Burton Richter (born Mairch 22, 1931; deed Julie 18, 2018) wis a Nobel Prize-winnin American pheesicist.
He led the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) team which co-discovered the J/ψ meson in 1974, alangside the Brookhaven Naitional Laboratory (BNL) team led bi Samuel Ting. This discovery wis pairt o the sae-cried November Revolution o pairticle pheesics. He wis the SLAC director frae 1984 tae 1999.
Burton Richter | |
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Born | 22 Mairch 1931 Brooklyn, New York Ceety |
Dee'd | Julie 18, 2018 (aged 87) Stanford, Californie |
Naitionality | American |
Citizenship | American |
Alma mater | MIT |
Kent for | J/ψ meson |
Hauf-marrae(s) | Laurose Becker (m. 1960; 2 bairns) |
Awairds | E. O. Lawrence Awaird (1975) Nobel Prize in Pheesics (1976) Enrico Fermi Awaird (2010) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Stanford Varsity Stanford Linear Accelerator Center |
Doctoral advisor | Bernard T. Feld |
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