Peter Demos Explained

Birth Place:	Toronto, Canada
Death Place:	Belmont, Massachusetts
Peter T. Demos
Education:	Queen's University MIT
Doctoral Advisor:	Arthur F. Kip John C. Slater
Workplaces:	MIT
Thesis Title:	Design and Properties of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Linear Electron Accelerator
Spouse:	Elizabeth Demos

Peter T. Demos (July 18, 1918  - September 18, 2012) was a professor in the Department of Physics and the Laboratory for Nuclear Science at MIT.^[1] A native of Peterborough, Ontario, Demos attended Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School and Queen's University, and received a Ph.D. in Physics from MIT in 1951.^[2] He was a founder and former director of the Bates Linear Accelerator at MIT^{[3] [4]} and served as advisor on nuclear science to John F. Kennedy.^[5]

Work

• Design and Properties of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Linear Electron Accelerator . Ph.D. . Demos . Peter T. . Massachusetts Institute of Technology . 1951.
• The M.I.T. Linear Electron Accelerator . Demos . P. T. . Kip . A. F. . Slater . J. C. . Journal of Applied Physics . 23 . 53–65 . 1952 . 1 . 10.1063/1.1701978. 1952JAP....23...53D .
• Dow . K. . Phys. Rev. Lett. . 61 . 1706–1709 . 1988 . Longitudinal Response Functions and Sum Rules for Quasielastic Electron Scattering from ³H and ³He . 15 . 10.1103/PhysRevLett.61.1706. 10038875 . 1988PhRvL..61.1706D. etal.
• Demos . Peter T. . 5 November 1974 . Apparent wind indicator adapted to establish optimum wind direction relative to the sail of a sailboat . US . 3845734.
• Web site: Demos. Peter. Nuclear physicist Peter T. Demos dies at 94. MIT News Office. 9 October 2012 . Sarah H. Wright. 9 October 2012.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Department of Physics. MIT. 26 January 2011.
2. Web site: Olympic Torch Relay Community Success Stories: Peterborough, Ontario . 26 January 2011.
3. Web site: Interview with Robert Redwine : Massachusetts Institute of Technology 150th Anniversary . Massachusetts Institute of Technology . 26 January 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110113085407/http://mit150.mit.edu/infinite-history/robert-redwine . 13 January 2011.
4. Web site: 1999 Bates Report . Massachusetts Institute of Technology . 26 January 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716075617/http://mitbates.lns.mit.edu/bates/control/reports . 16 July 2011.
5. Web site: Peterborough's History and Culture . 26 January 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706165659/http://www.bedandbreakfastpeterborough.ca/Tourism/Tourism2/index.html . 6 July 2011.