Wigners

Wigners is the plural form of the surname Wigner, used in English to refer to multiple people who bear that surname. The term does not denote a single historical entity, organization, or concept, but rather a biographical reference that can appear in discussions of individuals named Wigner.

Notable bearer: Eugene Paul Wigner (1902–1995) was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and a Nobel laureate recognized for fundamental contributions to the development of quantum mechanics and nuclear physics, including the Wigner-Eckart theorem and the theory of symmetries in quantum systems. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963 for his work on the structure of atomic nuclei and elementary particles. His research helped lay the groundwork for modern quantum mechanics and the understanding of matter's symmetry properties, and several concepts in physics bear his name (for example, the Wigner rotation, Wigner-Eckart theorem, and Wigner 3-j symbols).

In usage, “Wigners” would refer to multiple individuals with the surname, such as biographical references to different scientists named Wigner. The surname is most notable in physics due to Eugene Wigner; outside physics, “Wigners” may refer to other people with the same surname or to families. There is no widely recognized organization or movement called “Wigners.”

See also: Wigner (surname); Wigner-Eckart theorem; Wigner rotation; Wigner 3-j symbols.