Gerson Goldhaber
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Gerson Goldhaber (February 20, 1924 – July 19, 2010) was a German-born American particle physicist and astrophysicist. He was one of the discoverers of the J/ψ meson which confirmed the existence of the charm quark.[4] He worked at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory with the Supernova Cosmology Project,[1] and was a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley as well as a professor at Berkeley's graduate school in astrophysics.[5]
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Gerson Goldhaber | |
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Born | (1924-02-20)February 20, 1924[1][2][3] |
Died | July 19, 2010(2010-07-19) (aged 86)[2][3] |
Nationality | Germany[1][2][3] |
Citizenship | United States[2] |
Alma mater | M.Sc Hebrew University of Jerusalem[1][2][3] Ph.D. University of Wisconsin–Madison[1][2][3] |
Known for | Charm Meson Discovery,[1][2][3] Dark Energy Discovery[1][2][3] |
Spouse(s) | Sulamith Goldhaber Judith Margoshes |
Awards | Panofsky Prize[1][2][3] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Particle Physics, Cosmology[1][2][3] |
Institutions | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory[1][2][3] University of California, Berkeley[1][2] |
Academic advisors | M.Sc Thesis Advisor Ernst Alexander[1] |
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