SLAC Theoretical Physicist James Bjorken to Share 2017 Wilson Prize
Tuesday, October 11, 2016 - 16:31
in Physics & Chemistry
Theoretical physicist James D. "BJ" Bjorken, a professor emeritus at Stanford University and the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, will share the 2017 Robert R. Wilson Prize for Achievement in the Physics of Particle Accelerators for groundbreaking theoretical work that helped researchers understand and cope with an important constraint on the intensity and focus of particle beams in accelerators.