Nathan Isgur, the Glossary
Nathan Isgur (May 25, 1947 – July 24, 2001) was a theoretical physicist from the U.S. and Canada.[1]
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42 relations: American Physical Society, Bachelor of Science, Baryon, California Institute of Technology, Canada, College of William & Mary, Doctor of Philosophy, Draft evasion, Fermilab, Flavour (particle physics), Germany, Gluon, Hamburg, Heavy quark effective theory, HERA (particle accelerator), Jimmy Carter, Kim Maltman, Mark B. Wise, Meson, Multiple myeloma, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Owen Chamberlain, Particle physics, Quantum chromodynamics, Quark, Royal Society of Canada, Rutherford Memorial Medal, Sakurai Prize, South Houston High School, South Houston, Texas, Steacie Prize, Tevatron, Theoretical physics, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Toronto, TRIUMF, United States, University of California, Berkeley, University of Guelph, University of Toronto, War resister, ZEUS (particle detector).
American Physical Society
The American Physical Society (APS) is a not-for-profit membership organization of professionals in physics and related disciplines, comprising nearly fifty divisions, sections, and other units.
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Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin scientiae baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years.
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Baryon
In particle physics, a baryon is a type of composite subatomic particle, including the proton and the neutron, that contains an odd number of valence quarks, conventionally three.
California Institute of Technology
The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech) is a private research university in Pasadena, California.
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Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
College of William & Mary
The College of William & Mary in Virginia (abbreviated as W&M), is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia.
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Doctor of Philosophy
A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil; philosophiae doctor or) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research.
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Draft evasion
Conscription evasion or draft evasion (American English) is any successful attempt to elude a government-imposed obligation to serve in the military forces of one's nation.
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Fermilab
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), located in Batavia, Illinois, near Chicago, is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory specializing in high-energy particle physics.
Flavour (particle physics)
In particle physics, flavour or flavor refers to the species of an elementary particle.
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
Gluon
A gluon is a type of massless elementary particle that mediates the strong interaction between quarks, acting as the exchange particle for the interaction.
Hamburg
Hamburg (Hamborg), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,.
Heavy quark effective theory
In quantum chromodynamics, heavy quark effective theory (HQET) is an effective field theory describing the physics of heavy (that is, of mass far greater than the QCD scale) quarks.
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HERA (particle accelerator)
HERA (Hadron-Elektron-Ringanlage, Hadron–Electron Ring Accelerator) was a particle accelerator at DESY in Hamburg.
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Jimmy Carter
James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981.
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Kim Maltman
Kim Maltman (born 1951) is a Canadian poet and physicist who lives in Toronto, Ontario.
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Mark B. Wise
Mark Brian Wise (born November 9, 1953, in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian-American theoretical physicist. Nathan Isgur and Mark B. Wise are Canadian physicists and J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics recipients.
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Meson
In particle physics, a meson is a type of hadronic subatomic particle composed of an equal number of quarks and antiquarks, usually one of each, bound together by the strong interaction.
Multiple myeloma
Multiple myeloma (MM), also known as plasma cell myeloma and simply myeloma, is a cancer of plasma cells, a type of white blood cell that normally produces antibodies.
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Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC; Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada, CRSNG) is the major federal agency responsible for funding natural sciences and engineering research in Canada.
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Owen Chamberlain
Owen Chamberlain (July 10, 1920 – February 28, 2006) was an American physicist who shared with Emilio Segrè the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the antiproton, a sub-atomic antiparticle.
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Particle physics
Particle physics or high-energy physics is the study of fundamental particles and forces that constitute matter and radiation.
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Quantum chromodynamics
In theoretical physics, quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is the study of the strong interaction between quarks mediated by gluons.
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Quark
A quark is a type of elementary particle and a fundamental constituent of matter.
Royal Society of Canada
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC; Société royale du Canada, SRC), also known as the Academies of Arts, Humanities, and Sciences of Canada (French: Académies des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada), is the senior national, bilingual council of distinguished Canadian scholars, humanists, scientists, and artists.
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Rutherford Memorial Medal
The Rutherford Memorial Medal is an award for research in the fields of physics and chemistry by the Royal Society of Canada.
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Sakurai Prize
The J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics, is presented by the American Physical Society at its annual April Meeting, and honors outstanding achievement in particle physics theory.
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South Houston High School
South Houston High School is a public high school located in South Houston, Texas in the United States.
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South Houston, Texas
South Houston is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area and Harris County.
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Steacie Prize
The Steacie Prize is a scientific prize awarded to a scientist or engineer of 40 years or younger for outstanding research in Canada.
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Tevatron
The Tevatron was a circular particle accelerator (active until 2011) in the United States, at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (called Fermilab), east of Batavia, Illinois, and was the highest energy particle collider until the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) was built near Geneva, Switzerland.
Theoretical physics
Theoretical physics is a branch of physics that employs mathematical models and abstractions of physical objects and systems to rationalize, explain, and predict natural phenomena.
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Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), commonly called Jefferson Lab or JLab, is a US Department of Energy National Laboratory located in Newport News, Virginia.
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Toronto
Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.
TRIUMF
TRIUMF is Canada's national particle accelerator centre.
United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California.
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University of Guelph
The University of Guelph (abbreviated U of G) is a comprehensive public research university in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
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University of Toronto
The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park.
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War resister
A war resister is a person who resists war.
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ZEUS (particle detector)
ZEUS was a particle detector at the HERA (Hadron Elektron Ring Anlage) particle accelerator at the German national laboratory DESY in Hamburg.
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