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*1974–1978: [[Sloan Fellowship]]
*1974–1978: [[Sloan Fellowship]]
*1986: visiting chair professor at the physics department of NTU
*1986: visiting chair professor at the physics department of NTU
*Since 1991: a fellow of the [[American Physical Society]]<ref>{{cite web|title=APS Fellow Archive (1990-present)|accessdate=2013-10-19|url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=&year=1991&unit_id=&institution=}}</ref>
*Since 1991: a fellow of the [[American Physical Society]]<ref>{{cite web|title=APS Fellow Archive (1990-present)|accessdate=2013-10-19|url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=&year=1991&unit_id=&institution=}}</ref>
*1991–1992: special chair professor, [http://www.phys.sinica.edu.tw/about_phys.php?about=history&eng=T Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica], ROC
*1991–1992: special chair professor, [http://www.phys.sinica.edu.tw/about_phys.php?about=history&eng=T Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica], ROC
*1997: Director, [http://cts.nthu.edu.tw National Center of Theoretical Sciences], ROC
*1997: Director, [http://cts.nthu.edu.tw National Center of Theoretical Sciences], ROC


In the 1970s, Yan and [[Sidney Drell]] investigated the important [[Drell–Yan process]] of massive [[lepton]] [[pair production]] in [[hadron]]ic collisions,<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Drell | first1 = S. | last2 = Yan | first2 = T. M. | doi = 10.1103/PhysRevLett.25.316 | title = Massive Lepton-Pair Production in Hadron-Hadron Collisions at High Energies | journal = Physical Review Letters | volume = 25 | issue = 5 | pages = 316 | year = 1970|bibcode = 1970PhRvL..25..316D }}</ref> which provides a crucial experimental probe into the [[parton distribution functions]]. These describe the way that the [[momentum]] of an incoming high-energy [[nucleon]] is partitioned among its constituent [[parton (particle physics)|partons]].
In the 1970s, Yan and [[Sidney Drell]] investigated the important [[Drell–Yan process]] of massive [[lepton]] [[pair production]] in [[hadron]]ic collisions,<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Drell | first1 = S. | last2 = Yan | first2 = T. M. | doi = 10.1103/PhysRevLett.25.316 | title = Massive Lepton-Pair Production in Hadron-Hadron Collisions at High Energies | journal = Physical Review Letters | volume = 25 | issue = 5 | pages = 316 | year = 1970|bibcode = 1970PhRvL..25..316D | url = https://semanticscholar.org/paper/42d34fde833dea0565d76132cdedaa8bd1f3c7b1 }}</ref> which provides a crucial experimental probe into the [[parton distribution functions]]. These describe the way that the [[momentum]] of an incoming high-energy [[nucleon]] is partitioned among its constituent [[parton (particle physics)|partons]].


In the same decade, he pioneered the "[[Quarkonium#QCD and quarkonia|Cornell potential]]" shedding light on the properties of heavy quark–antiquark systems ([[charmonium]]), with [[Estia J. Eichten]], [[Toichiro Kinoshita]], [[Kenneth Lane (physicist)|Ken Lane]] and [[Kurt Gottfried]].<ref>{{cite journal |author1=E. Eichten |author2=K. Gottfried |author3=T. Kinoshita |author4=J. Kogut |author5=K. D. Lane |author6=T.-M. Yan |last-author-amp=yes | title=Spectrum of Charmed Quark–Antiquark Bound States | journal=Physical Review Letters | volume=34 | pages=369–372 | year=1975 | doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.34.369 | bibcode=1975PhRvL..34..369E | issue=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=E. Eichten |author2=K. Gottfried |author3=T. Kinoshita |author4=K. D. Lane |author5=T.-M. Yan | title=Charmonium: The Model | journal=Physical Review D| volume=17 | pages=3090–3117 | year=1978 | doi=10.1103/PhysRevD.17.3090|bibcode = 1978PhRvD..17.3090E | issue=11 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | author=E. Eichten, K. Gottfried, T. Kinoshita, K. D. Lane and Tung-Mow Yan | title=Charmonium: Comparison With Experiment | journal=Physical Review D | volume=21 | pages=203–233 | year=1980 | doi=10.1103/PhysRevD.21.203|bibcode = 1980PhRvD..21..203E }}</ref>
In the same decade, he pioneered the "[[Quarkonium#QCD and quarkonia|Cornell potential]]" shedding light on the properties of heavy quark–antiquark systems ([[charmonium]]), with [[Estia J. Eichten]], [[Toichiro Kinoshita]], [[Kenneth Lane (physicist)|Ken Lane]] and [[Kurt Gottfried]].<ref>{{cite journal |author1=E. Eichten |author2=K. Gottfried |author3=T. Kinoshita |author4=J. Kogut |author5=K. D. Lane |author6=T.-M. Yan |last-author-amp=yes | title=Spectrum of Charmed Quark–Antiquark Bound States | journal=Physical Review Letters | volume=34 | pages=369–372 | year=1975 | doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.34.369 | bibcode=1975PhRvL..34..369E | issue=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=E. Eichten |author2=K. Gottfried |author3=T. Kinoshita |author4=K. D. Lane |author5=T.-M. Yan | title=Charmonium: The Model | journal=Physical Review D| volume=17 | pages=3090–3117 | year=1978 | doi=10.1103/PhysRevD.17.3090|bibcode = 1978PhRvD..17.3090E | issue=11 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | author=E. Eichten, K. Gottfried, T. Kinoshita, K. D. Lane and Tung-Mow Yan | title=Charmonium: Comparison With Experiment | journal=Physical Review D | volume=21 | issue=1 | pages=203–233 | year=1980 | doi=10.1103/PhysRevD.21.203|bibcode = 1980PhRvD..21..203E }}</ref>


==Works==
==Works==
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Tung-Mow Yan is the author or co-author of the following books:
Tung-Mow Yan is the author or co-author of the following books:


*{{cite book|title=QCD, Electro-weak Interaction and Their Grand Unifaction: Summer School in Particle Physics : Papers|author=Tung-mow Yan|location=Academia Sinica, Tiwan|publisher=Science Press|year=1986|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ipsXMwEACAAJ&dq=Tung-Mow+Yan&redir_esc=y}}
*{{cite book|title=QCD, Electro-weak Interaction and Their Grand Unifaction: Summer School in Particle Physics : Papers|author=Tung-mow Yan|location=Academia Sinica, Tiwan|publisher=Science Press|year=1986|url=https://books.google.com/?id=ipsXMwEACAAJ&dq=Tung-Mow+Yan}}
*{{cite book|title=Quantum Mechanics: Fundamentals|author1=Tung-Mow Yan |author2=Kurt Gottfried |publisher=Springer|year=2003|isbn=0-387-955-763|series=Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Quantum_Mechanics_Fundamentals.html?id=8gFX-9YcvIYC&redir_esc=y}}
*{{cite book|title=Quantum Mechanics: Fundamentals|author1=Tung-Mow Yan |author2=Kurt Gottfried |publisher=Springer|year=2003|isbn=0-387-955-763|series=Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics|url=https://books.google.com/?id=8gFX-9YcvIYC}}


and numerous physics publications<ref>[http://inspirehep.net/search?ln=en&ln=en&p=find+a+tung-mow+yan&of=hb&action_search=Search&sf=&so=d&rm=&rg=100&sc=0 T-M Yan's publications available on the INSPIRE-HEP Literature Database]</ref> in collaboration with other theoretical physicists, including [[Kurt Gottfried]] and [[Sidney Drell]].
and numerous physics publications<ref>[http://inspirehep.net/search?ln=en&ln=en&p=find+a+tung-mow+yan&of=hb&action_search=Search&sf=&so=d&rm=&rg=100&sc=0 T-M Yan's publications available on the INSPIRE-HEP Literature Database]</ref> in collaboration with other theoretical physicists, including [[Kurt Gottfried]] and [[Sidney Drell]].

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Tung-Mow Yan (Chinese: 顏東茂; born 1937) is a Taiwanese-born American physicist, who has specialized in theoretical particle physics; primarily in the structure of elementary particles, the standard model, and quantum chromodynamics. He is professor emeritus at Cornell University.[1]

Education

He graduated with a BS in physics in 1960 at National Taiwan University (NTU), an MS in physics at National Tsing Hua University (Hsinchu) in 1962, and earned a Ph.D. in physics in 1968 at Harvard University, under the supervision of Julian Schwinger.[2]

Research

From 1970 to 2009 Yan worked at Cornell University, in particular the Cornell High-Energy Synchrotron Source and Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics (combined into the Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based Sciences and Education as of 2006). He became a professor in 19??. By 2010 he reached the status of professor emeritus in physics.

Other affiliations during Yan's life and work are:[3]

In the 1970s, Yan and Sidney Drell investigated the important Drell–Yan process of massive lepton pair production in hadronic collisions,[5] which provides a crucial experimental probe into the parton distribution functions. These describe the way that the momentum of an incoming high-energy nucleon is partitioned among its constituent partons.

In the same decade, he pioneered the "Cornell potential" shedding light on the properties of heavy quark–antiquark systems (charmonium), with Estia J. Eichten, Toichiro Kinoshita, Ken Lane and Kurt Gottfried.[6][7][8]

Works

Tung-Mow Yan is the author or co-author of the following books:

  • Tung-mow Yan (1986). QCD, Electro-weak Interaction and Their Grand Unifaction: Summer School in Particle Physics : Papers. Academia Sinica, Tiwan: Science Press.
  • Tung-Mow Yan; Kurt Gottfried (2003). Quantum Mechanics: Fundamentals. Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics. Springer. ISBN 0-387-955-763.

and numerous physics publications[9] in collaboration with other theoretical physicists, including Kurt Gottfried and Sidney Drell.

According to INSPIRE-HEP, as of 2016, he has authored or co-authored at least 72 publications, and has at least 11945 citations.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Tung-Mow Yan's homepage at Cornell University". Retrieved 2017-01-20.
  2. ^ Climbing the Mountain: The Scientific Biography of Julian Schwinger. Oxford University Press. 2003. p. 601. ISBN 0-198-527-454.
  3. ^ "Cornell university Department of physics". Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  4. ^ "APS Fellow Archive (1990-present)". Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  5. ^ Drell, S.; Yan, T. M. (1970). "Massive Lepton-Pair Production in Hadron-Hadron Collisions at High Energies". Physical Review Letters. 25 (5): 316. Bibcode:1970PhRvL..25..316D. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.25.316.
  6. ^ E. Eichten; K. Gottfried; T. Kinoshita; J. Kogut; K. D. Lane; T.-M. Yan (1975). "Spectrum of Charmed Quark–Antiquark Bound States". Physical Review Letters. 34 (6): 369–372. Bibcode:1975PhRvL..34..369E. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.34.369. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ E. Eichten; K. Gottfried; T. Kinoshita; K. D. Lane; T.-M. Yan (1978). "Charmonium: The Model". Physical Review D. 17 (11): 3090–3117. Bibcode:1978PhRvD..17.3090E. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.17.3090.
  8. ^ E. Eichten, K. Gottfried, T. Kinoshita, K. D. Lane and Tung-Mow Yan (1980). "Charmonium: Comparison With Experiment". Physical Review D. 21 (1): 203–233. Bibcode:1980PhRvD..21..203E. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.21.203.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ T-M Yan's publications available on the INSPIRE-HEP Literature Database
  10. ^ "YAN, Tung-Mow INSPIRE profile". 2013. Retrieved 2016-08-16.