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Fellow of the American Physical Society (107) |
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| complete name: |
Polykarp Kusch |
| nobel prize: |
physics |
| award year: |
1955 |
| together with: |
Willis Lamb |
| prize share: |
Prize share: 1/2 |
| rational: |
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1955 was divided equally between Willis Eugene Lamb "for his discoveries concerning the fine structure of the hydrogen spectrum" and Polykarp Kusch "for his precision determination of the magnetic moment of the electron." |
| biography: |
Biography |
| laureate facts: |
Facts |
| laureate lecture: |
Lecture |
| given name: |
Polykarp |
| family name: |
Kusch |
| occupation: |
physicist |
| occupation: |
university teacher |
| field of work: |
physics |
| work location: |
Columbia University, West 116 St and Broadway, New York, NY, 10027, United States of America |
| description: |
Polykarp Kusch was a German-American physicist. In 1955, the Nobel Committee gave a divided Nobel Prize for Physics, with one half to going to Kusch for his accurate determination that the magnetic moment of the electron was greater than its theoretical value, thus leading to reconsideration of—and innovations in—quantum electrodynamics. (The other 1955 physics laureate was Willis Eugene Lamb, who won for his work on the spectrum of hydrogen.) Kusch received his bachelor's degree in physics in 1931 from Case Western Reserve University. From the University of Illinois, he received his master's degree in 1933 and his Ph.D. in 1936. He spent much of his career as a professor at Columbia University in New York City, and served as the university's provost for several years before departing for the newly created University of Texas at Dallas. He worked on molecular beam resonance studies under I. I. Rabi, then discovered the electron anomalous magnet moment. Many measurements of magnetic moments and hyperfine structure followed. He expanded into chemical physics and continued to publish research on molecular beams. During his tenure at Columbia, he was the doctoral supervisor for Gordon Gould, the inventor of the laser. Kusch House, a residential dormitory for undergraduate students at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio on the South Campus is named after Kusch. It is located on Carlton Road in Cleveland Heights. His widow Betty died in 2003, aged 77. |
| image copyright: |
Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. |
| image citation: |
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1955. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1955/summary/> |
| date birth: |
1911 |
| date death: |
1993 |
| usual name: |
Polykarp Kusch |
