C. F. Powell
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 C. F. Powell | |
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| Born | Cecil Frank Powell 5 December 1903 Tonbridge, Kent, Ingland, Unitit Kinrick |
| Died | 9 August 1969 (aged 65) Valsassina, Italy |
| Naitionality | Inglis |
| Citizenship | Breetish |
| Alma mater | Varsity o Cambridge |
| Kent for | Photographic method Discovery o the pion |
| Awairds | Nobel Prize in Pheesics (1950) Hughes Medal (1949) Fellae o the Ryal Society (1949)[1] Ryal Medal (1961) Lomonosov Gowd Medal (1967) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Pheesics |
| Institutions | Varsity o Cambridge Varsity o Bristol |
| Doctoral advisor | C. T. R. Wilson Ernest Rutherford |
Cecil Frank Powell, FRS[1] (5 December 1903 – 9 August 1969) wis an Inglis pheesicist, an Nobel Prize in Pheesics laureate for his development o the photographic method o studyin nuclear processes an for the resultin discovery o the pion (pi-meson), a subatomic pairticle.[2]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ a b Frank, F. C.; Perkins, D. H. (1971). "Cecil Frank Powell 1903-1969". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 17: 541. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1971.0021.
- ↑ Camerini, U. (1969). "Cecil Powell, Cosmic-Ray Physicist, Dies in Italy". Physics Today. 22 (11): 107. Bibcode:1969PhT....22k.107C. doi:10.1063/1.3035243.
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