Ernest Walton
Irish physicist (1903–1995) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton (6 October 1903 – 25 June 1995) was an Irish physicist and Nobel laureate who first split the atom.[1] He is best known for his work with John Cockcroft to construct one of the earliest types of particle accelerator, the Cockcroft–Walton generator. In experiments performed at Cambridge University in the early 1930s using the generator, Walton and Cockcroft became the first team to use a particle beam to transform one element to another. According to their Nobel Prize citation: "Thus, for the first time, a nuclear transmutation was produced by means entirely under human control".[2]
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Born | (1903-10-06)6 October 1903 Abbeyside, County Waterford, Ireland |
Died | 25 June 1995(1995-06-25) (aged 91) Belfast, Northern Ireland |
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Known for | The first disintegration of an atomic nucleus by artificially accelerated protons ("splitting the atom") |
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Fields | Physics |
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Doctoral advisor | Lord Ernest Rutherford |
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