Fredrik Zachariasen
Fredrik Zachariasen (born June 14, 1931 in Chicago , † December 9, 1999 in Pasadena ) was an American theoretical physicist who dealt with elementary particle physics .
Zachariasen studied at the University of Chicago with a bachelor's degree in 1951 and a doctorate in 1956 at Caltech . He then went to Stanford University ( Assistant Professor ), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California, Berkeley , before returning to Caltech in 1960, where he became a professor and stayed for the rest of his career. In 1960 he became a Sloan Research Fellow .
He was a member of the JASON Defense Advisory Group , where he worked with Walter Munk on acoustic detection of submarines.
Fonts
- with Sidney Drell : Electromagnetic structure of nucleons, Oxford University Press 1961
- with David Horn: Hadron physics at very high energies, Benjamin 1973
- with Walter Munk a. a .: Sound transmission through a fluctuating ocean
literature
- Marshall Baker, James S. Ball, Marvin Goldberger: Fredrik Zachariasen (Obituary) . In: Physics Today . tape 53 , no. 7 , 2000, pp. 69-70 , doi : 10.1063 / 1.1292490 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zachariasen, Fredrik |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American theoretical physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 9, 1999 |
| Place of death | Pasadena |