Aaldert Wapstra

Aaldert Hendrik Wapstra (24 April 1923 - 2 December 2006, Naarden) was a Dutch physicist.

Wapstra became a full professor in 1955 at the department of experimental physics at the Technische Hogeschool, now the Technical University in Delft, Netherlands. On the 18th of March 1963 Wapstra entered the board of the IKO, now known as NIKHEF, as the scientific director of nuclear spectroscopy. He became the director in 1971, succeeding Van Lieshout, where he continued on until 1982. He retired in 1987.

Wapstra is renowned for his work on the Atomic Mass Evaluation, together with his colleague Audi. For this work he obtained the SUNAMCO medal of the The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) in September 2004.

Publications

• A.H. Wapstra; Nijgh, G (1955). "The ratio of gravitational to kinetic mass for the constituents of matter". Physica 21 (6–10): 367. Bibcode 1955Phy....21..796W. doi:10.1016/S0031-8914(55)92065-6. 
• A.H. Wapstra; Nijgh, G (1955). "The ratio of gravitational to kinetic mass for the constituents of matter". Physica 21 (6–10): 385. Bibcode 1955Phy....21..796W. doi:10.1016/S0031-8914(55)92065-6. 
• A.H. Wapstra and K. Bos (1977). "The 1977 atomic mass evaluation : in four parts". Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables 19 (3): 175. Bibcode 1977ADNDT..19..175W. doi:10.1016/0092-640X(77)90019-5. 
• G. Audi and A.H. Wapstra (1995). "The 1995 Update to the Atomic Mass Evaluation". Nuclear Physics A 595 (4): 409. Bibcode 1995NuPhA.595..409A. doi:10.1016/0375-9474(95)00445-9. 
• G. Audi, O. Bersillon, J. Blachot and A.H. Wapstra (1997). "The NUBASE evaluation of nuclear and decay properties". Nuclear Physics A 624: 1 1. Bibcode 1997NuPhA.624....1A. doi:10.1016/S0375-9474(97)00482-X. 
• A.H. Wapstra, G. Audi, and C. Thibault (2003). "The AME2003 atomic mass evaluation (I). Evaluation of input data, adjustment procedures". Nuclear Physics A 729: 129. Bibcode 2003NuPhA.729..129W. doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2003.11.002. 
• G. Audi, A.H. Wapstra, and C. Thibault (2003). "The AME2003 atomic mass evaluation (II). Tables, graphs, and references". Nuclear Physics A 729: 337. Bibcode 2003NuPhA.729..337A. doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2003.11.003.