Pierre Auger

See also: Auger

Pierre Victor Auger , born with Paris the May 14th 1899 and dead the December 25th 1993, is a Physicien French, wire of the chemistry teacher Victor Auger and brother-in-law of Francis Perrin. He worked in atomic Physique, Nuclear physics and on the cosmic rays.

Former student of the National university it obtains in 1926 the science doctorate physics for his work in the laboratory of Jean Perrin (made up photoelectric effect). From 1927 to 1936, he is assistant with the Faculty of Science of Paris, and continuous to work in the same laboratory. Named in 1936 university lecturer, it is in charge of the quantum course of mechanics. It is then named professor with the Faculty of Science and the National university, succeeding Georges Bruhat with the pulpit of theoretical physics and celestial physics. It occupies then the pulpit of quantum physics and relativity.

With the Release, it is named director of the Higher education of 1945 to 1948.

The Auger process, by which the electrons Auger are emitted by the Atome S, bears its name, although he was discovered by Lise Meitner a few years earlier, in 1923.

He was elected member of the Academy of Science in 1977. He was the first managing director of the European Council of space research, which was one of the ancétres of the European space agency and contributed to the development of the great international institutions such as CERN or UNESCO.

The largest detector of cosmic rays, the Observatory Pierre Auger, bears his name.

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Pierre Auger, a pioneer
Observatory Pierre Auger

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