Archive (1990-present)

Parke, Stephen John
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: For novel insights into resonant neutrino oscillation and for the introduction of supersymmetric methods in the evaluation of multiparton scattering amplitudes.
Nominated by: Division of Particles and Fields

Pearsall, Thomas Perine
University of Washington
Citation: For seminal contributions to the InGaAsP alloy system, a material used in the emitter and detector components of optical fibre communication links.
Nominated by: Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics

Peng, Y-K Martin
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Citation: For the development of the low aspect ratio "spherical" tokamak concept.
Nominated by: Division of Plasma Physics

Phinney, E. Sterl
California Institute of Technology
Citation: For his contributions to our understanding of black-hole electrodynamics, AGNs and quasars, binary and millisecond pulsars, and globular cluster dynamics; and his method for measuring the intergalactic magnetic field.
Nominated by: Division of Astrophysics

Pieper, Steven Charles
Argonne National Laboratory
Citation: For outstanding work in developing computational techniques to address important problems in nuclear physics, in particular to address problems in the many-body theory of nuclei and direct nuclear reactions.
Nominated by: Division of Nuclear Physics

Pinkerton, Frederick E.
General Motors R&D Center
Citation: For his research on the physics of rare earth-transition metal materials and his contributions to the establishment of a commercial permanent magnet technology.
Nominated by: Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics

Pradhan, Anil Kumar
Ohio State University
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the theory of electron-impact excitation of atoms and ions, providing accurate and important atomic data, and for the application of that data to the study of fusion, solar and astrophysical plasmas.
Nominated by: Division of Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics