Pierre Sokolsky
American physicist (born 1946) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pierre Vsevolod Sokolsky is an American physicist, currently a Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Dean Emeritus of the University of Utah College of Science and also a Fellow of the American Physical Society.[1][2][3]
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Born | January 15, 1946 (1946-01-15) (age 78) |
Nationality | American, French |
Alma mater | University of Chicago University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Known for | ultra-high-energy cosmic ray physics HiRes Cosmic Ray Detector Telescope Array Project |
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Fields | astrophysics |
Institutions | Columbia University University of Utah |
Thesis | Observation of Backward Meson Production in (-)pion-Proton Interactions at 8.0 Gev/c in a Streamer Chamber (1973) |
Doctoral advisor | Alexander Abashian |
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