| Authorised form of name | Dalitz; Richard Henry (1925 - 2006) |
| Dates | 1925 - 2006 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Dimboola, Australia |
| Date of birth | 28/02/1925 |
| Date of death | 13/01/2006 |
| Occupation | Theoretical Physicist |
| Research field | Theoretical physics |
| Quantum mechanics |
| Dalitz plot |
| Quarks |
| Activity | Education:
Degrees in Mathematics and Physics, Melbourne University; begins PhD at Cambridge University (1946-1948); one year post at Bristol University, develops interest in cosmic radiation discoveries made there (1948-1949); moves to Birmingham University and completes his PhD (1949).
Career:
Demonstrates that the electrically neutral pion could decay into a photon and an electro-positron pair, the Dalitz Pair (1951); introduced the Dalitz Plot (1954); Cornell University, New York (1953-1956); Professor, Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago (1956-1963); Royal Society Research Professor, Oxford University (1963-1990) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 24/03/1960 |
| Age at election | 35 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1979-1981
Medals and prizes:
Hughes Medal 1975; Royal Medal 1982
Lectures:
Bakerian 1969 |
| Relationships | Worked with Rudolf Peierls at Birmingham University and Oxford University. |
| Source | References:
N N Greenwood and J A Spink, 'An antipodean laboratory of remarkable distinction' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 85-105
Sources:
Obituary 'The Guardian' (24 January 2006) |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/79085302 |
| Code | NA4378 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| PB/9/1/101/9 | Royal Society correspondence | 1969 |
| EC/1960/04 | Dalitz, Richard Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/GA/WRS/8709 | Dalitz, Richard Henry | nd |
| RR/73/280 | Referee's report by Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey, on a paper 'On higher Born approximations in potential scattering' by Richard Henry Dalitz | 18 December 1950 |
| RR/73/293 | Referee's report by Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey, on a paper 'Radiative corrections to the angular correlation in internal pair creation' by Richard Henry Dalitz | 19 January 1951 |