The Davisson–Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics is an annual prize that has been awarded by the American Physical Society since 1965. The recipient is chosen for "''outstanding work in

atomic physics Atomic physics is the field of physics that studies atoms as an isolated system of electrons and an atomic nucleus. Atomic physics typically refers to the study of atomic structure and the interaction between atoms. It is primarily concerned wit ...

or surface physics''". The prize is named after Clinton Davisson and

Lester Germer Lester Halbert Germer (October 10, 1896 – October 3, 1971) was an American physicist. With Clinton Davisson, he proved the wave-particle duality of matter in the Davisson–Germer experiment, which was important to the development of the elec ...

, who first measured

electron diffraction Electron diffraction refers to the bending of electron beams around atomic structures. This behaviour, typical for Wave (physics), waves, is applicable to electrons due to the wave–particle duality stating that electrons behave as both particle ...

, and as of 2007 it is valued at $5,000.

Recipients

* 2022: David S. Weiss * 2021:

Michael F. Crommie Michael F. Crommie (born December 1961) is an American physicist, a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. World-renowned for his research on condensed-matter physics, he is a recipient of both the Newcomb-Cleveland Prize ...

* 2020:

Klaas Bergmann Klaas is a Dutch male given and surname. It is the Dutch short form of Nicholas, a Greek name ultimately meaning ''victory of the people''. A traditionally common name in the Netherlands, its popularity declined some 20-fold since 1950.

* 2019: Randall M. Feenstra * 2018: * 2017: and Stephen Kevan * 2016:

Randall G. Hulet Randall Gardner Hulet (born April 27, 1956 in Walnut Creek, California) is an American physicist. Hulet studied at Stanford University, earning a bachelor's degree in 1978. He received his doctorate in 1984 at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech ...

* 2015: and * 2014:

Nora Berrah Nora Berrah is an Algerian physicist who studies how light and matter interact. She is a professor at the University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a vill ...

* 2013: Geraldine L. Richmond * 2012: Jean Dalibard * 2011:

Joachim Stohr Joachim (; ''Yəhōyāqīm'', "he whom Tetragrammaton, Yahweh has set up"; ; ) was, according to Christian tradition, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Bibl ...

* 2010:

Chris H. Greene Chris H. Greene is an American physicist and the Albert Overhauser Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Purdue University. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2019. Early life and education Greene was bo ...

* 2009: and

Krishnan Raghavachari Krishnan Raghavachari (born 3 April 1953, in Chennai, India) is a Professor of Chemistry at Indiana University Bloomington. Raghavachari began his education in his native India, completing his undergraduate degree in 1973 at Madras University an ...

* 2008: * 2007: * 2006: * 2005: Ernst G. Bauer * 2004: * 2003: Rudolf M. Tromp * 2002: Gerald Gabrielse * 2001: Donald M. Eigler * 2000: William Happer * 1999:

Steven Gwon Sheng Louie Steven Gwon Sheng Louie (26 March 1949, Taishan, Guangdong, China)''American Men and Women of Science'', Thomson Gale, 2004. is a computational condensed-matter physicist. He is a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley and ...

* 1998:

Sheldon Datz Sheldon Datz (July 21, 1927 – August 15, 2001) was an American chemist. Born in New York City as the son of Clara and Jacob Datz, he went to Stuyvesant High School and received a degree in chemistry from Columbia University and the Universit ...

* 1997: Jerry D. Tersoff * 1996: * 1995: Max G. Lagally * 1994: Carl Weiman '' ic' * 1993: * 1992: * 1991: * 1990:

David Wineland David Jeffrey Wineland (born February 24, 1944) is an American Nobel-laureate physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) physics laboratory. His work has included advances in optics, specifically laser-cooling tra ...

* 1989: * 1988: John L. Hall * 1987: * 1986: Daniel Kleppner * 1985: * 1984: and * 1983: E. W. Plummer * 1982:

Llewellyn H. Thomas Llewellyn Hilleth Thomas (21 October 1903 – 20 April 1992) was a British physicist and applied mathematician. He is best known for his contributions to atomic and molecular physics and solid-state physics. His key achievements include calcul ...

* 1981:

Robert Gomer Robert Gomer (24 March 1924, in Vienna, Austria – 12 December 2016) was an Austrian scientist known for his research on field electron emission and field ionization, and his role as an adviser to the United States government. He was educated a ...

* 1980: Alexander Dalgarno * 1979: and * 1978:

Vernon Hughes Vernon Willard Hughes (May 28, 1921 – March 25, 2003) was an American physicist specializing in research of subatomic particles. Hughes was born in Kankakee, Illinois. During World War II, he worked at the M.I.T. Radiation Lab. He earned his PhD ...

* 1977:

Walter Kohn Walter Kohn (; March 9, 1923 – April 19, 2016) was an Austrian-American theoretical physicist and theoretical chemist. He was awarded, with John Pople, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1998. The award recognized their contributions to the unde ...

and * 1976:

Ugo Fano Ugo Fano (July 28, 1912 – February 13, 2001) was an Italian American physicist, notable for contributions to theoretical physics. Biography Ugo Fano was born into a wealthy Jewish family in Turin, Italy. His father was Gino Fano, a profes ...

* 1975: and Homer D. Hagstrum * 1974:

Norman Ramsey Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. (August 27, 1915 – November 4, 2011) was an American physicist who was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics, for the invention of the separated oscillatory field method, which had important applications in the const ...

* 1972: Erwin Wilhelm Müller * 1970: Hans Dehmelt * 1967: Horace Richard Crane * 1965: Source:

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