Richard Casten

Richard Casten
Born (1941-11-01) November 1, 1941 (age 82)
New York City, U.S.
Alma materCollege of the Holy Cross (BS)
Yale University (MS, PhD)
AwardsHumboldt Prize (1983)
Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics (2011)
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsNiels Bohr Institute
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Yale University
ThesisCollective Nuclear Structure Studies in the Osmium Nuclei (1967)
Doctoral advisorD. Allan Bromley
Jack Greenberg

Richard Francis Xavier Casten (born November 1, 1941) is an American nuclear physicist. He serves as the D. Allan Bromley Professor Emeritus of Physics at Yale University, where he was also the director of the Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory from 1995 to 2008.[1] He is known for his research in nuclear structure and radioactive nuclear beams.[2] He is also known for Casten's triangle, which was introduced in 1981.[3]

  1. ^ Laurans, Penelope (2015). "Richard F. Casten". Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Yale University. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
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  3. ^ Iachello, F; Arima, A. (2006-11-02). The Interacting Boson Model. Cambridge University Press. pp. 81–84. ISBN 978-0-521-30282-1.