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{{short description|American physicist}}
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{{for|the Australian Olympic basketball player|Peter Demos (basketball)}}
'''Peter T. Demos''' is an emeritus professor of physics at [[MIT]].


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| honorific_prefix =
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| birth_date = {{birth_date|1918|07|18}}
[[Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty]]
| birth_place = [[Toronto]], [[Canada]]
| death_date = {{death date and age |2012|09|18 |1918|07|18}}
| death_place = [[Belmont, Massachusetts]]
| name = Peter T. Demos
| education = [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]]<br>[[MIT]]
| doctoral_advisor = [[Arthur F. Kip]]<br>[[John C. Slater]]
| workplaces = [[MIT]]
| thesis_title = Design and Properties of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Linear Electron Accelerator
| spouse = Elizabeth Demos
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'''Peter T. Demos''' (July 18, 1918 &ndash; September 18, 2012) was a professor in the [[MIT Department of Physics|Department of Physics]] and the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science#Laboratory for Nuclear Science|Laboratory for Nuclear Science]] at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mit.edu/catalog/degre.scien.physi.html|title=Department of Physics|publisher=[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]|accessdate=26 January 2011}}</ref> A native of [[Peterborough, Ontario]], Demos attended [[Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School]] and [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]], and received a Ph.D. in Physics from MIT in 1951.<ref>{{cite web
| title = Olympic Torch Relay Community Success Stories: Peterborough, Ontario
| url = http://www.peterborough.ca/Assets/City+Assets/Recreation/2010+Olympics/Documents/Community+Success+Story+-+Peterborough.pdf
| accessdate = 26 January 2011
}}</ref> He was a founder and former director of the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science#Bates Linear Accelerator|Bates Linear Accelerator]] at MIT<ref>{{cite web
|title = Interview with Robert Redwine : Massachusetts Institute of Technology 150th Anniversary
|url = http://mit150.mit.edu/infinite-history/robert-redwine
|publisher = Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|accessdate = 26 January 2011
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110113085407/http://mit150.mit.edu/infinite-history/robert-redwine
|archivedate = 13 January 2011
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|title = 1999 Bates Report
|publisher = Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|url = http://mitbates.lns.mit.edu/bates/control/reports
|accessdate = 26 January 2011
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110716075617/http://mitbates.lns.mit.edu/bates/control/reports
|archivedate = 16 July 2011
}}</ref> and served as advisor on nuclear science to [[John F. Kennedy]].<ref>{{cite web
|title = Peterborough's History and Culture
|url = http://www.bedandbreakfastpeterborough.ca/Tourism/Tourism2/index.html
|accessdate = 26 January 2011
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110706165659/http://www.bedandbreakfastpeterborough.ca/Tourism/Tourism2/index.html
|archivedate = 6 July 2011
}}</ref>


==Work==
{{physicist-stub}}
*{{cite thesis
Peter T. Demos Award
|title = Design and Properties of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Linear Electron Accelerator
|degree = Ph.D.
|last = Demos | first = Peter T.
|publisher = Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|year = 1951
}}
*{{cite journal
|title = The M.I.T. Linear Electron Accelerator
|last1 = Demos | first1 = P. T.
|last2 = Kip | first2 = A. F.
|last3 = Slater | first3 = J. C.
|journal = Journal of Applied Physics
|volume = 23
|pages = 53–65
|year = 1952
|issue = 1 |doi = 10.1063/1.1701978
|bibcode = 1952JAP....23...53D }}
*{{cite journal
|last1 = Dow |first1 = K.
|journal = Phys. Rev. Lett.
|volume = 61
|pages = 1706–1709
|year = 1988
|title = Longitudinal Response Functions and Sum Rules for Quasielastic Electron Scattering from <sup>3</sup>H and <sup>3</sup>He
|issue = 15
|doi = 10.1103/PhysRevLett.61.1706
|pmid = 10038875
|bibcode=1988PhRvL..61.1706D
|display-authors=etal}}
*{{cite patent
| inventor-last = Demos
| inventor-first = Peter T.
| issue-date = 5 November 1974
| title = Apparent wind indicator adapted to establish optimum wind direction relative to the sail of a sailboat
| country-code = US
| patent-number = 3845734
}}


*{{cite web|last1=Demos|first1=Peter|title=Nuclear physicist Peter T. Demos dies at 94|url=http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2012/obit-demos-physics|website=MIT News Office|date=9 October 2012 |publisher=Sarah H. Wright|accessdate=9 October 2012}}
Achievement to Graduate Student Research
at the MIT-Bates Linear Accelerator Center


== References ==
In recognition of the outstanding contributions the Peter T. Demos exhibited for more than three decades as an inspiring teacher, dedicated accelerator builder and laboratory director, and as a pioneer in electromagnetic research. The Bates Linear Accelerator Center Users Group has established an annual award to be given to the graduate student whose progress in research at the MIT-Bates Laboratory best exemplifies the spirit, persistence and intellectual qualities that Peter T. Demos demonstrated in directing and developing the Linear Accelerator Center.
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Latest revision as of 03:25, 30 October 2023

For the Australian Olympic basketball player, see Peter Demos (basketball).
Peter T. Demos
Born(1918-07-18)July 18, 1918
Toronto, Canada
DiedSeptember 18, 2012(2012-09-18) (aged 94)
Belmont, Massachusetts
EducationQueen's University
MIT
SpouseElizabeth Demos
Scientific career
InstitutionsMIT
Thesis Design and Properties of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Linear Electron Accelerator
Doctoral advisorArthur F. Kip
John C. Slater

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[edit]

  • Demos, Peter T. (1951). Design and Properties of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Linear Electron Accelerator (Ph.D. thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • Demos, P. T.; Kip, A. F.; Slater, J. C. (1952). "The M.I.T. Linear Electron Accelerator". Journal of Applied Physics. 23 (1): 53–65. Bibcode:1952JAP....23...53D. doi:10.1063/1.1701978.
  • Dow, K.; et al. (1988). "Longitudinal Response Functions and Sum Rules for Quasielastic Electron Scattering from 3H and 3He". Phys. Rev. Lett. 61 (15): 1706–1709. Bibcode:1988PhRvL..61.1706D. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.61.1706. PMID 10038875.
  • US 3845734, Demos, Peter T., "Apparent wind indicator adapted to establish optimum wind direction relative to the sail of a sailboat", issued 5 November 1974 

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Department of Physics". MIT. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Olympic Torch Relay Community Success Stories: Peterborough, Ontario" (PDF). Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Interview with Robert Redwine : Massachusetts Institute of Technology 150th Anniversary". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on 13 January 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  4. ^ "1999 Bates Report". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  5. ^ "Peterborough's History and Culture". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.


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