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'''Nicholas P. Samios''' (born in [[NYC]] on March 15, 1932) is an American physicist and former director of the [[Brookhaven National Laboratory]] in [[Upton, New York]].<ref name="PHN">{{cite web |url=https://history.aip.org/phn/11609002.html |title=Nicholas P. Samios. Biography |work=Physics History Network |editor=AIP |access-date=2018-10-17}}</ref>
'''Nicholas P. Samios''' (born March 15, 1932, in [[NYC]]) is an American physicist and former director of the [[Brookhaven National Laboratory]] in [[Upton, New York]].<ref name="PHN">{{cite web |url=https://history.aip.org/phn/11609002.html |title=Nicholas P. Samios. Biography |work=Physics History Network |editor=AIP |access-date=2018-10-17}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
He grew up in [[Livadi]] (Greece) and attended school in [[Kythira]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hellenicaworld.com/Greece/Person/en/Samios.html |title= Nicholas Samios |last= Lahanas |first= Michael |website= Hellenica World |access-date= 20 July 2020}}</ref> Upon returning to the United States, he majored in physics at [[Columbia College of Columbia University]], from which he graduated in 1953; he earned his PhD at Columbia in 1957. He worked on the Columbia faculty for three years before joining Brookhaven's physics department, where he was appointed laboratory director in May 1982.<ref name="CommitteeAstronomy2003">{{cite book|author1=Neutrino Facilities Assessment Committee|author2=Board on Physics and Astronomy|author3=Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences|title=Neutrinos and Beyond: New Windows on Nature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qsObAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA76|date=13 May 2003|publisher=National Academies Press|isbn=978-0-309-08716-2|page=76}}</ref> A major achievement of his tenure was the construction of the [[RHIC]], the first heavy-ion collider.<ref name= "BNL Emeritus">{{cite web |url= https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=25191 |title= Brookhaven Lab Names Former Director Nicholas Samios Senior Scientist Emeritus |last= Gettler | first= Joe |website= Brooklyn National Laboratory |date= 17 October 2014 |access-date= 20 July 2020}}</ref> He stepped down as director in 1997 after a dispute on leaked radioactivity in the laboratory, but continued to work as a researcher.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/08/nyregion/lab-director-in-dispute-steps-down.html |title=Lab Director In Dispute Steps Down |author=John T. McQuiston |work=The New York Times |date=1997-03-08 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527052718/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/08/nyregion/lab-director-in-dispute-steps-down.html |archivedate=2015-05-27}}</ref> In 2003 he became director of the ''RIKEN BNL Research Center''.<ref name="PHN"/>
He majored in physics at [[Columbia College of Columbia University]], from which he graduated in 1953; he earned his PhD at Columbia in 1957. He worked on the Columbia faculty for three years before joining Brookhaven's physics department, where he was appointed laboratory director in May 1982.<ref name="CommitteeAstronomy2003">{{cite book|author1=Neutrino Facilities Assessment Committee|author2=Board on Physics and Astronomy|author3=Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences|title=Neutrinos and Beyond: New Windows on Nature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qsObAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA76|date=13 May 2003|publisher=National Academies Press|isbn=978-0-309-08716-2|page=76}}</ref> A major achievement of his tenure was the construction of the [[RHIC]], the first heavy-ion collider.<ref name= "BNL Emeritus">{{cite web |url= https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=25191 |title= Brookhaven Lab Names Former Director Nicholas Samios Senior Scientist Emeritus |last= Gettler | first= Joe |website= Brooklyn National Laboratory |date= 17 October 2014 |access-date= 20 July 2020}}</ref> He stepped down as director in 1997 after a dispute on leaked radioactivity in the laboratory, but continued to work as a researcher.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/08/nyregion/lab-director-in-dispute-steps-down.html |title=Lab Director In Dispute Steps Down |author=John T. McQuiston |work=The New York Times |date=1997-03-08 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527052718/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/08/nyregion/lab-director-in-dispute-steps-down.html |archivedate=2015-05-27}}</ref> In 2003 he became director of the ''RIKEN BNL Research Center''.<ref name="PHN"/>


==Scientific Achievements==
==Scientific achievements==
Samios has specialized in the physics of high-energy particles. He is especially known for his study of elementary particles, in particular for the discovery of the '''[[Omega minus particle]]''' in 1964 as postulated by [[Murray Gell-Mann]] and [[Yuval Ne'eman]], as well as the first '''[[charmed baryon]]'''.<ref name="BNL Emeritus"/> These discoveries have contributed to the understanding of the spectrum of particles and have carried to the formulation of [[Quantum Chromodynamics]] and the [[Standard Model]] of particle physics.<ref>{{cite journal |url= https://cds.cern.ch/record/1733362 |date= July-August 2002 |author=<!--Not stated--> |title= People |journal= CERN Courier |volume= 42 |issue= 6 |pages= 34 |access-date= 20 July 2020}}</ref>
Samios has specialized in the physics of high-energy particles. He is especially known for his study of elementary particles, in particular for the discovery of the [[Omega minus particle]] in 1964 as postulated by [[Murray Gell-Mann]] and [[Yuval Ne'eman]], as well as the first [[charmed baryon]].<ref name="BNL Emeritus"/> These discoveries have contributed to the understanding of the spectrum of particles and have carried to the formulation of [[Quantum Chromodynamics]] and the [[Standard Model]] of particle physics.<ref>{{cite journal |url= https://cds.cern.ch/record/1733362 |date= July–August 2002 |author=<!--Not stated--> |title= People |journal= CERN Courier |volume= 42 |issue= 6 |pages= 34 |access-date= 20 July 2020}}</ref>


== Awards ==
== Awards ==
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== References ==
== References ==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
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* [http://www.scientificamerican.com/author/nicholas-p-samios/ Articles by Nicholas P. Samios on Scientific American]
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Latest revision as of 04:06, 16 March 2024

Nicholas P. Samios (born March 15, 1932, in NYC) is an American physicist and former director of the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York.[1]

Biography

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He majored in physics at Columbia College of Columbia University, from which he graduated in 1953; he earned his PhD at Columbia in 1957. He worked on the Columbia faculty for three years before joining Brookhaven's physics department, where he was appointed laboratory director in May 1982.[2] A major achievement of his tenure was the construction of the RHIC, the first heavy-ion collider.[3] He stepped down as director in 1997 after a dispute on leaked radioactivity in the laboratory, but continued to work as a researcher.[4] In 2003 he became director of the RIKEN BNL Research Center.[1]

Scientific achievements

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Samios has specialized in the physics of high-energy particles. He is especially known for his study of elementary particles, in particular for the discovery of the Omega minus particle in 1964 as postulated by Murray Gell-Mann and Yuval Ne'eman, as well as the first charmed baryon.[3] These discoveries have contributed to the understanding of the spectrum of particles and have carried to the formulation of Quantum Chromodynamics and the Standard Model of particle physics.[5]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b c AIP (ed.). "Nicholas P. Samios. Biography". Physics History Network. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
  2. ^ Neutrino Facilities Assessment Committee; Board on Physics and Astronomy; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences (13 May 2003). Neutrinos and Beyond: New Windows on Nature. National Academies Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-309-08716-2.
  3. ^ a b Gettler, Joe (17 October 2014). "Brookhaven Lab Names Former Director Nicholas Samios Senior Scientist Emeritus". Brooklyn National Laboratory. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  4. ^ John T. McQuiston (1997-03-08). "Lab Director In Dispute Steps Down". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2015-05-27.
  5. ^ "People". CERN Courier. 42 (6): 34. July–August 2002. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Nicholas P. Samios, 1980". The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award. U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC). Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  7. ^ a b McNulty Walsh, Karen; Genzer, Peter (4 June 2009). "Physicist Nicholas Samios Awarded Gian Carlo Wick Gold Medal". Brooklyn National Laboratory. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

Further reading

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