Panofsky Prize
Encyclopedia
The Panofsky Prize is an annual $10,000 prize given to recognize and encourage outstanding achievements in experimental particle physics
, and is open to scientist
s of any nation. It was established in 1985 by friends of Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky
, a professor emeritus at Stanford University
and by the Division of Particles and Fields of the American Physical Society
.
Particle physics
Particle physics is a branch of physics that studies the existence and interactions of particles that are the constituents of what is usually referred to as matter or radiation. In current understanding, particles are excitations of quantum fields and interact following their dynamics...
, and is open to scientist
Scientist
A scientist in a broad sense is one engaging in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge. In a more restricted sense, a scientist is an individual who uses the scientific method. The person may be an expert in one or more areas of science. This article focuses on the more restricted use of the word...
s of any nation. It was established in 1985 by friends of Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky
Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky
Wolfgang Kurt Hermann "Pief" Panofsky , was a German-American physicist.-Early life:Panofsky was born the son of renowned art historian Erwin Panofsky in Berlin, Germany. He received his bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1938 and obtained his PhD from Caltech in 1942. Around this time...
, a professor emeritus 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...
and by the Division of Particles and Fields of the American Physical Society
American Physical Society
The American Physical Society is the world's second largest organization of physicists, behind the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. The Society publishes more than a dozen scientific journals, including the world renowned Physical Review and Physical Review Letters, and organizes more than 20...
.
Recipients
- 2012: Bill Atwood
- 2011: Doug Bryman, Laurence Littenberg, Stew Smith
- 2010: Eugene Beier
- 2009: Aldo Menzione, Luciano Ristori
- 2008: George Cassiday, Pierre Sokolsky
- 2007: Bruce WinsteinBruce WinsteinBruce Winstein was an experimental physicist and cosmologist noted for his early work in elementary particle physics, particularly work toward demonstrating a serious asymmetry between particles and their anti-particles...
, Heinrich Wahl, Italo Mannelli - 2006: John Jaros, Nigel LockyerNigel LockyerDr. Nigel Lockyer is a Professor of Physics at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of TRIUMF. He was educated at York University in Toronto, Canada....
, William T. Ford - 2005: Piermaria J. Oddone
- 2004: Arie BodekArie BodekArie Bodek is an American experimental particle physicist and professor of physics at the University of Rochester.Bodek was awarded the 2004 American Physical Society W.K.H...
- 2003: William J. Willis
- 2002: Masatoshi KoshibaMasatoshi Koshibais a Japanese physicist. He jointly won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2002.He graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1951 and received a Ph.D. in physics at the University of Rochester, New York, in 1955...
, Takaaki Kajita, Yoji TotsukaYoji Totsukawas a Japanese physicist and Special University Professor, Emeritus, University of Tokyo. Totsuka died on July 10, 2008 from colorectal cancer.- Early life :... - 2001: Paul Grannis
- 2000: Martin Breidenbach
- 1999: Edward H. Thorndike
- 1998: David Robert Nygren
- 1997: Henning Schröder, Yuri Mikhailovich Zaitsev
- 1996: Gail G. Hanson, Roy Frederick SchwittersRoy SchwittersRoy F. Schwitters is a professor of physics at the University of Texas at Austin. He was formerly a professor of physics at Harvard and Stanford. His undergraduate and doctoral degrees are both from MIT....
- 1995: Frank J. Sciulli
- 1994: Thomas J. Devlin, Lee G. Pondrom
- 1993: Robert B. Palmer, Nicholas P. Samios, Ralph P. Shutt
- 1992: Raymond Davis, Jr. and Frederick ReinesFrederick ReinesFrederick Reines was an American physicist. He was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics for his co-detection of the neutrino with Clyde Cowan in the neutrino experiment, and may be the only scientist in history "so intimately associated with the discovery of an elementary particle and the...
- 1991: Gerson GoldhaberGerson GoldhaberGerson Goldhaber was an American particle physicist and astrophysicist. He was one of the discoverers of the J/ψ meson which confirmed the existence of the charm quark...
and Francois Pierre - 1990: Michael S. Witherell
- 1989: Henry W. Kendall, Richard E. TaylorRichard E. TaylorRichard Edward Taylor, is a Canadian-American professor at Stanford University. In 1990, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Jerome Friedman and Henry Kendall "for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have...
, Jerome I. Friedman - 1988: Charles Y. Prescott