Vernon W. Hughes Explained
Vernon Willard Hughes (May 28, 1921 – March 25, 2003) was an American physicist specializing in research of subatomic particles.[1] [2] [3] Hughes was born in Kankakee, Illinois. During World War II, he worked at the M.I.T. Radiation Lab. He earned his PhD under I. I. Rabi at Columbia University in 1950.[4] Hughes was notable for his research of muons[5] which showed the existence of previously undetected matter.[1] He was also noted for research that showed that protons have gluons and quarks.[1] Hughes was a member of the National Academy of Sciences,[2] [3] Sterling Professor at Yale University,[1] [3] and a recipient of Rumford Prize,[2] and a recipient of Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic Physics and the Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics, both from the American Physical Society.[3]
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- https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/31/nyregion/dr-vernon-w-hughes-81-authority-on-the-subatomic.html?scp=1&sq=Vernon%20Willard%20Hughes&st=cse New York Times:Dr. Vernon W. Hughes, 81, Authority on the Subatomic, By STUART LAVIETES, Published: March 31, 2003
- http://www.nndb.com/people/451/000169941/ NNDB:Vernon W. Hughes
- http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=vhughes.html National Academies Press:BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS:Vernon Willard Hughes, By Robert K. Adair
- Adair, Robert K.. Robert Adair (physicist). Zeller, Michael E.. Obituary: Vernon Willard Hughes. Physics Today. February 2004. 57. 2. 77–78. 10.1063/1.1688080. free.
- V.W Hughes. 1960 . Vernon W. Hughes . Formation of Muonium and Observation of its Larmor Precession . . 5 . 2 . 63 - 65 . 10.1103/PhysRevLett.5.63. 1960PhRvL...5...63H. etal.
