Vinod Chohan | |
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| Born | 1 May 1949 |
| Died | 12 June 2017 (aged 68) Geneva, Switzerland |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Engineering |
| Institutions | CERN |
Vinod Chandrasinh Chohan (1 May 1949 – 12 June 2017)[1] was a Tanzanian-born accelerator specialist and engineer. He was a Senior Staff Member at CERN for nearly 40 years.
He held a leading position at CERN's Antiproton Accumulator, a machine that was part of the infrastructure connected to the UA1 and UA2 experiments, where the W and Z bosons were discovered in 1983. Carlo Rubbia and Simon van der Meer received the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physics for this discovery. Chohan worked closely with the latter on the antiproton accumulator.[2]
Chohan was a substantial contributor to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), leading the team that tested, measured and trained more than a thousand superconducting magnets for the LHC.[3] [4]
During his nearly 40 years as a staff member at CERN he held technical and management positions such as in beam diagnostics, instrumentation, accelerator studies, controls, testing of superconducting magnet and safety.
- ^ "Avis de décès". Tribune de Genève. 19 June 2017.
- ^ Chohan, Vinod; Van der Meer, Simon (August 1990). "Aspects of automation and applications in the CERN antiproton source" (PDF). Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A. 293 (1–2): 98–102. Bibcode:1990NIMPA.293...98C. doi:10.1016/0168-9002(90)91408-4.
- ^ Chohan, V. (29 January 2007). "Operation for LHC Cryomagnet Tests : Concerns, Challenges & Successful Collaboration". Proc 4th Asian Particle Accelerator Conference. Indore, India. p. 6.
- ^ Chohan, V.; et al. (13 August 2007). "Operation for LHC Cryomagnet Tests: Concerns, Challenges & Successful Collaboration" (PDF). Proc 22nd Particle Accelerator Conference. Albuquerque, USA.