Hiroshi Suura (born August 19, 1925, Hiroshima, Japan – September 15, 1998) was a Japanese theoretical physicist, specializing in

particle physics Particle physics or high energy physics is the study of fundamental particles and forces that constitute matter and radiation. The fundamental particles in the universe are classified in the Standard Model as fermions (matter particles) an ...

Education and career

Suura graduated in 1947 with a B.S. from the

University of Tokyo , abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project b ...

and in 1954 with a Ph.D. in physics from

Hiroshima University is a Japanese national university located in Higashihiroshima and Hiroshima, Japan. Established in 1929, it was chartered as a university in 1949 following the merge of a number of national educational institutions. History Under the Nationa ...

. From September 1955 to June 1956 he did research at the

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. From 1960 to 1965 he was a professor at

Nihon University , abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Japan. Its predecessor, Nihon Law School (currently the Department of Law), was founded by Yamada Akiyoshi, the Minister of Justice (Japan), Minister of Justice, in 1889. ...

. From 1965 until his retirement as professor emeritus, he was a professor at the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. ...

. In the theory of infrared corrections, Suura made important contributions, essential for many precise measurements involving elementary particles, especially electrons. He was elected in 1967 a Fellow of the American Physical Society. (search on year=1967 and institution=University of Minnesota) On June 1, 1994, the University of Minnesota held a colloquium in honor of Hiroshi Suura. After his death, the

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published a collection of articles as a memorial to him.

Selected publications

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Suura, Hiroshi 1925 births 1998 deaths 20th-century Japanese physicists Particle physicists University of Tokyo alumni Hiroshima University alumni Academic staff of Nihon University University of Minnesota faculty Fellows of the American Physical Society People from Hiroshima