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Archival as AuthorPublished as Author

G. R. Satchler

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Dates

June 14, 1926 – March 28, 2010

Authorized Form of Name

Satchler, G. R. (George Raymond)

Additional Forms of Names

Satchler, George Raymond

Biography

Abstract

Raymond Satchler was Research Professor at University of Tennessee (1994-2005). Other institutional affiliations included Oak Ridge National Laboratory at Oxford University's Clarendon Laboratory. His research interests included direct nuclear reactions, nucleon-nucleon interactions, and heavy-ion-induced reactions.

Important Dates

June 14, 1926Birth, London (England).

1951Obtained BA and MA, Oxford University, Oxford (England).

1951 – 1956Senior Studentship, Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford University, Oxford (England).

1955Obtained DPhil in Physics, Oxford University, Oxford (England).

1956 – 1957Research Associate, University of Michigan.

1956 – 1959Research Fellow, Imperial Chemical Industries.

1959 – 1994Physicist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge (Tenn.).

1977Awarded Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society.

1994 – 2005Research Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Tenn.).

March 28, 2010Death, Shelton (Wash.).

Occupation

Theoretical nuclear physicist.

Places

Birth

London (England)

Undergraduate Education

Oxford (England)

Graduate Education

Oxford (England)

Employment

Oxford (England)

Oak Ridge (Tenn.)

Knoxville (Tenn.)

Death

Shelton (Wash.)

Subjects

Heavy ions.

Nuclear physics.

Nucleon-nucleon interactions.

Theoretical physics.

Relationships

People

Colleagues

Crane, H. R. (Horace Richard), 1907-2007

Both employed at University of Michigan.

Dennison, David M. (David Mathias), 1900-1976

Both employed at University of Michigan.

Glaser, D. A.

Both employed at University of Michigan.

Laporte, Otto, 1902-1971

Both employed at University of Michigan.

Luttinger, Joaquin M.

Both employed at University of Michigan.

Perl, Martin L., 1927-2014

Both employed at University of Michigan.

Randall, Harrison M. (Harrison McAllister), 1870-

Both employed at University of Michigan.

Uhlenbeck, George Eugène, 1900-1988

Both employed at University of Michigan.

Institutions

Major Positions

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Physicist.

University of Michigan. Department of Physics

Research Associate.

University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Department of Physics

Research Professor.

Professional Activities & Affiliations

American Physical Society

Received 1977 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics.

Clarendon Laboratory

Senior Studentship.

Imperial Chemical Industries, ltd.

Research Fellow.

University of Oxford. Department of Physics

Obtained BA and MA (1951) and DPhil (1955).

Resources

Archival Resources

Author

Distinguished speaker session [sound recording] / 1977 April 27.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Published Resources

Author

Angular momentum / by D.M. Brink and G.R. Satchler.