
Burton Richter
Nobel Prize in Physics 1976
“for their pioneering work in the discovery of a heavy elementary particle of a new kind”
Burton Richter was an American physicist. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1976 for pioneering work in the discovery of a heavy elementary particle of a new kind. He was affiliated with the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center when awarded.
- Field
- Physics · Particle Physics
- Lifespan
- 1931–2018