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'''Bruce Winstein''' (September 25, 1943, [[Los Angeles]] – February 28, 2011) was an [[experimental physicist]] and [[cosmologist]] noted for his early work in elementary particle physics, particularly work toward demonstrating a serious asymmetry between particles and their anti-particles ([[CP violation]]). Later in his career, he worked in experimental cosmology, measuring polarization in the [[microwave background radiation]] whose properties date back to the early universe.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Frisch, Henry|author2=Rosner, Jonathan|author3=Staggs, Suzanne|title=Obituary. Bruce Winstein|journal=Physics Today (Daily Edition), posted 19 March 2011|url=http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/news/10.1063/PT.4.1768}}</ref>
'''Bruce Winstein''' (September 25, 1943, [[Los Angeles]] – February 28, 2011) was an [[Experimental physics|experimental physicist]] and [[Cosmology|cosmologist]] noted for his early work in elementary particle physics, particularly work toward demonstrating a serious asymmetry between particles and their anti-particles ([[CP violation]]). Later in his career, he worked in experimental cosmology, measuring polarization in the [[microwave background radiation]] whose properties date back to the early universe.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Frisch, Henry|author2=Rosner, Jonathan|author3=Staggs, Suzanne|title=Obituary. Bruce Winstein|journal=Physics Today (Daily Edition), posted 19 March 2011|doi=10.1063/PT.4.1768}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
After a distinguished early career in experimental [[elementary particle physics]], Winstein spent a year in Princeton as a Guggenheim Fellow, studying [[astrophysics]] in general and the [[microwave background radiation]] in particular.<ref name=discover/> He then returned to his position as the Samuel K. Alison Distinguished Service Professor in Physics at the [[University of Chicago]], where he founded its NSF Physics Frontier Center for Cosmological Physics.<ref name=panofsky/>
After a distinguished early career in experimental [[elementary particle physics]], Winstein spent a year in Princeton as a Guggenheim Fellow, studying [[astrophysics]] in general and the [[microwave background radiation]] in particular.<ref name=discover/> He then returned to his position as the Samuel K. Alison Distinguished Service Professor in Physics at the [[University of Chicago]], where he founded its NSF Physics Frontier Center for Cosmological Physics.<ref name=panofsky/>


In 1999, he was leader of [[Fermilab]]'s [[KTeV experiment]], which produced the first definitive evidence for direct [[CP violation]], an important proof that matter and [[anti-matter]] are not perfect twins.<ref name=discover>{{cite web|last=Carroll|first=Sean|title=Bruce Winstein|url=http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2011/02/28/bruce-winstein/|publisher=Discover blog "Cosmic Variance"|accessdate=March 25, 2011}}</ref><ref name=uchi>{{Cite web |url=http://news.uchicago.edu/news.php?asset_id=2277 |title="Bruce Winstein, physicist, 1943-2011" (University of Chicago News, March 3, 2011) |access-date=March 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304040445/http://news.uchicago.edu/news.php?asset_id=2277 |archive-date=March 4, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was also leader of the [[QUIET]] experiment, a multi-year international collaboration that sought to detect [[Gravitational wave|gravity waves]] in the early universe by measuring polarization in the microwave background radiation.<ref name=uchi/><ref>{{cite web|title=Q/U Imaging Experiment, Quiet|url=http://kicp.uchicago.edu/research/projects/quiet.html|publisher=University of Chicago|accessdate=March 25, 2011}}</ref>
In 1999, he was leader of [[Fermilab]]'s [[KTeV experiment]], which produced the first definitive evidence for direct [[CP violation]], an important proof that matter and [[anti-matter]] are not perfect twins.<ref name=discover>{{cite web|author=Carroll, Sean|title=Bruce Winstein|url=https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/bruce-winstein|publisher=Discover blog "Cosmic Variance"|accessdate=January 10, 2020}}</ref><ref name=uchi>{{cite news|url=https://news.uchicago.edu/story/bruce-winstein-physicist-1943-2011|title=Bruce Winstein, physicist, 1943-2011|publisher=University of Chicago News|date=March 3, 2011|accessdate=January 10, 2020}}</ref> He was also leader of the [[QUIET]] experiment, a multi-year international collaboration that sought to detect [[Gravitational wave|gravity waves]] in the early universe by measuring polarization in the microwave background radiation.<ref name=uchi/><ref>{{cite web|title=Q/U Imaging Experiment, Quiet|url=https://kicp.uchicago.edu/research/projects/quiet.html|publisher=University of Chicago|accessdate=January 10, 2020}}</ref>


He received his B.S. degree in Physics and Math from UCLA and his Ph.D. in 1970 from Caltech.
He received his B.S. degree in Physics and Math from UCLA and his Ph.D. in 1970 from Caltech.


Winstein was a [[Guggenheim Fellowship|Guggenheim Fellow]] since 1999<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/bruce-winstein/|title=Bruce Winstein|publisher=John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation|accesdate=January 10, 2020}}</ref> and in 2003 became a [[Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/031106/aaas.shtml|author=Steve Koppes|title=Nine on faculty elected 2003 AAAS fellows|work=University of Chicago Chronicle|volume=78|number=4|date=November 6, 2003}}</ref>
Winstein was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences in 1995 and into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007. Also in 2007, he was awarded the W.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics by the American Physical Society.

Winstein was inducted into the [[National Academy of Sciences]] in 1995<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/winstein-bruce.pdf|title=Bruce Winstein|publisher=National Academy of Sciences|accessdate=January 10, 2020}}</ref> and into the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=Members of the American Academy Listed by election year, 2000-2019|url=https://www.amacad.org/sites/default/files/media/document/2019-10/electionIndex2000-2019.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|accessdate=10 January 2020}}</ref> Also in 2007, he was awarded the W.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics by the [[American Physical Society]].


==Honors==
==Honors==
Winstein was a member of both the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]] and the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]].<ref name=panofsky/>
Winstein was a member of both the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]] and the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]].<ref name=panofsky/>
In 2007, the American Physical Society awarded him its [[Panofsky Prize|W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics]], with the following citation: "For leadership in the series of experiments that resulted in a multitude of precision measurements of properties of neutral [[K meson]]s, most notably the discovery of direct CP violation."<ref name=panofsky>{{cite web|title=2007 W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics Recipient|url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?name=Bruce%20Winstein&year=2007|publisher=American Physical Society|accessdate=March 25, 2011}}</ref>
In 2007, the American Physical Society awarded him its [[Panofsky Prize|W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics]], with the following citation: "For leadership in the series of experiments that resulted in a multitude of precision measurements of properties of neutral [[K meson]]s, most notably the discovery of direct CP violation."<ref name=panofsky>{{cite web|url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/panofsky.cfm|title=W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics|publisher=American Physical Society|accessdate=January 10, 2020}}</ref>


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Revision as of 02:53, 10 January 2020

Bruce Winstein
BornSeptember 25, 1943
Los Angeles
DiedFebruary 28, 2011(2011-02-28) (aged 67)
NationalityAmerican
EducationUCLA
Alma materCaltech
AwardsW.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics
Scientific career
FieldsExperimental physics and cosmology
InstitutionsPrinceton, University of Chicago, Fermilab

Bruce Winstein (September 25, 1943, Los Angeles – February 28, 2011) was an experimental physicist and cosmologist noted for his early work in elementary particle physics, particularly work toward demonstrating a serious asymmetry between particles and their anti-particles (CP violation). Later in his career, he worked in experimental cosmology, measuring polarization in the microwave background radiation whose properties date back to the early universe.[1]

Career

After a distinguished early career in experimental elementary particle physics, Winstein spent a year in Princeton as a Guggenheim Fellow, studying astrophysics in general and the microwave background radiation in particular.[2] He then returned to his position as the Samuel K. Alison Distinguished Service Professor in Physics at the University of Chicago, where he founded its NSF Physics Frontier Center for Cosmological Physics.[3]

In 1999, he was leader of Fermilab's KTeV experiment, which produced the first definitive evidence for direct CP violation, an important proof that matter and anti-matter are not perfect twins.[2][4] He was also leader of the QUIET experiment, a multi-year international collaboration that sought to detect gravity waves in the early universe by measuring polarization in the microwave background radiation.[4][5]

He received his B.S. degree in Physics and Math from UCLA and his Ph.D. in 1970 from Caltech.

Winstein was a Guggenheim Fellow since 1999[6] and in 2003 became a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[7]

Winstein was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences in 1995[8] and into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007.[9] Also in 2007, he was awarded the W.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics by the American Physical Society.

Honors

Winstein was a member of both the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[3] In 2007, the American Physical Society awarded him its W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics, with the following citation: "For leadership in the series of experiments that resulted in a multitude of precision measurements of properties of neutral K mesons, most notably the discovery of direct CP violation."[3]

References

  1. ^ Frisch, Henry; Rosner, Jonathan; Staggs, Suzanne. "Obituary. Bruce Winstein". Physics Today (Daily Edition), posted 19 March 2011. doi:10.1063/PT.4.1768.
  2. ^ a b Carroll, Sean. "Bruce Winstein". Discover blog "Cosmic Variance". Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics". American Physical Society. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Bruce Winstein, physicist, 1943-2011". University of Chicago News. March 3, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  5. ^ "Q/U Imaging Experiment, Quiet". University of Chicago. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  6. ^ "Bruce Winstein". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accesdate= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ Steve Koppes (November 6, 2003). "Nine on faculty elected 2003 AAAS fellows". University of Chicago Chronicle. Vol. 78, no. 4.
  8. ^ "Bruce Winstein" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  9. ^ "Members of the American Academy Listed by election year, 2000-2019" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
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