Samuel C. C. Ting

Samuel C. C. Ting
丁肇中
Ting in 2023
Born (1936-01-27) January 27, 1936 (age 89)
EducationNational Cheng Kung University
University of Michigan (BS, BS, MS, PhD)
Known forDiscovery of the J/ψ particle
Founder of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment
Spouse(s)Kay Kuhne (divorced)
Susan Marks
Children3
AwardsErnest Orlando Lawrence Award (1975)
Nobel Prize for Physics (1976)
Eringen Medal (1977)
De Gasperi Award (1988)
Gold Medal for Science from Brescia (1988)
NASA Public Service Medal (2001)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsColumbia University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ThesisAn Investigation of Pion-Proton Interactions at High Energies (1962)
Doctoral advisorLawrence W. Jones
Martin Lewis Perl
Chinese name
Chinese丁肇中
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDīng Zhàozhōng
Wade–GilesTing¹ Chao⁴-chung¹
WebsiteSamuel Ting

Chao Chung Ting (Chinese: 丁肇中; pinyin: Dīng Zhàozhōng, born January 27, 1936), also known by his English name Samuel, is a Taiwanese-American physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1976 with Burton Richter for discovering the subatomic J/ψ particle. He is the Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).


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