Burton Richter

Burton Richter (born March 22 1931) is a Nobel Prize-winning American physicist. A native of New York City, he attended MIT, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1952 and his Ph.D. in 1956. He was director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) from 1984 to 1999.

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March 22 - 1931 - Nobel Prize - American - New York City - MIT - Bachelor's degree - 1952 - Ph.D. - 1956 - Stanford Linear Accelerator Center - 1984 - 1999

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As a professor at Stanford University, Richter built a particle accelerator called SPEAR (Stanford Positron-Electron Asymmetric Ring) with the help of David Ritson and the support of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. With it he discovered a new subatomic particle he called a psi particle (now called a J/? particle).

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Stanford University - Particle accelerator - SPEAR - David Ritson - U.S. Atomic Energy Commission - Subatomic particle - J/? particle

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The same discovery was made independently by Samuel Ting and the two scientists were jointly awarded the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work.

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Samuel Ting - 1976 - Nobel Prize in Physics

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