Alan James Duncan
Scottish atomic physicist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alan James Duncan FRSE FRSA (4 November 1938 – 9 July 1999) was a Scottish atomic physicist who created a metastable atomic hydrogen beam apparatus used to first observe the two-photon decay of metastable hydrogen and measure fundamental predictions of quantum theory.
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Alan James Duncan | |
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Born | (1938-11-04)November 4, 1938 Kingston, East Lothian, Scotland |
Died | July 9, 1999(1999-07-09) (aged 60) British Columbia, Canada |
Nationality | Scottish |
Alma mater | University of St Andrews |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Nuclear physics |
Institutions | University of Stirling |
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The Science and Engineering Research Council of UK placed him highly in their publication Highlights in Physics (1985)