Alan Astbury
Alan Astbury | |
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| Born | 1934 |
| Died | 2014 |
| Awards | Rutherford Medal and Prize Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Fellow of the Royal Society |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Victoria; director of the Tri-Universities Meson Facility |
| Main interests | W particle. |
Alan Astbury FRS (1934–2014)[1] was a Canadian physicist, professor emeritus at University of Victoria,[2][3] and was director of the Tri-Universities Meson Facility (TRIUMF) laboratory.[4][5]
He led a group from the Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory who confirmed the existence of the W particle.[6] He was president of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.[7]
Honours and awards
- 2002 CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics[8]
- 1986 Rutherford Medal and Prize
- 1989 Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- 1993 Fellow of the Royal Society of London
Works
- Fundamental Interactions: Proceedings of the 23rd Lake Louise Winter Institute, Editors Alan Astbury, Alexander Penin, Faqir Khanna, World Scientific, 2009, ISBN 978-981-4280-93-8
- Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on High Energy Physics: ICHEP '98, Editors Alan Astbury, David Axen, Jake Robinson, World Scientific, 1999, ISBN 9789810237721
References
- ^ "Alan ASTBURY". The Times Colonist.
- ^ http://www.sfu.ca/ceremonies/honorary_degrees/2006_Honorary_Degrees.html
- ^ "The Ring". uvic.ca.
- ^ "TRIUMF Images to Download". triumf.info.
- ^ Richard Keeler (5 February 2008). "A Productive Collaboration: TRIUMF & The University of Victoria" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-07-24.
- ^ "New Scientist". google.com.
- ^ "IUPAP: Prague 2006 Meeting Minutes". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
- ^ "Press Releases". cap.ca. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
External links
- "Dr. Alan Astbury's honorary degree acceptance speech in 2006 at Simon Fraser University". April 8, 2009
- "Alan Astbury", Scientific Commons
