Georges Charpak 1924-2010

摘要

Many people around the world, not only particle physicists, were deeply saddened to learn that Georges Charpak passed away on 29 September. A student of Frederic Joliot-Curie at the College de France, Charpak joined CERN in 1959, just five years after the organization's foundation. From the start, he applied himself to the development of new particle-detector techniques. His outstanding and pioneering efforts - particularly the invention of the multiwire proportional chamber in 1968 -revolutionized particle physics, taking the field into the electronic age. The techniques he pioneered are reflected in many experiments today, not only in particle physics but in many other areas of research.