Boyce McDaniel
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Doctoral advisors | Robert Bacher Hans Bethe[1] |
Boyce Dawkins McDaniel (June 11, 1917 – May 8, 2002) was an American nuclear physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and later directed the Cornell University Laboratory of Nuclear Studies (LNS). McDaniel was skilled in constructing "atom smashing" devices to study the fundamental structure of matter and helped to build the most powerful particle accelerators of his time. Together with his graduate student, he invented the pair spectrometer.
During World War II, McDaniel used his electronics expertise to help develop
Biography
Born in
After the outbreak of
McDaniel was one of many Manhanttan Project researchers to join the Cornell faculty after the war. He became an assistant professor in 1946 and became a full professor in 1955. With his Ph.D. student Robert Walker, he invented the pair spectrometer, a device that measures
The magnet coil was wound incorrectly, a fatal flaw. To get it repaired by the manufacturer could take months. Mac made a toy model of the coil, studied it carefully for an evening, and discovered an ingenious but simple way to repair it, which he did in about a day, and defused the crisis.[8]
He was a
In 1967, McDaniel became director of LNS and served until he retired from the Cornell faculty in 1985. He research included important measurements with each of the series of LNS accelerators, including studies lambda-baryon photo production,
Power | Year |
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300 MeV Cornell | 1947[8] |
1 GeV Cornell | 1957[10] |
2 GeV Cornell | 1964[11] |
10 GeV Cornell | 1967[12] |
12 GeV (effective) CESR | 1979[13] |
300 GeV FermiLab | 1973[14] |
Wilson and McDaniel continued to collaborate at Cornell until Wilson left to head
When interviewed in 1973 about his feelings on his work resulting in the dropping of atomic bombs on Japanese cities, McDaniel said:
It's so difficult to assess these things today. I would have preferred to see a demonstration and am rather sad that it didn't work out that way ... but I don't know if it would have worked out as a useful venture. I have no idea what the Japanese would have done.[16]
Sexual harassment allegation
In 1975, 11 years before the
Honors
McDaniel was elected to the
In 1993, the McDaniels donated a farm to the
In 2002, McDaniel died of a heart attack in Ithaca, New York, aged 84.[2]
See also
References
- ^ McDaniel, B. D. (1943). The absorption of slow neutrons by indium. Cornell, New York: Cornell University.
The author wishes to express his appreciation to Professors R.F. Bacher and H.A. Bethe for their personal direction of this work.
- ^ a b c d e f g Friedlander, Blaine P. Jr (May 16, 2002). "CU's Boyce McDaniel, last man to check first atomic bomb, dies at 84". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
- ^ a b c "Array of Contemporary American Physicists". American Institute of Physics. Archived from the original on 2010-08-31. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
- ^ Albert Silverman and Peter Stein. "Boyce Dawkins McDaniel" (PDF). National Academy of Science. p. 3. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
- ^ a b c "Boyce McDaniel, 84, Atom-Bomb Pioneer". New York Times. 2002-05-17. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
- ^ a b Albert Silverman and Peter Stein. "Boyce Dawkins McDaniel" (PDF). National Academy of Science. p. 5. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
- ^ a b Feinstein, Matthew (March 6, 1968). "Synchrotron Hits Peak". Cornell Daily Sun. Vol. 84, no. 100. p. 1. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
- ^ a b Albert Silverman and Peter Stein. "Boyce Dawkins McDaniel" (PDF). National Academy of Science. p. 6. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
- ^ "McDaniel Wins Fulbright Aid". Cornell Daily Sun. Vol. 69, no. 49. November 17, 1952. p. 6. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
- ^ Albert Silverman and Peter Stein. "Boyce Dawkins McDaniel" (PDF). National Academy of Science. p. 7. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
- ^ Albert Silverman and Peter Stein. "Boyce Dawkins McDaniel" (PDF). National Academy of Science. p. 9. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
- ^ Albert Silverman and Peter Stein. "Boyce Dawkins McDaniel" (PDF). National Academy of Science. p. 10. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
- ^ a b "LEPP-CSER". Cornell University. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
- ^ a b Albert Silverman and Peter Stein. "Boyce Dawkins McDaniel" (PDF). National Academy of Science. p. 11. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
- ^ Kiernan, Vincent (April 27, 1981). "Cornell Picks Possible Site For Subatomic Laboratory". Cornell Daily Sun. Vol. 97, no. 129. p. 1. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
- ^ Linder, Barbara (Nov 15, 1973). "30 Years Later: The A-Bomb". Cornell Daily Sun. p. 1. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
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- ^ Aron, Nina (20 October 2017). "Groping in the Ivy League led to the first sexual harassment suit—and nothing happened to the man". Timeline. Medium. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "Science Academy Elects 4 Cornell Faculty Members". Cornell Daily Sun. Vol. 97, no. 134. May 4, 1981. p. 3. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
- ^ "McDaniel Meadow, Woods and Swap". Cornell University. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-01-09.