Peter A. Butler Explained

Peter Butler
Birth Name:	Peter A. Butler
Birth Date:	1949 11, df=yes
Fields:	Physics
Workplaces:	University of Liverpool CERN On-Line Isotope Mass Separator
Awards:	Institute of Physics Ernest Rutherford Medal and Prize (2012)
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Peter Anthony Butler (born 22 November 1949) is a Professor of Physics at the University of Liverpool. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2019 for "substantial contributions to the improvement of natural knowledge".^[1]

He was educated at Borden Grammar School, King's College London (BSc) and the University of Liverpool (PhD, 1974).^[2]

His research area is experimental nuclear physics, especially structure of heavy nuclei. He led a group at ISOLDE at CERN who discovered 2013 nuclei with permanent octupole form (pear-shaped).^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20190424061342/https://royalsociety.org/people/peter-butler-14082/ . 2019-04-24. Professor Peter Butler FRS. Royal Society. London. Anon. 2015.
2. "Butler, Prof. Peter Anthony, (born 22 Nov. 1949), Professor of Physics, since 1999 and Senior Research Fellow, since 2015, University of Liverpool." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 1 Dec. 2019; Accessed 7 Dec. 2019.
3. L. P. Gaffney, P. A. Butler u.a., Studies of pear-shaped nuclei using accelerated radioactive beams, Nature, Band 497, 2013, S. 199-204, Abstract
4. https://physicsworld.com/a/nuclear-physics-goes-pear-shaped/ Hamish Johnston, Nuclear physics goes pear-shaped