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Keith Randolph Symon (* 25. März 1920 in Fort Wayne, Indiana; † 16. Dezember 2013 in , Wisconsin) war ein US-amerikanischer Physiker, der sich mit Teilchenbeschleunigern und Plasmaphysik beschäftigt. Symon wurde 1948 an der Harvard University promoviert. 1947 bis 1955 war er an der Fakultät der Wayne State University in Detroit. Ab 1955 war er an der University of Wisconsin–Madison, wo er 1990 in den Ruhestand ging. 1956 bis 1967 war er außerdem an der Midwestern Universities Research Association (MURA), deren Technischer Direktor er 1957 bis 1960 war. 1982/83 war er Leiter des Rechenzentrums der University of Wisconsin-Madison und 1983 bis 1985 von deren Synchrotronstrahlungslabor.
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| dbo:abstract | Keith Randolph Symon (* 25. März 1920 in Fort Wayne, Indiana; † 16. Dezember 2013 in , Wisconsin) war ein US-amerikanischer Physiker, der sich mit Teilchenbeschleunigern und Plasmaphysik beschäftigt. Symon wurde 1948 an der Harvard University promoviert. 1947 bis 1955 war er an der Fakultät der Wayne State University in Detroit. Ab 1955 war er an der University of Wisconsin–Madison, wo er 1990 in den Ruhestand ging. 1956 bis 1967 war er außerdem an der Midwestern Universities Research Association (MURA), deren Technischer Direktor er 1957 bis 1960 war. 1982/83 war er Leiter des Rechenzentrums der University of Wisconsin-Madison und 1983 bis 1985 von deren Synchrotronstrahlungslabor. Symon arbeitete am Fermilab, Argonne National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, sowie Einrichtungen in Los Alamos und La Jolla und forschte am CERN in Genf, Schweiz, wo er und seine Familie 1962 und 1963 ein Jahr lang lebten. Er gilt neben Tihiro Ohkawa in Japan und Andrei Kolomensky in der Sowjetunion als Erfinder des Fixed-Field-Alternating Gradient Accelerators (FFAG). Das Konzept wurde von Symon, Donald Kerst und anderen in den 1950er Jahren untersucht und kleine Modellsysteme gebaut. FFAGs wurden dann lange Zeit vernachlässigt und nahmen erst in den 1990er Jahren einen erneuten Aufschwung zum Beispiel in Japan. Symon ist auch für theoretische Arbeiten in der Plasmaphysik bekannt, inklusive Entwicklung mathematischer numerischer Methoden. Er schrieb ein Mechanik-Lehrbuch. 2005 erhielt er den Robert R. Wilson Prize. Er war seit 1943 verheiratet und aus der Ehe gingen vier Kinder hervor. Neben der Physik verfolgte er Outdoor-Aktivitäten wie Wildwasserkanu und war Mitorganisator eines Literaturfestivals (Spring Green Literary Festival). (de) Keith Randolph Symon (March 25, 1920 – December 16, 2013) was an American physicist working in the fields of accelerator physics and plasma physics. Symon graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Harvard in 1942 with a BA in Philosophy and Mathematics. In 1948 he was awarded a PhD in Physics. He taught physics at Wayne State University in Detroit until 1955. Symon was professor of physics at the University of Wisconsin until his retirement in 1992 when he became emeritus professor. From 1956 to 1967 he was on the staff of the Midwestern Universities Research Association (MURA), a collaboration of Big Ten universities, the University of Chicago and Notre Dame. In 1982 and 1983 he was acting director of the Madison Academic Computing Center and from 1983 to 1985, acting director of the UW-Madison Synchrotron Radiation Center. His textbook, "Mechanics", has been a staple in physics classes since publication of the first edition in 1953. It has been published in multiple languages and is still in use around the world. Symon was awarded the Particle Accelerator and Technology Award of the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Science Society in 2003. With four colleagues from around the country, he published "Innovation Was Not Enough -- A History of the Midwestern Universities Research Association", in 2010. He was an internationally recognized figure in plasma physics and particle accelerator design. He contributed to the work at Fermi Lab, Argonne National Laboratory (he chaired the Argonne Accelerator Users Group in the 60s), Brookhaven National Lab, labs in Los Alamos and La Jolla, and did early research for the Hadron collider at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, where he and his family lived for a year in 1962-1963. His work took him to Europe, Japan, China, India, Russia, and Australia. He taught himself useful French, German, Dutch, Russian, and some Chinese. He is known for the development of the FFAG accelerator concept in parallel to Tihiro Ohkawa and . He worked for the Midwestern Universities Research Association with Donald Kerst and received the APS Robert R. Wilson Prize in 2005. (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | Keith Randolph Symon (* 25. März 1920 in Fort Wayne, Indiana; † 16. Dezember 2013 in , Wisconsin) war ein US-amerikanischer Physiker, der sich mit Teilchenbeschleunigern und Plasmaphysik beschäftigt. Symon wurde 1948 an der Harvard University promoviert. 1947 bis 1955 war er an der Fakultät der Wayne State University in Detroit. Ab 1955 war er an der University of Wisconsin–Madison, wo er 1990 in den Ruhestand ging. 1956 bis 1967 war er außerdem an der Midwestern Universities Research Association (MURA), deren Technischer Direktor er 1957 bis 1960 war. 1982/83 war er Leiter des Rechenzentrums der University of Wisconsin-Madison und 1983 bis 1985 von deren Synchrotronstrahlungslabor. (de) Keith Randolph Symon (March 25, 1920 – December 16, 2013) was an American physicist working in the fields of accelerator physics and plasma physics. Symon graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Harvard in 1942 with a BA in Philosophy and Mathematics. In 1948 he was awarded a PhD in Physics. He taught physics at Wayne State University in Detroit until 1955. Symon was professor of physics at the University of Wisconsin until his retirement in 1992 when he became emeritus professor. From 1956 to 1967 he was on the staff of the Midwestern Universities Research Association (MURA), a collaboration of Big Ten universities, the University of Chicago and Notre Dame. In 1982 and 1983 he was acting director of the Madison Academic Computing Center and from 1983 to 1985, acting director of th (en) |
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