Enrico Fermi Institute
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| Established | 1945 |
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Field of research | Astrophysics Cosmochemistry Particle physics Relativity |
| Director | Scott P. Wakely |
| Location | Chicago,Illinois,United States 41°47′34″N87°36′09″W/ 41.7929°N 87.6026°W |
Operating agency | University of Chicago |
| James Cronin Enrico Fermi Walter Libby Maria Goeppert Mayer Yoichiro Nambu Harold C. Urey | |
| Website | efi |
The Institute for Nuclear Studieswas founded September 1945 as part of theUniversity of ChicagowithSamuel King Allisonas director. On November 20, 1955, it was renamedThe Enrico Fermi Institute for Nuclear Studies.The name was shortened toThe Enrico Fermi Institute(EFI) in January 1968.
PhysicistEnrico Fermiwas heavily involved in the founding years of the institute, and it was at his request that Allison took the position as the first director.[1]In addition to Fermi and Allison, the initial faculty includedHarold C. Urey,Edward Teller,Joseph E. Mayer,andMaria Goeppert Mayer.[2]
Research activities
[edit]- Theoretical and experimentalparticle physics;
- Theoretical and experimentalastrophysicsandcosmology;
- General relativity;
- Electron microscopy;
- Ion microscopy and secondary ion mass spectrometry;
- Nonimaging opticsand solar energy concentration;
- Geochemistry,cosmochemistryand nuclear chemistry.
Notable staff
[edit]- Herbert L. Anderson,nuclear physicist
- James Cronin,Nobel laureate in physics
- Enrico Fermi,Nobel laureate in physics
- Riazuddin,nuclear physicist
- Robert Geroch,general relativist
- James Hartle,general relativist
- Craig Hogan,astronomer
- Faheem Hussain,string theorist
- Leo Kadanoff,condensed matter physicist
- Edward Kolb,cosmologist
- Willard Libby,chemist
- Emil Martinec,string theorist
- Joseph E. Mayer,chemist
- Maria Goeppert Mayer,Nobel laureate in physics
- Yoichiro Nambu,Nobel laureate in physics
- Marcel Schein,cosmic ray physicist
- John Alexander Simpson,nuclear and cosmic ray physicist
- Edward Teller,nuclear physicist, father of the hydrogen bomb
- Michael Turner,cosmologist
- Harold C. Urey,Nobel laureate in chemistry
- Carlos E.M. Wagner,particle phenomenologist
- Robert M. Wald,general relativist
- Gregor Wentzel,quantum physicist
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Allison, S. K.; Segrè, Emilio; Anderson, Herbert L. (1955)."Enrico Fermi 1901–1954".Physics Today.01 January 1955 (1): 9–13.Bibcode:1955PhT.....8a...9A.doi:10.1063/1.3061909.
- ^Kleppa, Ole J. (January 1997)."The Institute for the Study of Metals: The First 15 Years"(PDF).The Journal of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society.49(1): 18.Bibcode:1997JOM....49a..18K.doi:10.1007/BF02914621.S2CID108928306.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2018-08-01.Retrieved2019-02-11.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Guide to the University of Chicago Institute for Nuclear Studies Cyclotron. Records 1946-1952at theUniversity of Chicago Special Collections Research Center
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