Peng Huanwu

Peng Huanwu

Peng Huanwu (Chinese: 彭桓武; October 6, 1915 - February 28, 2007) was a renowned theoretical physicist of China, a member of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and a leader of Chinese nuclear weaponry projects.

Peng was born in Changchun, Jilin Province, and his ancestral hometown was Macheng County, Hubei Province. After graduating from department of physics of Tsinghua University, Peng continued to pursue his postgraduate degree. After the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in July 1937, he went to teach at Yunnan University. In 1938, Peng was enrolled in foreign study program and went to study at University of Edinburgh in Britain, and worked with prominent physicist Max Born. Peng obtained his degree in philosophy and science doctorate degree in 1940 and 1945, respectively.

In 1941, recommended by Born, Peng went to do research at Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies in Ireland. From August 1941 to July 1943, Peng cooperated with Walter Heitler and J. Hamilton to study cosmic ray, and developed HHP theory. [ [http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PR/v62/i1-2/p81_1 W. Heitler and H. W. Peng Anomalous Scattering of Mesons, Phys. Rev. 62 (1942) 81 – 82, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin Ireland, Received 22 May 1942.] ] [W. Heitler and H. W. Peng, Proc. Camb. Phil. Soc. 38 (1942), 296] [J. Hamilton, W. Heitler, and H. W. Peng Theory of Cosmic-Ray Mesons Physical Review Volume 64, Issue 3-4, pp. 78-94, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin, Ireland.] Together with Born, Peng was awarded Macdougall–Brisbane prize by Edinburgh Imperial Society in 1945. He was elected as a member of Ireland Imperial Academy of Science in 1948.

Peng returned to China in 1947, and taught at Yunnan University, Tsinghua University, Peking University and University of Science and Technology of China. He was involved in and led the development of China's atomic bomb and hydrogen bomb. He served as vice director of Institute of Modern Physics of CAS, vice director of Institute of High Energy Physics of CAS, among other posts. From 1978 to 1983, he was the director of Institute of Theoretical Physics of CAS.

Peng received numerous prestigious prizes in China including National Natural Science Prize and National Science and Technology Advancement Prize. In recognition of his contribution to China's nuclear physics, the asteroid #48798 was named after him as "Penghuanwu". [ [http://www.china.org.cn/english/scitech/182184.htm Asteroid Named after Chinese Physicist] www.china.org.cn]

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