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Archival as AuthorCharles Prescott
Dates
December 14, 1938 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Prescott, Charles
Biography
Abstract
Charles Prescott is Emeritus Professor of Physics at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) (2006-present). Other institutional affiliations include University of California, Santa Cruz and California Institute of Technology. His research interests include experimental particle physics; parity violation in electron scattering experiments in End Station A; nucleon spin structure experiments with polarized electron beams and polarized solid targets; e+e- -> Zo studies with the SLD detector using the polarized electron beams of the SLC; Next Linear Collider detector studies; neutrinoless double beta decay in Xenon.
Important Dates
December 14, 1938Birth, Ponca City (Okla.).
1961Obtained BA, Rice University, Houston (Tex.).
1966Obtained PhD in Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1966 – 1970Research Associate in Physics, Synchrotron Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.
1970 – 1971Assistant Professor of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz.
1971 – presentStaff Member (1971-1980); Associated Professor of Physics (1980-1984); Professor of Physics (1984-2006); Associate Director, Research Division (1986-1991); and Emeritus Professor of Physics (2006-present), Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Menlo Park (Calif.).
1988Awarded W. K. H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics, American Physical Society.
2001Member, National Academy of Sciences.
Occupation
Particle physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Polarized beams (Nuclear physics).
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Arnold, R. G. (Raymond George), 1942-
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Drell, Sidney D. (Sidney David), 1926-
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee Alvin), 1901-1994
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Panofsky, Wolfgang K. H. (Wolfgang Kurt Hermann), 1919-2007
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Taylor, Richard Edward, 1929-2018
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Institutions
Major Positions
California Institute of Technology. Synchrotron Laboratory
Research Associate in Physics.
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Emeritus Professor of Physics.
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Staff Member; Associated Professor of Physics; Professor of Physics; Associate Director, Research Division; and Emeritus Professor of Physics.
University of California, Santa Cruz
Assistant Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1988 W. K. H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics.
California Institute of Technology. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
Obtained PhD in Physics (1966).
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Rice University. Physics and Astronomy Department
Obtained BA (1961).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Oral history interviews. High-Energy Physics. Selected Experiments: SLAC-E-122, 1989.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA