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 Jack Steinberger | |
| Born | Hans Jakob Steinberger 25 May 1921 Bad Kissingen, Germany |
| Died | 12 December 2020 (aged 99) Geneva, Switzerland |
| Nationality | Germany-United States-Switzerland |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley Columbia University CERN |
| Academic advisors | Edward Teller Enrico Fermi |
| Notable students | Eric L. Schwartz |
| Known for | Discovery of the muon neutrino |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Physics in 1988 |
Hans Jakob "Jack" Steinberger (25 May 1921 – 12 December 2020) was a German-born American physicist of Jewish descent.[1] He co-discovered the muon neutrino, along with Leon Lederman and Melvin Schwartz. He was given the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics.[2] Steinberger now lives in Switzerland.
He studied at the Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Chicago.
Steinberger was an atheist, and a member of the International Academy of Humanism.[3]
Steinberger died on 12 December 2020 in Geneva, Switzerland at the age of 99.[4]
References
- ↑ www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics
- ↑ J. Steinberger (1949). "On the use of subtraction fields and the lifetimes of some types of meson decay". Physical Review 76 (8): 1180. . http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/find/hep/www?j=PHRVA,76,1180. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
- ↑ www.secularhumanism.org
- ↑ "Physik-Nobelpreisträger Jack Steinberger ist gestorben" (in de). https://www.infranken.de/lk/bad-kissingen/nur_saalezeitung/physik-nobelpreistraeger-jack-steinberger-ist-gestorben-art-5132117.
Books
- Steinberger, J., W. K. H. Panofsky & J. Steller. "Evidence for the Production of Neutral Mesons by Photons", Radiation Laboratory, University of California-Berkeley, United States Department of Energy (through predecessor agency the Atomic Energy Commission), (April 1950).
- Panofsky, W. K. H., J. Steinberger & J. Steller. "Further Results on the Production of Neutral Mesons by Photons", Radiation Laboratory, University of California-Berkeley, United States Department of Energy (through predecessor agency the Atomic Energy Commission), (October 1, 1950).
- Steinberger, J. "Experimental Survey of Strange Particle Decays", Columbia University, Nevis Laboratories, United States Department of Energy (through predecessor agency the Atomic Energy Commission), (June 1964).
Other websites
- Biography and Bibliographic Resources, from the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, United States Department of Energy
- Autobiography (at the Nobel Prize web site) Archived 2005-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- official web site for the Nobel Prize in Physics
- CERN web site for Jack Steinberger Archived 2014-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
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- American Nobel Prize winners
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- Jewish Nobel Prize winners
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- People from Bavaria
- Refugees from Nazism
- University of Chicago alumni
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