Sau Lan Wu

Sau Lan Wu
Sau Lan Wu
吳秀蘭
	Sau Lan Wu, October 2012
Born	May 11, 1940 (age 84); Hong Kong
Other names	吴秀兰
Education	Vassar College (BA); Harvard University (MA, PhD);
	Scientific career
Fields	Particle physics
Institutions	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1970–77); University of Wisconsin, Madison (1977–); DESY (1977–86); CERN (1975–77, 1986–);
Thesis	Proton Compton scattering at high energies near the forward direction (1970)

Sau Lan Wu (Chinese: 吳秀蘭; born May 11, 1940) is a Chinese-American particle physicist and the Enrico Fermi Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She made important contributions towards the discovery of the J/psi particle, which provided experimental evidence for the existence of the charm quark, and the gluon, the vector boson of the strong force in the Standard Model of physics.^[1] Recently, her team located at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), using data collected at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), was part of the international effort in the discovery of a boson consistent with the Higgs boson.^[2]

^ S. Braibant; G. Giacomelli; M. Spurio (2009). Particles and Fundamental Interactions: An Introduction to Particle Physics. Springer. pp. 313–314. ISBN 978-94-007-2463-1.
^ "ATLAS and the Higgs". CERN. October 2012. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.

[1] S. Braibant; G. Giacomelli; M. Spurio (2009). Particles and Fundamental Interactions: An Introduction to Particle Physics. Springer. pp. 313–314. ISBN 978-94-007-2463-1.

[higg-2] "ATLAS and the Higgs". CERN. October 2012. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.

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