Accelerator physicist explained

An accelerator physicist^[1] is a scientist who contributes to the field of Accelerator physics, involving the fundamental physical mechanisms underlying beams of charged particles accelerated to high energies and the structures and materials needed to do so. In addition to developing and applying such basic theoretical models, an accelerator physicist contributes to the design, operation and optimization of particle accelerators.

Significant accelerator physicists

• John Cockcroft^[2]
• Ernest Courant^[3]
• Helen T. Edwards^[4]
• Donald William Kerst^[5]
• Ernest Lawrence^[6]
• Carlo Rubbia^[7]
• Ernest Rutherford^[8]
• Andrew Sessler^[9]
• Robert Van de Graaff^[10]
• Simon van der Meer^[11]
• Ernest Walton^[12]
• Rolf Widerøe^[13]

See also

Accelerator physics

List of particle accelerators

Notes and References

1. "Engines of DiscoveryA Century of Particle Accelerators https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/6272
2. Web site: John Cockroft . The Nobel Prize . 15 December 2021.
3. Web site: Peters . Erika . Happy 100th Birthday to Ernest Courant . Brookhaven National Laboratory . 15 December 2021.
4. Web site: Helen T. Edwards — MacArthur Foundation. macfound.org. 4 November 2016.
5. Web site: "A Very Bold and Original Device": Donald Kerst and the Betatron . Bethany . Anderson . University of Illinois . June 11, 2013 . October 2, 2014 .
6. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1939 . NobelPrize.org . 15 December 2021.
7. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1984 . NobelPrize.org . 16 December 2021.
8. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1908 . NobelPrize.org . 16 December 2021.
9. Web site: Andrew Sessler 1928-2014 . www.aps.org . 16 December 2021 . en.
10. Web site: Van de Graaf, Robert Jemison, 1901-1967 . history.aip.org . American Institute of Physics . 16 December 2021.
11. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1984 . . 31 October 2009.
12. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1951 . NobelPrize.org . 16 December 2021.
13. Livingston . M. S. . Milton S. Livingston . Early history of particle accelerators . 1980 . Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics . Marton, L. . 50 . Academic Press . 24 . 10.1016/S0065-2539(08)61061-6 . 1980AEEP...50....1L . 9780080577159 .