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Burton Richter

American physicist

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Burton Richter was an American physicist. He led the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) team which co-discovered the J/ψ meson in 1974, alongside the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) team led by Samuel Ting for which they won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1976. This discovery was part of the November Revolution of particle physics. He was the SLAC director from 1984 to 1999.

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Born
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Place of birth
New York City wd
Died
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Place of death
Palo Alto wd
Citizenship
United States wd
Occupation
physicist, university teacher wd
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mercersburg Academy, Far Rockaway High School wd

Awards wd

  • Nobel Prize in Physics (1976)
  • National Medal of Science (2012)
  • Philip Hauge Abelson Prize (2007)
  • Enrico Fermi Award (2010)
  • Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award (1975)

Questions

When was Burton Richter born?
Burton Richter was born on 22 March 1931 in New York City.
Where did Burton Richter study?
Burton Richter was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mercersburg Academy, Far Rockaway High School.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Burton Richter · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q192106 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Burton Richter NSF crop.jpg by Burton_Richter_NSF.jpg : NSF derivative work: Materialscientist ( talk ) (Public domain)

Last updated · facts checked 14 November 2026

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