Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gurgen Askaryan

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The result was keep. - Mailer Diablo 15:36, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gurgen Askaryan

Notability appears to be questionable. Referred to in papers, but appeared to have published in a very limited manner, if at all. Delete. --Nlu (talk) 00:48, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. I see nothing non-notable about him on first glance. Give it some time to develop. --- RockMFR 01:04, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep notable physicist, originator of the Askaryan effect. - CrazyRussian talk/email 01:05, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
• Reluctant Keep he appears to be notable due to his discoveries but there are only a few references to him, even fewer if he wasn't a poet aswell. James086 02:21, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Everything checks off...just give the article some time to grow. Sr13 02:24, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep if sourced. If not sourced to meet WP:V then delete. Arbusto 03:10, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
• Somewhat Keep Doesn't look very important, but does merit an entry, I think. -- P.B. Pilhet / Talk 16:15, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete unless sourced to meet WP:V --Maelnuneb (Talk) 17:20, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per the above comments. RFerreira 00:52, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

• Askaryan was indeed the inventor of the light self-focusing, reference now given in the Article. This is well-known and widely accepted in the scientific community. Apart from that he was the inventor of what is now called the Askaryan effect. To emphasize the broad range of interests and topics investigated by Askaryan, I included a list of 50 selected publications from 1954 all the way to 1997. Note that most of the papers have been published in Soviet times in domestic journals, which limits the access somehow for the general public. All the publications can be found at www.isiknowledge.com To show the importance of the light self-focusing in fundamental science (particularly non-linear optics) as well as in its later applications in laser optics I will soon provide more references. This has now become a classical textbook material in optics. In fact, this can easily be found simply searching in google. As a person belonging to the laser optics and laser spectroscopy community, I will try to mainly contribute about Askaryan's works in optics, but I am sure much can be said about his contribution in plasma physics/chemistry and high-energy physics. This will be done too. Vahan Senekerimyan 09:00, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

• Keep per Sr13. Vectro 16:58, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

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