Tung-Mow Yan | |
|---|---|
顏東茂 | |
| Born | 1937 (age 86–87) |
| Alma mater | National Taiwan University (B.S.) National Tsing Hua University (M.S.) Harvard University (PhD) |
| Known for | Drell–Yan process Cornell potential |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Cornell University |
| Thesis | Selected Topics in Theory of Magnetic Charge and Phenomenological Theory of Particles (1968) |
| Doctoral advisor | Julian Schwinger |
Tung-Mow Yan (Chinese: 顏東茂; born 1937) is a Taiwanese-born American physicist, who has specialized in theoretical particle physics; primarily in the structure of elementary particles, the Standard Model, and quantum chromodynamics. He is professor emeritus at Cornell University.[1]