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Peter Demos

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Peter T. Demos
Born(1918-07-18)July 18, 1918
DiedSeptember 18, 2012(2012-09-18) (aged 94)
EducationQueen's University
MIT
SpouseElizabeth Demos
Scientific career
InstitutionsMIT
Thesis Design and Properties of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Linear Electron Accelerator
Doctoral advisorArthur F. Kip
John C. Slater

Peter T. Demos (July 18, 1918 – September 18, 2012) was a professor in the Department of Physics and the Laboratory for Nuclear Science at MIT.[1] A native of Peterborough, Ontario, Demos attended Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School and Queen's University, and received a Ph.D. in Physics from MIT in 1951.[2] He was a founder and former director of the Bates Linear Accelerator at MIT[3][4] and served as advisor on nuclear science to John F. Kennedy.[5]

Work

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  • Demos, Peter T. (1951). Design and Properties of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Linear Electron Accelerator (Ph.D. thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • Demos, P. T.; Kip, A. F.; Slater, J. C. (1952). "The M.I.T. Linear Electron Accelerator". Journal of Applied Physics. 23 (1): 53–65. Bibcode:1952JAP....23...53D. doi:10.1063/1.1701978.
  • Dow, K.; et al. (1988). "Longitudinal Response Functions and Sum Rules for Quasielastic Electron Scattering from 3H and 3He". Phys. Rev. Lett. 61 (15): 1706–1709. Bibcode:1988PhRvL..61.1706D. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.61.1706. PMID 10038875.
  • US 3845734, Demos, Peter T., "Apparent wind indicator adapted to establish optimum wind direction relative to the sail of a sailboat", issued 5 November 1974 

References

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  1. ^ "Department of Physics". MIT. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Olympic Torch Relay Community Success Stories: Peterborough, Ontario" (PDF). Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Interview with Robert Redwine : Massachusetts Institute of Technology 150th Anniversary". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on 13 January 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  4. ^ "1999 Bates Report". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  5. ^ "Peterborough's History and Culture". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.