Tihiro Ohkawa

Tihiro Ohkawa
Born(1928-01-03)January 3, 1928
Kanazawa, Japan
DiedSeptember 27, 2014(2014-09-27) (aged 86)
La Jolla, California
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
AwardsJames Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics (1979)
Scientific career
FieldsPlasma Physics

Tihiro Ohkawa (Japanese: 大河千弘, Hepburn: Ōkawa Chihiro, January 3, 1928 - September 27, 2014)[1][2] was a Japanese physicist whose field of work was in plasma physics and fusion power. He was a pioneer in developing ways to generate electricity by nuclear fusion when he worked at General Atomics.[3] Ohkawa died September 27, 2014, in La Jolla, California, at the age of 86.[3]

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  2. ^ "Tihiro Ohkawa". www.aip.org. 2015-03-16. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  3. ^ a b Robbins, Gary. "Renowned physicist Ohkawa dies at 86". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2018-09-08.