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Bernard Peters (born Bernhard Pietrowski in 1910 in Posen, Germany - February 2, 1993 in Copenhagen) was a nuclear physicist, with a specialty in cosmic radiation. He was a recipient of the Padma Bhushan, the third highest Indian civilian award.
Life
Towards the end of the First World War, his father, pharmacology researcher and physician, sent him to the Black Forest to a farmer so he could obtain food in exchange for manual labor. In 1942, under the direction of Robert Oppenheimer, Peters completed his doctorate in physics.
In 1954, during the J. Robert Oppenheimer security hearing, the he was accused of being a communist sympathizer. Peters then could not find work in the United States. He left the country to Mumbai, India, where he continued to study cosmic rays for eight years. Over the next four decades, he directed several studies on cosmic rays.
Peters died February 2, 1993 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Works
- Deuteron disintegration by electrons. Scattering of mesotrons of spin ¹/₂, University of California, Berkeley, 1942 (thèse doctorale)
- Cosmic rays, solar particles, and space research, New York : Academic Press, 1963
- Cosmic radiation and its origin : contemporary problems, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France : European Space Research Organisation, 1967
- Creation of particles at cosmic-ray energies, Genève : CERN, 1966
Cosmic rays, New York : Academic Press, 1963
References
- "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
- "A renowned cosmic-ray physicist" (PDF). Current Science. 25 April 1993. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
- Schweber, Silvan S. "A Puzzle of a Man". American Scientist. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
- Dayton, Bruce; Lal, Devendra; Lund, Niels; Schnopper, Herbert; Morrison, Philip (2008-01-11). "Bernard Peters". Physics Today. 46 (12): 64–65. doi:10.1063/1.2809136.
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