Guido Altarelli
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Guido Altarelli (12 July 1941[1] – 30 September 2015[2]) was an Italian theoretical physicist.[3][4]
Biography
Altarelli graduated in Physics from the
University of Roma Tre.[5]
In 1987-2006 he was a Senior Staff Physicist at the Theory Division of CERN, and was Theory Division Leader from 2000-04. At CERN he had a leading role in the interpretation of SppS results, in the preparation of LEP and the LHC and in the theoretical analysis of the experimental results.
In 2011 Altarelli gave a talk The Mystery of Neutrino Mixing at the international symposium on subnuclear physics held in Vatican City.[6]
His best known contribution, obtained with
Awards
- Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences[9]
- 2011 Julius Wess Award for Outstanding Achievements in Elementary Particle and Astroparticle Physics - The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology[10]
- 2012 J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics - The American Physical Society[10]
- High Energy and Particle Physics Prize - EPS HEPP Prize, 2015.
References
- ISSN 0163-8998.
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- OCLC 1061311069.
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- ^ "The title of the IFJ PAN Honorary Professor conferred on Guido Altarelli". September 16, 2013. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
- ^ Sánchez Sorondo, Marcelo; Zichichi, Antonino, eds. (2014). "The Mystery of Neutrino Mixing by Guido Altarelli" (PDF). Subnuclear Physics: Past, Present and Future; Proceedings of the International Symposium, held 30 October - 2 November 2011, held in Vatican City. Scripta Varia, volume 119. Pontifical Academy of Sciences. pp. 218–228.
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- ^ "Morto il fisico Guido Altarelli". ANSA.it (in Italian). October 2015.
- ^ "Faces and places: Polish institute makes Guido Altarelli honorary professor". CERN Courier. 53 (10): 33. December 2013.
- ^ a b Schaeffer, Anaïs (February 2012). "I can't wait to find out what Nature has in store for us". CERN Bulletin. 06–07.
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