Alan Martin (physicist)
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Alan Douglas Martin FRS (born 1937) is a British physicist, currently Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Durham.[2]
Work
Martin is renowned for his research in the theory of elementary particles, which includes studies of mesic atoms, kaon physics, pi–pi scattering, hadron spectroscopy and the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon. His work on the W boson and top quark was valuable in early collider experiments.
His ongoing projects include the determination of the parton distributions of the proton and studies in small x and diffractive physics, which are relevant to the experiments at the Large Hadron Collider.
He is a well-known author of textbooks on particle physics. Quarks and Leptons by Francis Halzen and Alan is a standard text around the world.[3]
Awards and honours
Martin was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2004.[3] He was awarded the 2007 Max Born Medal and Prize for his pioneering research in the understanding of the strong interaction, in particular his theoretical work on the internal structure of the proton.[4]
References
- ↑ Alan D. Martin at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ Staff profile, Durham University, retrieved 2016-02-28
- 1 2 "Alan Martin". London: Royal Society. One or more of the preceding sentences may incorporate text from the royalsociety.org website where: "All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.""Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies". Archived from the original on 2016-02-20. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
- ↑ Leading Durham physicist wins prestigious international award, Durham University