Luis Walter Alvarez
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American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor
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Luis Walter Alvarez's Degrees
- Bachelors Physics University of Chicago
- Masters Physics University of Chicago
- PhD Physics University of Chicago
Why Is Luis Walter Alvarez Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Luis Walter Alvarez was an American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968 for his discovery of resonance states in particle physics using the hydrogen bubble chamber. In 2007 the American Journal of Physics commented, "Luis Alvarez was one of the most brilliant and productive experimental physicists of the twentieth century."
Luis Walter Alvarez's Published Works
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Published Works
- Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction (1980) (3388)
- Catalysis of Nuclear Reactions by μ Mesons (1957) (179)
- Spheroids at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary are altered impact droplets of basaltic composition (1983) (170)
- Impact Theory of Mass Extinctions and the Invertebrate Fossil Record (1984) (146)
- Iridium Anomaly Approximately Synchronous with Terminal Eocene Extinctions (1982) (138)
- A Quantitative Determination of the Neutron Moment in Absolute Nuclear Magnetons (1940) (119)
- Current status of the impact theory for the terminal Cretaceous extinction (1982) (110)
- Evidence for a T=0 Three-Pion Resonance (1961) (108)
- The End of the Cretaceous: Sharp Boundary or Gradual Transition? (1984) (105)
- Experimental evidence that an asteroid impact led to the extinction of many species 65 million years ago. (1982) (101)
- Mass extinctions caused by large bolide impacts. (1987) (94)
- The Precursor of the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Clays at Stevns Klint, Denmark, and DSDP Hole 465A (1984) (93)
- Helium and Hydrogen of Mass 3 (1939) (90)
- Resonance in the $K \pi$ System (1961) (83)
- A measurement of cosmic-ray rigidity spectra above 5 GV/c of elements from hydrogen to iron. (1973) (81)
- He 3 in Helium (1939) (73)
- Observation of a Nonstrange Meson of Mass 959 MeV (1964) (67)
- Study of Resonances of the Sigma-pi System (1961) (66)
- Energy Doubling in dc Accelerators (1951) (64)
- Berkeley Proton Linear Accelerator (1955) (55)
- Geochemical anomalies near the Eocene/Oligocene and Permian/Triassic boundaries (1981) (55)
- A Positively Charged Component of Cosmic Rays (1933) (55)
- Resonance in theΛπSystem (1960) (46)
- Quarks with Unit Charge: A Search for Anomalous Hydrogen (1977) (46)
- LIQUID-FILLED PROPORTIONAL COUNTER. (1971) (43)
- A NEUTRAL CASCADE HYPERON EVENT (1959) (43)
- Search for magnetic monopoles in lunar material using an electromagnetic detector (1973) (41)
- A Liquid Xenon Radioisotope Camera (1972) (39)
- Search for magnetic monopoles in lunar material. (1971) (38)
- 1660 MeV Y_1^* Hyperons (1963) (37)
- The Capture of Orbital Electrons by Nuclei (1938) (35)
- Search for Magnetic Monopoles in the Lunar Sample (1969) (35)
- Alvarez: Adventures of a Physicist (1987) (34)
- SPIN AND PARITY OF THE $omega$ MESON (1962) (33)
- K− interactions in hydrogen (1956) (31)
- Resonance in the Λπ System (1961) (27)
- Initial Performance of the 60-Inch Cyclotron of the William H. Crocker Radiation Laboratory, University of California (1939) (25)
- Spin and Parity of the ? Meson (1962) (24)
- Nuclear K Electron Capture (1937) (22)
- EXTRATERRESTRIAL CAUSE FOR THE CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY EXTINCTION: EXPERIMENT AND THEORY (1979) (22)
- Scattering of 20° Neutrons in Ortho- and Parahydrogen (1940) (20)
- Recent developments in particle physics. (1969) (20)
- Elastic Scattering of 1.6-Mev Gamma Rays from H, Li, C, and Al Nuclei (1958) (19)
- The Production of Collimated Beams of Monochromatic Neutrons in the Temperature Range 300°-10°K (1938) (19)
- Isomeric Silver and the Weizsäcker Theory (1940) (16)
- 12. GEOCHEMICAL STUDIES OF THE CRETACEOUS-TERTI ARY BOUNDARY IN ODP HOLES 689B AND 690C 1 (1990) (15)
- Three New Delayed Alpha-Emitters of Low Mass (1950) (15)
- A RESONANCE IN THE Lambda pi SYSTEM (1960) (14)
- A magnetic monopole detector utilizing superconducting elements (1971) (14)
- N$sup 17$, a Delayed Neutron Emitter (1949) (13)
- Search for Antimatter in Primary Cosmic Rays (1972) (13)
- ANALYSIS OF A REPORTED MAGNETIC MONOPOLE (1975) (12)
- STUDY OF RESONANCES IN THE Σ-π SYSTEM (1962) (11)
- A physicist examines the Kennedy assassination film (1976) (11)
- LIQUID XENON MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS FOR NUCLEAR MEDICINEAPPLICATIONS (1974) (11)
- Lifetime of K Mesons (1955) (10)
- A Proposed Experimental Test of the Neutrino Theory (1949) (10)
- Spectroscopically Pure Mercury (198) (1940) (9)
- Electron Capture and Internal Conversion in Gallium 67 (1938) (8)
- Abundance Profiles of Iridium and Other Elements near the Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary in Hole 516F of Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 72 (1983) (8)
- Distribution of Iridium and Other Elements near the Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary in Hole 465A: Preliminary Results (1981) (8)
- Heavily Ionizing Particles from Uranium (1939) (8)
- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGH-RESOLUTION NOBLE-LIQUID COUNTERS. (1970) (7)
- THE CERTIFICATION OF THREE OLD COSMIC RAY EMULSION EVENTS AS n- DECAYS AND INTERACTIONS (1973) (7)
- The Catalysis of Nuclear Reactions by mu Mesons (1956) (6)
- Evidence at the 10$sup -18$ probability level against the production of magnetic monopoles in proton interactions at 300 GeV/c (1975) (6)
- THE Epsilon*/Lambda BRANCHING RATIO OF Y*1 (1961) (6)
- A Pseudo Experience in Parapsychology. (1965) (5)
- Asteroid extinction hypothesis. (1981) (5)
- Hodoscope Design to Minimize Photomultiplier Use (1960) (5)
- A Pseudo Experience in Parapsychology (1965) (5)
- HIGH-RESOLUTION LIQUID-FILLED MULTI-WIRE CHAMBERS FOR USE IN HIGH-ENERGY BEAMS (1973) (4)
- On the Interior Magnetic Field in Iron (1934) (4)
- Liquid Hydrogen Bubble Chambers (1956) (4)
- Did the clay minerals at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary form from glass? Evidence from Denmark and DSDP hole 465A (1984) (4)
- RESULTS OF A DATING ATTEMPT -CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS RELEVANT TO THE CASE OF THE CRETACEOUS TERTIARY EXTINCTIONS (1980) (3)
- THE INTERACTIONS OF STRANGE PARTICLES (1960) (3)
- INITIAL PERFORMANCE OF A 32-MeV PROTON LINEAR ACCELERATOR (1947) (3)
- High Precision Charged Particle Detector using Noble Liquids (1971) (3)
- The debate over the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary (1988) (3)
- ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION ON BUBBLE CHAMBERS (1966) (3)
- The Energies of X-Ray Photoelectrons (1935) (2)
- A Thin‐Walled Geiger‐Counter (1935) (2)
- THREE NEW DELAYED ALPHA EMITTERS OF LOW MASS (1950) (2)
- Possible world-wide middle miocene iridium anomaly and its relationship to periodicity of impacts and extinctions (1988) (2)
- LIQUID XENON FILLED WIRE CHAMBERS FOR MEDICAL IMAGING APPLICATIONS (1973) (1)
- Interactions of K Mesons in Hydrogen (1957) (1)
- High-Energy Physics with Hydrogen Bubble Chambers (1958) (1)
- SMP-1 SCANNING AND MEASURING PROJECTOR (1962) (1)
- Pions to quarks: Panel on accelerators and detectors in the 1950s (1989) (1)
- N-17, A Delayed Neutron Emitter (1949) (1)
- Energy Doubling in D.C. Accelerators - eScholarship (1951) (1)
- History of Proton Linear Accelerators (1986) (1)
- The hydrogen bubble chamber and the strange resonances (1985) (1)
- Electrical Detection of Artificially Produced Mesons (1950) (1)
- Parapsychology and Spontaneous Cases (1965) (1)
- TECHNOLOGICAL control of atomic energy activities. (1946) (1)
- Comment and Reply on “Spheroids at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary are altered impact droplets of basaltic composition”REPLY (1984) (1)
- K$sup -$INTERACTIONS IN HYDROGEN (1957) (1)
- A HIGH PRECISION PARTICLE DETECTOR USING NOBLE LIQUIDS (1971) (1)
- PARTICLE DETECTORS BASED ON NOBLE LIQUIDS (1970) (1)
- Scientists' Statement on Energy Policy (1975) (0)
- LIQUID-XENON-FILLED WIRE CHAMBERS (1972) (0)
- SPIN AND PARITY OF THE co MESON (1961) (0)
- -i-,>I?ARCtI FOR MAGNETIC MONOPOLES IN LUNAR MATERIAL”: ABSTRACT (1971) (0)
- PRODUCTION OF S = 0, -1 RESONANT STATES IN K - p INTERACTIONS AT 2.45 GeV/c (1964) (0)
- EVIDENCE FOR A T = 0 RESONANCE IN THE V * SYSTEM (1961) (0)
- THE $Sigma$/$lambda$ BRANCHING RATIO OF Y$sub 1$ (1961) (0)
- Proposal for a search for magnetic monopoles at NAL (1970) (0)
- Response : Asteroid Extinction Hypothesis (1981) (0)
- A RESONANCE IN THE K-n SYSTEM (1961) (0)
- EVIDENCE AGAINST PRODUCTION OF MAGNETIC MONOPOLES AT FERMILAB (1975) (0)
- SMP-1 SCANNING AND MEASURING PROJECTOR - eScholarship (1962) (0)
- THE LIFETIME OF THE /tau/-MESON (1955) (0)
- Geochemical anomalies, bolide impacts and biological extinctions on the Earth (1986) (0)
- Progress Report for October 1947, Physics Section (1947) (0)
- Artificial Radioactivity Induced by Cosmic Rays (1935) (0)
- (Table 3) Oxygen isotope values of clay minerals from the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary (1984) (0)
- MEASUREMENT OF THE PRIMARY COSMIC RAY NUCLEAR RIGIDITY SPECTRA FOR INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS OF CHARGE Z greater than or equal to 2. (1971) (0)
- HODOSCOPE DESIGN TO MINIMIZE PHOTOMULTIPLIER USE - eScholarship (1959) (0)
- ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION ON BUBBLE CHAMBERS - eScholarship (1966) (0)
- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PARTICLE PHYSICS. (Lecture on occasion of receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics). - eScholarship (1969) (0)
- PROSPECT OF HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION FOR COUNTER EXPERIMENTS AT NAL: A NEW PARTICLE DETECTOR USING ELECTRON MULTIPLICATION IN LIQUID ARGON. (1970) (0)
- Possible Improvemnets in Cavity Geometry at High Energy End ofMark II. (1951) (0)
- 4 – Experimental Evidence That an Asteroid Impact Led to the Extinction of Many Species 65 Million Years Ago1 (1987) (0)
- Search for Antimatter in the Primary Cosmic Rays using a Magnetic Spectrometer. (Abstract) (1971) (0)
- Iridium Discovery at the Jeptha Knob Cryptoexplosion Structure, Kentucky (1985) (0)
- LRL 25-INCH BUBBLE CHAMBER (1964) (0)
- ADVENTURES IN NUCLEAR PHYSICS (1962) (0)
- Liquid Hydrogen Bubble Chambers - eScholarship (1956) (0)
- Measurement of the Primary Cosmic Ray Nuclear Rigidity Spectra for Individual Elements of Charge Z >= 2. (1971) (0)
- A STUDY OF RESONANCES OF THE Z-7r SYSTEM (1961) (0)
- Interactions of K Mesons in Hydrogen - eScholarship (1957) (0)
- High-Energy Physics with Hydrogen Bubble Chambers - eScholarship (1958) (0)
- The Lifetime of the Tau Meson - eScholarship (1955) (0)
- Experience with a Large Hydrogen Bubble Chamber (1961) (0)
- Author Index to Volume 228, April-June 1985 (1985) (0)
- Difficulties of relocation (1969) (0)
- EPSILON HYPERONS IN THE REACTION K- + P --> + K+ (1962) (0)
- THE 1660 -MeV Y1 HYPERON (1963) (0)
- New C-14 Dating Technique (1977) (0)
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