Enrico Fermi Institute
Coordinates: 41 ° 47 ′ 31 ″ N , 87 ° 36 ′ 6 ″ W.
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The Enrico Fermi Institute (EFI) is an institute of the University of Chicago . It was founded in 1945 under the name The Institute for Nuclear Studies . The physicist Samuel Allison became the first director of the institute in 1946, which was renamed The Enrico Fermi Institute for Nuclear Studies on November 20, 1955 . In January 1968 it finally got its current name. The main research areas are:
- Experimental and theoretical particle physics and string theory
- Experimental and theoretical astrophysics and cosmology
- general theory of relativity
- Electron microscopy
- Secondary ion mass spectrometry
- Geochemistry , Cosmochemistry , and Nuclear Chemistry
Important researchers at the institute are or have been a. Herbert L. Anderson , James Cronin , James Hartle , Enrico Fermi , Yōichirō Nambu , Harold C. Urey , Faheem Hussain , Gregor Wentzel .