Georges Charpak
Biographical
(Translation)
| Born | |
| August 1 1924 in Dabrovica, Poland Naturalized French citizen in 1946 |
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| Studies | |
| Lycée Saint Louis in Paris | |
| Lycée de Montpellier | |
| 1945-1947 | Ecole des Mines (Mining school) in Paris |
| Degrees | |
| 1948 | Bachelor of Science. Mining engineer. |
| 1954 | Ph. D. Physics. Experimental research in Nuclear Physics at College de France |
| Positions | |
| 1948-1959 | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
| 1959-1991 | Centre Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire (CERN) |
| Research | |
| 1960 | Participated in the first exact measurement of the magnetic momentum of the muon |
| 1961-1967 | Development of various types of nonphotographic scintillation chambers |
| 1962-1967 | Nuclear structure studied by reactions (p+2p) |
| 1968 | Introduction of proportional multiwire chambers |
| 1974 | Introduction of spherical drift chambers for studies of proteins by X-ray diffraction (Orsay) |
| 1979-1989 | Introduction of multistage avalanche chambers and application of photon counters for the imaging ionizing radiations |
| 1985-1991 | Participated in experiments at Fermilab (USA). Introduction of chambers based on luminescent avalanches. Development of instrumentation for biological research using b-ray imaging (Centre Médical Universitaire de Genève. |
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Georges Charpak died on 29 September 2010.
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