William Rarita
William Rarita (born March 21, 1907 , † July 8, 1999 ) was an American theoretical physicist who dealt with nuclear physics and elementary particle physics.
Rarita did her PhD with Eugene Feenberg. He later taught at Brooklyn College , where he retired in 1996. He was in the theory department at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and was also a visiting scientist at CERN .
With Julian Schwinger in 1941 he formulated the Rarita-Schwinger equation for spin 3/2 fermions. He worked with Herman Feshbach in nuclear physics.
He was a fellow of the American Physical Society .
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| SURNAME | Rarita, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American theoretical physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1907 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 8, 1999 |