polytechnical Institute, Soviet Union University of Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| Known for | Soviet program of nuclear weapons |
| Awards | Hero of Socialist Labour (1949, 1951, 1954) Lenin Prize (1956) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Laboratory No. 2 Institute of Chemical Physics |
| Thesis | Scintillation produced by alpha-particles (1928) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ernest Rutherford |
| Other academic advisors | Abram Ioffe |
Yulii Borisovich Khariton (Russian: Юлий Борисович Харитон; 27 February 1904 – 18 December 1996) was a Russian physicist who was a leading scientist in the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons.[1][2]
Since the initiation of the Soviet program of developing the atomic bomb by Joseph Stalin in 1943, Khariton was the "chief nuclear weapon designer" and remained associated with the Soviet program for nearly four decades. In honour of the centennial of his birthday in 2004, his image appeared on a Russian postal stamp by the Russian government.[3]
- ^ Sublette, Carey (19 December 1996). "Yuli Khariton". nuclearweaponarchive.org. nuclearweaponarchive. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
- ^ Dalyell, Tam (23 December 1996). "Obituary: Yuli Khariton". The Independent. Independent Russia Bureau. Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
- ^ "Yuli B. Khariton". Atomic Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 20 April 2017.