The Rolf Wideroe Prize is awarded every third year by the Accelerator Group of the
European Physical Society
The European Physical Society (EPS) is a non-profit organisation whose purpose is to promote physics and physicists in Europe through methods such as physics outreach. Formally established in 1968, its membership includes the national physical so ...
(EPS), in memory of
Rolf Widerøe
Rolf Widerøe (11 July 1902 – 11 October 1996) was a Norwegian accelerator physicist who was the originator of many particle acceleration concepts, including the ''resonance accelerator'' and the betatron accelerator.
Early life
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, to individuals in recognition of outstanding work in the field of accelerator physics.
The prize was awarded for the first time in 1996, but was only named the Rolf Wideroe Prize in 2011. Before this year the prize was simply referred to as ''EPS Accelerator Group Prizes''.
Laureates
* 2020:
Lucio Rossi
* 2017:
Lyn Evans
* 2014:
* 2011: Shin-Ichi Kurokawa
*2008:
*2006
Vladimir Teplyakov
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Teplyakov (russian: Владимир Александрович Тепляков) (6 November 1925 – 10 December 2009) was a Russian experimental physicist known for his work on particle accelerators. Together with I.M. ...
*2004:
*2002:
*2000: Eberhard Keil
*1998:
Cristoforo Benvenuti
*1996: R.D. Kohaupt and the
DESY Feedback Group: M. Ebert, D. Heins, J. Klute, K.-H. Matthiesen, H. Musfeldt, S. Pätzold, J. Rümmler, M. Schweiger, J. Theiss
See also
*
List of physics awards
This list of physics awards is an index to articles about notable awards for physics.
The list includes lists of awards by the American Physical Society of the United States, and of the Institute of Physics of the United Kingdom, followed by a li ...
References
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Physics awards
Awards of the European Physical Society