Shang-Yi Ch'en
American physicist (1910–1997) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shang-Yi Ch'en (4 March 1910 – 23 February 1997) was a Chinese-born American physicist who was Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Oregon. His field was optical spectroscopy, and his research interests included spectral line shifts and collision-induced absorption and emission of atoms. He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1963.
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Shang-Yi Ch'en | |
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![]() "George" Shang-Yi Chen, Professor Emeritus of Physics. University of Oregon | |
Born | (1910-03-04)March 4, 1910 |
Died | February 23, 1997(1997-02-23) (aged 86) |
Other names | "George" |
Citizenship | American |
Occupation | Faculty at University of Oregon |
Awards | APS Fellow, 1963 |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | California Institute of Technology |
Thesis | The broadening of the resonance lines of rubidium under different homogenous pressures of its own vapor. The broadening, asymmetry and drift of rubidium resonance lines under homogenous pressures of helium and argon up to 100 atmospheres (1940) |
Doctoral advisor | Ira S. Bowen |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Physicist |
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