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Burton Richter
Burton Richter is an American physicist. He led the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center group, which co-discovered the J / ψ meson in 1974, with the Brookhaven National Laboratory group led by Samuel Ting, which won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1976. This discovery is part of the November revolution in particle physics. He was director of SLAC from 1984 to 1999 .
BornMarch 22, 1931, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedJuly 18, 2018, Stanford, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
InstitutionsStanford University, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Alma materMIT
Known forJ/ψ meson
Notable awardsE. O. Lawrence Award (1975), Nobel Prize in Physics (1976), Enrico Fermi Award (2012), National Medal of Science (2012)
SpouseLaurose Becker (m. 1960, 2 children)

About Burton Richter

Physicist Burton Richter was born on March 22, 1931 in New York, United States (He dies at the age of 87, on July 18, 2018).

Physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in 1976 with Samuel Ting for co-discovering a subatomic particle. He was the president of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center for a long time.

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Burton Richter before becoming famous

Burton Richter was born in the Zodiac sign Aries (The Ram), and 1931 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Goat (羊).

In 1952, he graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a bachelor's degree.

Achievement of Burton Richter

Scientists and Engineers for America elected him to their board of directors.

Burton Richter's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He and his wife Laurose Becker, whom he married in 1960, have two children.

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In 2012, President US President Barack Obama presented him with the Physicist Enrico Fermi Award.

Burton Richter Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Burton Richter updated on March 17 2023.