Estia J. Eichten
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Estia J. Eichten is a theoretical physicist, of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab). He received his Ph.D. in 1972 from M.I.T., where he was a student of Roman Jackiw
's, and was Associate Professor of Physics at Harvard before joining the Fermilab Theoretical Physics Department in 1982.
In 1984 Eichten coauthored "Supercollider Physics" (with Kenneth Lane, Ian Hinchliffe
and Chris Quigg
), which has strongly influenced the quest for future discoveries at hadron collider
s, such as the Fermilab Tevatron
, the SSC, and the LHC
at CERN
. He has made many other significant contributions, including the study of the spectroscopy of heavy-light mesons (for which he was an originator of the idea of heavy quark symmetry), quarkonium, and "technicolor
" theories of dynamical electroweak symmetry breaking.
In 2011 Dr. Eichten with Chris Quigg
, Ian Hinchliffe
, and Kenneth Lane won the J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics
"For their work, separately and collectively, to chart a course of the exploration of TeV scale physics using multi-TeV hadron colliders"
Roman Jackiw
Roman W. Jackiw is a theoretical physicist and Dirac Medallist. Born in Poland, Jackiw received his PhD from Cornell University in 1966 under Hans Bethe and Kenneth Wilson...
's, and was Associate Professor of Physics at Harvard before joining the Fermilab Theoretical Physics Department in 1982.
In 1984 Eichten coauthored "Supercollider Physics" (with Kenneth Lane, Ian Hinchliffe
Ian Hinchliffe
Dr. Ian Hinchliffe is a physicist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.He obtained his BA and his D.Phil in physics from Oxford University....
and Chris Quigg
Chris Quigg
Chris Quigg is a theoretical physicist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory . He graduated from Yale University in 1966 and received his Ph.D. in 1970 under the tutelage of J. D. Jackson at the University of California, Berkeley...
), which has strongly influenced the quest for future discoveries at hadron collider
Collider
A collider is a type of a particle accelerator involving directed beams of particles.Colliders may either be ring accelerators or linear accelerators.-Explanation:...
s, such as the Fermilab Tevatron
Tevatron
The Tevatron is a circular particle accelerator in the United States, at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory , just east of Batavia, Illinois, and is the second highest energy particle collider in the world after the Large Hadron Collider...
, the SSC, and the LHC
Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. It is expected to address some of the most fundamental questions of physics, advancing the understanding of the deepest laws of nature....
at CERN
CERN
The European Organization for Nuclear Research , known as CERN , is an international organization whose purpose is to operate the world's largest particle physics laboratory, which is situated in the northwest suburbs of Geneva on the Franco–Swiss border...
. He has made many other significant contributions, including the study of the spectroscopy of heavy-light mesons (for which he was an originator of the idea of heavy quark symmetry), quarkonium, and "technicolor
Technicolor (physics)
Technicolor theories are models of physics beyond the standard model that address electroweak symmetry breaking, the mechanism through which elementary particles acquire masses...
" theories of dynamical electroweak symmetry breaking.
In 2011 Dr. Eichten with Chris Quigg
Chris Quigg
Chris Quigg is a theoretical physicist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory . He graduated from Yale University in 1966 and received his Ph.D. in 1970 under the tutelage of J. D. Jackson at the University of California, Berkeley...
, Ian Hinchliffe
Ian Hinchliffe
Dr. Ian Hinchliffe is a physicist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.He obtained his BA and his D.Phil in physics from Oxford University....
, and Kenneth Lane won the J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics
Sakurai Prize
The J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics, is presented by the American Physical Society at its annual "April Meeting", and honors outstanding achievement in particle physics theory...
"For their work, separately and collectively, to chart a course of the exploration of TeV scale physics using multi-TeV hadron colliders"
External links
- Eichten's publications on SPIRES.