Blas Cabrera
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Blas Cabrera is a physicist
at Stanford University
best known for his experiment in search of magnetic monopole
s. He is the son of Spanish physicist Nicolás Cabrera
and the grandson of the Blas Cabrera Felipe
, also a Spanish physicist.
On the night of February 14, 1982, his detector recorded an event which had the perfect signature
hypothesized for a magnetic monopole. After he published his discovery,
a number of similar detectors were built by various research groups, and Cabrera's laboratory
itself received a large grant
to build an improved detector. However, no similar event has been recorded since, and his research group has since dropped the search. He is now a leader of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search
experiment.
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
best known for his experiment in search of magnetic monopole
Magnetic monopole
A magnetic monopole is a hypothetical particle in particle physics that is a magnet with only one magnetic pole . In more technical terms, a magnetic monopole would have a net "magnetic charge". Modern interest in the concept stems from particle theories, notably the grand unified and superstring...
s. He is the son of Spanish physicist Nicolás Cabrera
Nicolás Cabrera
Nicolás Cabrera , was a Spanish physicist who did important work on the theories of crystal growth and the oxidisation of metals. He was the son of another famous Spanish physicist Blas Cabrera and the father of American Physicist Blas Cabrera. He spent many years in exile during the dictatorship...
and the grandson of the Blas Cabrera Felipe
Blas Cabrera Felipe
Blas Cabrera y Felipe was a Spanish physicist.-Biography:Cabrera received his baccalaureate in La Laguna . He then moved to Madrid where he began studying law, following family tradition. He met at that time Santiago Ramón y Cajal, who convinced him to abandon law and study science...
, also a Spanish physicist.
On the night of February 14, 1982, his detector recorded an event which had the perfect signature
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hypothesized for a magnetic monopole. After he published his discovery,
a number of similar detectors were built by various research groups, and Cabrera's laboratory
Laboratory
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itself received a large grant
Grant (money)
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to build an improved detector. However, no similar event has been recorded since, and his research group has since dropped the search. He is now a leader of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search
Cryogenic Dark Matter Search
The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search is a series of experiments designed to directly detect particle dark matter in the form of WIMPs. Using an array of semiconductor detectors at millikelvin temperatures, CDMS has set the most sensitive limits to date on the interactions of WIMP dark matter with...
experiment.