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Vladimir Veksler

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Vladimir Veksler · Science & Medicine

What

Physicist; discovered the principle of phase stability for accelerators

When

1907, Zhytomyr, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) — 1966, Moscow, Soviet Union

Where

Soviet Union

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Biography

Vladimir Veksler is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; discovered the principle of phase stability for accelerators

How & why

Veksler was a Soviet physicist who discovered the principle of phase stability (autophasing) for particle accelerators, independently of Edwin McMillan, enabling modern synchrotrons. He was born into a Jewish family in Zhytomyr and was Jewish. His discovery underpins the design of high-energy accelerators worldwide.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics

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Physicist; discovered the principle of phase stability for accelerators

1907

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics