Peter Demos

Peter T. Demos (July 18, 1918 – September 18, 2012) was a professor in the Department of Physics and the Laboratory for Nuclear Science at MIT.^[1] A native of Peterborough, Ontario, Demos attended Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School and Queen's University, and received a Ph.D. in Physics from MIT in 1951.^[2] He was a founder and former director of the Bates Linear Accelerator at MIT^[3][4] and served as advisor on nuclear science to John F. Kennedy.^[5]

Work

• Demos, Peter T. (1951). Design and Properties of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Linear Electron Accelerator (Ph.D.). Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• Demos, P. T.; Kip, A. F.; Slater, J. C. (1952). "The M.I.T. Linear Electron Accelerator". Journal of Applied Physics. 23 (1): 53–65. Bibcode:1952JAP....23...53D. doi:10.1063/1.1701978
• Dow, K. et al. (1988). "Longitudinal Response Functions and Sum Rules for Quasielastic Electron Scattering from ³H and ³He". Phys. Rev. Lett.. 61 (15): 1706–1709. Bibcode:1988PhRvL..61.1706D. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.61.1706. PMID 10038875
• "Apparent wind indicator adapted to establish optimum wind direction relative to the sail of a sailboat"

• Demos, Peter (9 October 2012). "Nuclear physicist Peter T. Demos dies at 94". MIT News Office. Sarah H. Wright. Retrieved 9 October 2012.

References

1. ^ "Department of Physics". MIT. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
2. ^ "Olympic Torch Relay Community Success Stories: Peterborough, Ontario". Retrieved 26 January 2011.
3. ^ "Interview with Robert Redwine : Massachusetts Institute of Technology 150th Anniversary". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on 13 January 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
4. ^ "1999 Bates Report". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
5. ^ "Peterborough's History and Culture". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.