Louis Leprince-Ringuet

Louis Leprince-Ringuet
Louis Leprince Ringuet (1997)
Born	(1901-03-27)27 March 1901 Alès, France
Died	23 December 2000(2000-12-23) (aged 99) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Alma mater	École Polytechnique
Known for	Coining the hyperon Kaon discovery
Awards	Legion of Honour (Grand officier)
Scientific career
Fields	Particle physics Cosmic rays
Institutions	French Academy of Sciences Académie française CERN

Louis Leprince-Ringuet (27 March 1901, in Alès – 23 December 2000, in Paris) was a French physicist, telecommunications engineer, essayist and historian of science.[1]

Leprince-Ringuet advocated strongly for the creation of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and remained its indefatigable supporter. He was vice chair (1956–69) and chair (1964–66) of CERN’s scientific policy committee.[2] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society.[3]

He is known for early discovery of the kaon.[4] He also coined the term hyperon in 1953.[4][5]

Honors

• Leprince-Ringuet laboratory [fr] from CNRS and École polytechnique, and part of the French National Institutes of Nuclear and Particle Physics (IN2P3), was named in his honour.

References

1. Jacob, Maurice (July 2001). "Obituary: Louis Leprince-Ringuet". Physics Today. 54 (7): 78–79. Bibcode:2001PhT....54g..78J. doi:10.1063/1.1397405.
2. "Louis Leprince-Ringuet 1901-2000 : A Scientist in the service of Europe". CERN Bulletin. 29 January 2001. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
3. "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
4. Degrange, Bernard; Fontaine, Gérard; Fleury, Patrick (2013). "Tracking Louis Leprince-Ringuet's contributions to cosmic-ray physics". Physics Today. 66 (6): 8. Bibcode:2013PhT....66f...8D. doi:10.1063/PT.3.1989. ISSN 0031-9228.
5. Ravel, Olivier (2013). Ormes, Jonathan F. (ed.). Early cosmic ray research in France. Centenary Symposium 2012: Discovery of Cosmic Rays. AIP Conference Proceedings. Vol. 1516. Denver, United States: American Institute of Physics. pp. 67–71. Bibcode:2013AIPC.1516...67R. doi:10.1063/1.4792542. ISBN 978-0-7354-1137-1.