Sidney Drell
Sidney Drell · Science & Medicine
Physicist; particle theory (Drell-Yan process) and arms control
1926, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States — 2016, Palo Alto, California, United States
United States
Sidney Drell is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; particle theory (Drell-Yan process) and arms control
Drell, from a Jewish family, was a leading theoretical particle physicist at Stanford's SLAC, remembered for the Drell-Yan process describing lepton-pair production in hadron collisions. Beyond physics he became one of the most influential American advisers on nuclear arms control and disarmament, working with the JASON group and advising governments for decades. He received the National Medal of Science and the Enrico Fermi Award.
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Physicist; particle theory (Drell-Yan process) and arms control
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