Alan Astbury

Alan Astbury
FRS
Born (1934-11-27)November 27, 1934
Died July 21, 2014(2014-07-21) (aged 79)
Alma mater University of Liverpool
Known for TRIUMF, W particle
Awards
Scientific career
Fields physics
Institutions
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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][6]

Research and career

He led a group at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory who confirmed the existence of the W particle.[7] He was president of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.[8][9][10]

Honours and awards

References

  1. ↑ "Alan ASTBURY". The Times Colonist.
  2. ↑ https://www.sfu.ca/ceremonies/honorary_degrees/2006_Honorary_Degrees.html
  3. ↑ "The Ring". uvic.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
  4. ↑ "TRIUMF Images to Download". triumf.info.
  5. ↑ Richard Keeler (5 February 2008). "A Productive Collaboration: TRIUMF & The University of Victoria" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-07-24.
  6. ↑ Dr. Alan Astbury's honorary degree acceptance speech in 2006 at Simon Fraser University on YouTube. April 8, 2009
  7. ↑ "New Scientist". google.com.
  8. ↑ "IUPAP: Prague 2006 Meeting Minutes". Archived from the original on 2007-07-11. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
  9. ↑ 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
  10. ↑ Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on High Energy Physics: ICHEP '98, Editors Alan Astbury, David Axen, Jake Robinson, World Scientific, 1999, ISBN 9789810237721
  11. ↑ "Press Releases". cap.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
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