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Stephen Parke | |
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| Born | |
| Nationality | New Zealand United Kingdom United States |
| Alma mater | Edmund Campion College, Gisborne St Peter's College, Auckland University of Auckland Harvard University |
| Known for | Parke–Taylor amplitudes, analytic understanding of MSW effect and top quark spin correlations |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical physics |
| Institutions | Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Fermilab |
| Doctoral advisor | Sidney Coleman |
Stephen Parke is a New Zealand physicist. He is a distinguished scientist and former head of the Theoretical Physics Department at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Batavia, Illinois).[1]
Born in Gisborne, New Zealand, Parke attended Edmund Campion College, Gisborne and St Peter's College, Auckland and the University of Auckland in New Zealand. He was a graduate student of Sidney Coleman at Harvard University, obtaining a PhD in theoretical particle physics in 1980. He held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (1980–1983) before moving to the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.[2]
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- ^ "Stephen J. Parke". inspirehep.net. Retrieved 2 February 2023.