Erwin Gabathuler Explained

Erwin Gabathuler (16 November 1933 – 29 August 2016) was a particle physicist from Northern Ireland.

Early life

Erwin Gabathuler was born in Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland on 16 November 1933, a son of the manager of the Swiss embroidery factory. He attended Rainey Endowed School, Magherafelt, and then Queen's University Belfast. There he studied physics, and was awarded BSc in 1956, and MSc in 1957 for a thesis on "Electron Collision Cross-sections of Atmospheric Gases".^[1] He then moved to the University of Glasgow to work at the 300 MeV synchrotron there, and was awarded a PhD in 1961.^[2]

Career

He researched at Cornell University, USA from 1961–1964, then Daresbury Laboratory, Cheshire 1965-1974. He began work at CERN in 1974, as a scientific attaché from the Rutherford Laboratory, Didcot, eventually becoming a direct employee at CERN in 1978 for a 4-year appointment as Head of the Experimental Physics Division, taking over from Emilio Picasso. He spent 1983-2002 at the University of Liverpool as professor of Physics and head of the particle physics group, maintaining his connections with CERN.^[3] When he retired, the University of Liverpool organised an "ErwinFest"^[4] to celebrate his career.

Awards and decorations

He was elected to the Royal Society^[5] on 15 March 1990 and received the Rutherford Medal and Prize in 1992 (with Terry Sloan) from the Institute of Physics.^[6] He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2001 for services to physics.

He received two honorary degrees, an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Mathematics and Science at Uppsala University, Sweden in 1982.,^[7] and a D.Sc. from Queen's University, Belfast in 1997.

Research and achievements

According to INSPIRE-HEP, Gabathuler co-authored more than 1200 published papers.^[8]

He was one of the founding fathers of the European Muon Collaboration at CERN.^[9]

Academic Papers published 1958-1977

• Stewart . D T . Gabathuler . E . Some Electron Collision Cross Sections for Nitrogen and Oxygen . Proceedings of the Physical Society . IOP Publishing . 72 . 2 . 1 July 1958 . 0370-1328 . 10.1088/0370-1328/72/2/421 . 287–289.
• Stewart . D T . Gabathuler . E . Electron Collision Cross Sections in Helium . Proceedings of the Physical Society . IOP Publishing . 74 . 4 . 1 September 1959 . 0370-1328 . 10.1088/0370-1328/74/4/312 . 473–477. 1959PPS....74..473S .
• Scobie . J . Gabathuler . E . The L/K-Capture Ratio in ¹²⁶I . Proceedings of the Physical Society . IOP Publishing . 72 . 3 . 1 August 1958 . 0370-1328 . 10.1088/0370-1328/72/3/315 . 437–440. 1958PPS....72..437S .
• Lewis . G.M. . Gabathuler . E. . Azuma . R.E. . On the Separation of π⁺ Mesons by a Time of Flight Method . Nuclear Instruments and Methods . Elsevier BV . 8 . 2 . 1960 . 0029-554X . 10.1016/s0029-554x(60)80012-2 . 230–232. 1960NucIM...8..230L .
• Lewis . G. M. . Azuma . R. E. . Gabathuler . E. . Leith . D. W. G. S. . Hogg . W. R. . Photoproduction of Positive Pions from Hydrogen near Threshold . Physical Review . American Physical Society (APS) . 125 . 1 . 1 December 1961 . 0031-899X . 10.1103/physrev.125.378 . 378–384.
• Anderson . R. L. . Gabathuler . E. . Jones . D. . McDaniel . B. D. . Sadoff . A. J. . Photoproduction of K⁺ Mesons in Hydrogen . Physical Review Letters . American Physical Society (APS) . 9 . 3 . 1 July 1962 . 0031-9007 . 10.1103/physrevlett.9.131 . 131–133. 1962PhRvL...9..131A .
• Photoproduction of strange particles, Proceedings of International Conference on High Energy Physics at CERN, p. 266-269, 1962.
• Thom . H. . Gabathuler . E. . Jones . D. . McDaniel . B. D. . Woodward . W. M. . Polarization of Λ° Hyperons from Photoproduction in Hydrogen . Physical Review Letters . American Physical Society (APS) . 11 . 9 . 1 October 1963 . 0031-9007 . 10.1103/physrevlett.11.433 . 433–435. 1963PhRvL..11..433T .
• Photoproduction of K⁺Σ° in hydrogen, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 9, 22, 1964 - complete results given here only.
• Photoproduction of K⁺ meson from hydrogen, Proceedings of International Conference on Electron and Photon Interactions at High Energies, p. 203-206, Hamburg, 1965.
• Biggs . P. J. . Braben . D. W. . Clifft . R. W. . Gabathuler . E. . Kitching . P. . Rand . R. E. . Experimental Test of Quantum Electrodynamics by Photoproduction of Wide-Angle Electron Pairs from Hydrogen . Physical Review Letters . American Physical Society (APS) . 23 . 16 . 20 October 1969 . 0031-9007 . 10.1103/physrevlett.23.927 . 927–930. 1969PhRvL..23..927B .
• Biggs . P. J. . Braben . D. W. . Clifft . R. W. . Gabathuler . E. . Kitching . P. . Rand . R. E. . Observation of ρ−ω Interference in the Photoproduction of Electron-Positron Pairs from Carbon and a Measurement of the ρ−ω Phase . Physical Review Letters . American Physical Society (APS) . 24 . 21 . 25 May 1970 . 0031-9007 . 10.1103/physrevlett.24.1197 . 1197–1201.
• Biggs . P. J. . Clifft . R. W. . Gabathuler . E. . Kitching . P. . Rand . R. E. . Measurement of the Magnitude and Phase of ρ−ω Interference in π⁺ω⁻ Photoproduction from Carbon . Physical Review Letters . American Physical Society (APS) . 24 . 21 . 25 May 1970 . 0031-9007 . 10.1103/physrevlett.24.1201 . 1201–1205.
• Biggs . P. J. . Braben . D. W. . Clifft . R. W. . Gabathuler . E. . Kitching . P. . Rand . R. E. . Photoproduction of Electron Pairs as a Test of Quantum Electrodynamics . Physical Review D . American Physical Society (APS) . 1 . 5 . 1 February 1970 . 0556-2821 . 10.1103/physrevd.1.1252 . 1252–1266. 1970PhRvD...1.1252B .
• Evidence for the ω-2π Decay by ρ-ω Interference in Vector Meson Photoproduction. Invited Paper at International Conference on Experimental Meson Spectroscopy. - Experimental Meson Spectroscopy, Columbia University Press p. 645-655, 1970.
• Interference Effects in High Energy Vector Meson Photoproduction. Review Paper in Vector Meson Production and Omega-Rho Interference . p. 115-138, DNPL/R7, June 1970.
• Biggs . P. J. . Braben . D. W. . Clifft . R. W. . Gabathuler . E. . Rand . R. E. . Determination of the Real Part of the ρ-Nucleon Forward Scattering Amplitude and the Relative ρ−ω Production Phase . Physical Review Letters . American Physical Society (APS) . 27 . 17 . 25 October 1971 . 0031-9007 . 10.1103/physrevlett.27.1157 . 1157–1160.
• Gabathuler . E . Vector mesons . Journal of Physics A: General Physics . IOP Publishing . 5 . 3 . 1 February 1972 . 0022-3689 . 10.1088/0305-4470/5/3/003 . 327–347.
• Experimental Programme at the Daresbury Laboratory. Invited Talk Photon and Lepton Physics in Europe — DNPL R.11, 1972.
• Experimental Utilisation at the NINA Booster - DNPL R13 Vol. II, 1972.
• A High Intensity Muon Beam at the S.P.S., Vol. I. Proceedings of the Tirrenia Study Week, p. 208, CERN/ECFA/72/4, 1972.
• Total Cross—Sections — Rapporteur Talk at the Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Electron and Photon Interactions at High Energies, Bonn 1973.
• Brookes . G.R. . Gabathuler . E. . Rawlinson . W.R. . Shiel . C. . Tolfree . D.W.L. . A high resolution photon tagging system in the GeV region . Nuclear Instruments and Methods . Elsevier BV . 115 . 2 . 1974 . 0029-554X . 10.1016/0029-554x(74)90248-1 . 465–469. 1974NucIM.115..465B .
• Barker . I.S. . Gabathuler . E. . Storrow . J.K. . ωPhotoproduction off neutrons: A test of A₂ peripherality . Nuclear Physics B . Elsevier BV . 78 . 3 . 1974 . 0550-3213 . 10.1016/0550-3213(74)90595-1 . 515–524. 1974NuPhB..78..515B .
• Clifft . R. W. . Gabathuler . E. . Littenberg . L. S. . Marshall . R. . Rock . S. E. . Thompson . J. C. . Ward . D. L. . Brookes . G. R. . Search for ΔI=2 Electromagnetic Currents in Pion Photoproduction . Physical Review Letters . American Physical Society (APS) . 33 . 25 . 16 December 1974 . 0031-9007 . 10.1103/physrevlett.33.1500 . 1500–1503. 1974PhRvL..33.1500C .
• Clifft . R.W. . Dainton . J.B. . Gabathuler . E. . Littenberg . L.S. . Marshall . R. . Rock . S.E. . Thompson . J.C. . Ward . D.L. . Brookes . G.R. . Backward photoproduction of ρ° and f between 2.8 GeV and 4.8 GeV . Physics Letters B . Elsevier BV . 64 . 2 . 1976 . 0370-2693 . 10.1016/0370-2693(76)90335-x . 213–216. 1976PhLB...64..213C .

External links

• Scientific publications of Erwin Gabathuler on INSPIRE-HEP

Notes and References

1. https://qulibapp.qub.ac.uk/record=b1238753~S4 "Electron collision cross-sections of atmospheric gases"
2. https://cds.cern.ch/record/2213147 Erwin Gabathuler (1933 - 2016)
3. 5 September 2016 . Erwin Gabathuler (1933 - 2016) . CERN Bulletin . CERN . 36–37 . 5 September 2016.
4. http://hep.ph.liv.ac.uk/ErwinFest/ ErwinFest
5. http://royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Persons&dsqSearch=Code=='NA7839'&dsqCmd=Show.tcl Royal Society
6. http://www.iop.org/about/awards/subject/rutherford/medallists/page_38596.html Institute of Physics
7. Web site: Honorary doctorates . Uppsala University . 6 September 2016.
8. Web site: INSPIRE-HEP author profile: Gabathuler, Erwin. 5 September 2016.
9. [New Scientist]