Owen Chamberlain

Owen Chamberlain
Chamberlain in 1959
Born(1920-07-10)July 10, 1920
DiedFebruary 28, 2006(2006-02-28) (aged 85)
Alma materDartmouth College
University of California, Berkeley
University of Chicago
Known forParticle physics
AwardsNobel Prize in Physics, 1959
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsLos Alamos National Laboratory
University of California, Berkeley
Doctoral advisorEnrico Fermi
Doctoral studentsPaul Grannis, Nathan Isgur, David Delano Clark

Owen Chamberlain (July 10, 1920 – February 28, 2006) was an American physicist who shared with Emilio Segrè the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the antiproton, a sub-atomic antiparticle.[1][2]

  1. ^ Jaros, John; Nagamiya, Shoji; Steiner, Herbert (August 2006). "Obituary: Owen Chamberlain". Physics Today. 59 (8): 70–72. Bibcode:2006PhT....59h..70J. doi:10.1063/1.2349741.
  2. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1959". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved January 10, 2022.

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