C. F. Powell

C. F. Powell
Powell in 1950
Born
Cecil Frank Powell

(1903-12-05)5 December 1903
Tonbridge, Kent, England
Died9 August 1969(1969-08-09) (aged 65)
EducationJudd School
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
(BSc, 1925; PhD, 1927)
Known forDiscovering the pion (1947)
Board member ofCERN (1961)
Spouse
Isobel Artner
(m. 1932)
[2]
Children2
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsParticle physics
InstitutionsUniversity of Bristol
(1928–1969)
Doctoral advisorErnest Rutherford
Other academic advisorsC. T. R. Wilson

Cecil Frank Powell (5 December 1903 – 9 August 1969) was an English particle physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1950 for heading the team that developed the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and for the resulting discovery of the pion (pi-meson), a subatomic particle.[3]

  1. ^ Frank, F. C.; Perkins, D. H. (1971). "Cecil Frank Powell 1903-1969". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 17: 541–563. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1971.0021.
  2. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1950".
  3. ^ Camerini, U. (1969). "Cecil Powell, Cosmic-Ray Physicist, Dies in Italy". Physics Today. 22 (11): 107–109. Bibcode:1969PhT....22k.107C. doi:10.1063/1.3035243.

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