Gerson Goldhaber
Gerson Goldhaber (February 20, 1924 – July 19, 2010) was a German-born American particle physicist and astrophysicist. He was one of the discoverers of the J/ψ meson which confirmed the existence of the charm quark. He worked at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory with the Supernova Cosmology Project, and was a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley as well as a professor at Berkeley's graduate school in astrophysics.
Gerson Goldhaber | |
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Gerson Goldhaber at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory | |
| Born | February 20, 1924 |
| Died | July 19, 2010 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | Germany |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | M.Sc Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ph.D. University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Known for | Charm Meson Discovery, Dark Energy Discovery |
| Spouse(s) | Sulamith Goldhaber Judith Margoshes |
| Awards | Panofsky Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Particle Physics, Cosmology |
| Institutions | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory University of California, Berkeley |
| Academic advisors | M.Sc Thesis Advisor Ernst Alexander |
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