 Robert Coleman Richardson

An experimental condensed matter physicist who coauthored the discovery experiments on low-temperature phases of helium-3. Measurements in a Pomeranchuk cell revealed changes in the nuclear magnetic resonance signal at millikelvin temperatures, linking unusual pressure behavior to changes in the liquid's magnetic response. The observations supplied independent probes of the new quantum phases.^[ref]

Robert Coleman Richardson was an American physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1996 for his work on superfluidity in helium-3. He is well-known for his significant contributions to the field of condensed matter physics, particularly in understanding the properties of matter at very low temperatures. Richardson's research helped deepen the scientific community's understanding of quantum fluids and the behavior of superfluids, which are fluids that can flow without viscosity.