Barry Barish | |
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 Barish in 2005 | |
| Born | Barry Clark Barish January 27, 1936 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA, PhD) |
| Spouse | Samoan Barish |
| Children | 2 |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of California, Riverside Stony Brook University California Institute of Technology Sapienza University of Rome |
| Thesis | A study of the reaction negative pion plus proton going to negative pion plus neutral pion plus proton at 310 and 377 MEV (1962) |
| Doctoral advisor | A. Carl Helmholz |
| Doctoral students | Kate Scholberg |
Barry Clark Barish (born January 27, 1936) is an American experimental physicist and Nobel Laureate. He is a Linde Professor of Physics, emeritus at California Institute of Technology and a leading expert on gravitational waves.
In 2017, Barish was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics along with Rainer Weiss and Kip Thorne "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves".[1][2][3][4] He said, "I didn't know if I would succeed. I was afraid I would fail, but because I tried, I had a breakthrough."[5]
In 2018, he joined the faculty at University of California, Riverside, becoming the university's second Nobel Prize winner on the faculty.[6]
In the fall of 2023, he joined Stony Brook University as the inaugural President’s Distinguished Endowed Chair in Physics.[7]
In 2023, Barish was awarded the National Medal of Science by President Biden in a White House ceremony.[8]
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- ^ Rincon, Paul; Amos, Jonathan (October 3, 2017). "Einstein's waves win Nobel Prize". BBC News. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
- ^ Overbye, Dennis (October 3, 2017). "2017 Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to LIGO Black Hole Researchers". The New York Times. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
- ^ Kaiser, David (October 3, 2017). "Learning from Gravitational Waves". The New York Times. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
- ^ Barry Barish - Hyde Park Civilizace | Česká televize (in Czech), retrieved 2023-08-10
- ^ "Nobel Laureate Barry Barish Joins UC Riverside Faculty". UCR Today. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ^ "Nobel Laureate Barry Barish Appointed Stony Brook University President's Distinguished Endowed Chair in Physics". Stony Brook University News. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ^ House, The White (2023-10-24). "President Biden Honors Leading American Scientists, Technologists, and Innovators". The White House. Retrieved 2023-10-26.