C. F. Powell

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

(1903-12-05)5 December 1903
Died9 August 1969(1969-08-09) (aged 65)
Rifugio Capanna Vittoria, Alpe Giumello, Casargo, Province of Lecco, Italy
NationalityEnglish
CitizenshipBritish
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Known for
SpouseIsobel Artner[2]
AwardsNobel Prize in Physics (1950)
Hughes Medal (1949)
Fellow of the Royal Society (1949)[1]
Royal Medal (1961)
Lomonosov Gold Medal (1967)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Institutions
Doctoral advisor
Doctoral students

Cecil Frank Powell, FRS[1] (5 December 1903 – 9 August 1969) was a British physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate 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. ^ a b 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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