Alan Astbury
Alan Astbury FRS FRSC[1] (1934–2014)[2] was a Canadian physicist, professor emeritus at University of Victoria,[3][4] and director of the Tri-Universities Meson Facility (TRIUMF) laboratory.[5][6][7]
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| Born | November 27, 1934[1] |
| Died | July 21, 2014 (aged 79)[1] |
| Alma mater | University of Liverpool |
| Known for | TRIUMF W particle |
| Awards | Rutherford Medal and Prize |
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| Fields | Physics |
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| Website | home |
Research and career
Astubry led a group at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory who confirmed the existence of the W particle.[8] He served as president of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP).[9][10][11]
Honours and awards
- 2002 CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics[12]
- 1986 Rutherford Medal and Prize
- 1989 Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC)
- 1993 Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)[1]
References
- Keeler, Richard K.; Lefebvre, Michel (2019). "Alan Astbury. 27 November 1934—21 July 2014". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 66: 7–23. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2016.0010. ISSN 0080-4606.
- "Alan ASTBURY". legacy.com. The Times Colonist.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-04-13. Retrieved 2017-08-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "The Ring". uvic.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- "TRIUMF Images to Download". triumf.info.
- Richard Keeler (5 February 2008). "A Productive Collaboration: TRIUMF & The University of Victoria" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-07-24.
- Dr. Alan Astbury's honorary degree acceptance speech in 2006 at Simon Fraser University on YouTube. April 8, 2009
- "New Scientist". google.com. 12 May 1983.
- "IUPAP: Prague 2006 Meeting Minutes". Archived from the original on 2007-07-11. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
- Fundamental Interactions: Proceedings of the 23rd Lake Louise Winter Institute, Editors Alan Astbury, Alexander Penin, Faqir Khanna, World Scientific, 2009, ISBN 978-981-4280-93-8
- Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on High Energy Physics: ICHEP '98, Editors Alan Astbury, David Axen, Jake Robinson, World Scientific, 1999, ISBN 9789810237721
- "Press Releases". cap.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
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