| RefNo | EC/2020/35 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Read, Nicholas: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 14 April 2020 |
| Description | Certificate endorsing election of Nicholas Read as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Includes personal details of the elected Fellow, citaion giving the reasons for election, and names of proposers. Signed by the Executive Director of the Royal Society, Julie Maxton. |
| Citation | For the theoretical discovery of non-Abelian fractional statistics in the fractional quantum Hall effect and topological superconductors, which potentially provides a path to topologically-protected quantum computing, as well as other seminal contributions to condensed matter theory, such as the theory of the composite-fermion Fermi liquid in a halffilled two-dimensional Landau level and Hall viscosity of fractional quantum Hall fluids. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Computer printout |
| PhysicalDescription | A4 papers |
| AccessStatus | Closed |
| AccessConditions | Election certificates are subject to 50 year closure period from date of election. Details of proposers are kept confidential until the 50 year closure period has elapsed. |