Owen Chamberlain | |
|---|---|
 Chamberlain in 1959 | |
| Born | July 10, 1920 |
| Died | February 28, 2006 (aged 85) Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College University of California, Berkeley University of Chicago |
| Known for | Particle physics |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics, 1959 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Los Alamos National Laboratory University of California, Berkeley |
| Doctoral advisor | Enrico Fermi |
| Doctoral students | Paul Grannis, Nathan Isgur, David Delano Clark |
Owen Chamberlain (July 10, 1920 – February 28, 2006) was an American physicist who shared with Emilio Segrè the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the antiproton, a sub-atomic antiparticle.[1][2]
- ^ Jaros, John; Nagamiya, Shoji; Steiner, Herbert (August 2006). "Obituary: Owen Chamberlain". Physics Today. 59 (8): 70–72. Bibcode:2006PhT....59h..70J. doi:10.1063/1.2349741.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1959". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved January 10, 2022.