(1949-2017) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vinod Chandrasinh Chohan (1 May 1949 – 12 June 2017) [1] was a Tanzanian-born accelerator specialist and engineer. He was a Senior Staff Member at CERN for nearly 40 years.
Vinod Chohan | |
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| Born | 1 May 1949 |
| Died | 12 June 2017 (aged 68) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Engineering |
| Institutions | CERN |
He held a leading position at CERN's Antiproton Accumulator, a machine that was part of the infrastructure connected to the UA1 and UA2 experiments, where the W and Z bosons where discovered in 1983. Carlo Rubbia and Simon van der Meer received the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physics for this discovery. Chohan worked closely with the latter on the Antiproton Accumulator.[2]
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