Brian Wybourne
Brian Wybourne | |
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Nicholas Copernicus University | |
Thesis | An analysis of the solid state spectra of trivalent rare-earth ions (1960) |
Academic advisors | Alan Runciman |
Brian Garner Wybourne (5 March 1935 – 26 November 2003) was a New Zealand theoretical physicist known for his groundbreaking work on the energy levels of rare-earth ions and applications of Lie groups to the atomic f shell and by mathematicians for his work on group representation theory.[1]
Born in
After post-doctoral research positions at Johns Hopkins University and Argonne National Laboratory in the United States, Wybourne returned to the University of Canterbury in 1966 to take up a professorship in physics, at the age of 31.[4]
He was elected a
He served as the head of the physics department from December 1982 to November 1989.
Wybourne was appointed to a professorship in the
Wybourne's time in Poland was chronicled in The Polish Odyssey of Brian G. Wybourne, written by his colleague at
References
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- ^ "NZ university graduates 1871–1960: Wi–Z". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
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- ^ a b Butler, Phil (2004). "Brian Garner Wybourne". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "The Academy: V–Z". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Hector Medal". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ Butler, Philip H. (2006). "Brian Wybourne: his life at Canterbury". In King, R.C.; Bylicki, M.; Karwowski, J. (eds.). Symmetry, Spectroscopy and SCHUR: Proceedings of the Prof. Brian G. Wybourne Commemorative Meeting, 12–14 June 2005. Toruń: N. Copernicus University Press. pp. 3–9. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ King, Ronald C; Bylick, Miroslaw; Karwowski, Jacek, eds. (2006). "3 The Polish Odyssey of Brian G. Wybourne". Symmetry, Spectroscopy, and SCHUR. Torun: Nicolaus Copernicus University Press. p. 15. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ "B G Wybourne's research while affiliated with Nicolaus Copernicus University and other places". ResearchGate. Retrieved 14 October 2022.