Jack Steinberger
Swiss physicist
Hans Jakob "Jack" Steinberger (born May 25, 1921) is a German-born American physicist of Jewish descent.[1] He co-discovered the muon neutrino, along with Leon Lederman and Melvin Schwartz. He was given the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics.[2] Steinberger now lives in Switzerland.
Jack Steinberger | |
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 Jack Steinberger | |
| Born | Hans Jakob Steinberger May 25, 1921 |
| Nationality | Germany-United States-Switzerland |
| Known for | Discovery of the muon neutrino |
| Spouse(s) | Cynthia Alff |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics in 1988 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley Columbia University CERN |
| Academic advisors | Edward Teller Enrico Fermi |
| Notable students | Eric L. Schwartz |
He studied at the Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Chicago.
Steinberger is an atheist, and a member of the International Academy of Humanism.[3]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics
- ↑ J. Steinberger (1949). "On the use of subtraction fields and the lifetimes of some types of meson decay". Physical Review 76 (8): 1180. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.76.1180. http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/find/hep/www?j=PHRVA,76,1180.
- ↑ www.secularhumanism.org
BooksEdit
- Steinberger, J., W. K. H. Panofsky & J. Steller. "Evidence for the Production of Neutral Mesons by Photons", Radiation Laboratory, University of California-Berkeley, United States Department of Energy (through predecessor agency the Atomic Energy Commission), (April 1950).
- Panofsky, W. K. H., J. Steinberger & J. Steller. "Further Results on the Production of Neutral Mesons by Photons", Radiation Laboratory, University of California-Berkeley, United States Department of Energy (through predecessor agency the Atomic Energy Commission), (October 1, 1950).
- Steinberger, J. "Experimental Survey of Strange Particle Decays", Columbia University, Nevis Laboratories, United States Department of Energy (through predecessor agency the Atomic Energy Commission), (June 1964).
Other websitesEdit
- Biography and Bibliographic Resources, from the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, United States Department of Energy
- Autobiography (at the Nobel Prize web site)
- official web site for the Nobel Prize in Physics
- CERN web site for Jack Steinberger
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