Cecil Frank Powell | |
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 Powell in 1950 | |
| Born | 5 December 1903 |
| Died | 9 August 1969 (aged 65) Casargo, Province of Lecco, Italy |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge (PhD) |
| Known for | Photographic method Discovery of the pion |
| Spouse |
Isobel Artner (m. 1932) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge University of Bristol |
| Doctoral advisor | C. T. R. Wilson Ernest Rutherford |
| Doctoral students | M. G. K. Menon Peter Fowler |
Cecil Frank Powell, FRS[1] (5 December 1903 – 9 August 1969) was an English physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics for heading the team that developed the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and for the resulting discovery of the pion (pi-meson), a subatomic particle.[3]
- ^ a b Frank, F. C.; Perkins, D. H. (1971). "Cecil Frank Powell 1903-1969". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 17: 541–563. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1971.0021.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1950".
- ^ Camerini, U. (1969). "Cecil Powell, Cosmic-Ray Physicist, Dies in Italy". Physics Today. 22 (11): 107–109. Bibcode:1969PhT....22k.107C. doi:10.1063/1.3035243.