William Rarita

William Rarita
Born	March 21, 1907
Died	July 8, 1999(1999-07-08) (aged 92)
Nationality	American
Fields	Theoretical Physics
Known for	Rarita-Schwinger equation

William Rarita (March 21, 1907 – July 8, 1999)^[1] was an American theoretical physicist who mainly worked on nuclear physics, particle physics and relativistic quantum mechanics. He is particularly famous for the formulation of Rarita-Schwinger equation. His famous formula is applicable to spin 3/2 particles as opposed to spin 1/2 particles. Rarita taught physics at Brooklyn College for 32 years before he became a visiting scientist in the theory group at LBNL. At the time of his retirement in 1996, he was doing research at LBNL. In addition to his work with Julian Schwinger, Rarita also collaborated with Herman Feshbach.^[2]

References

^ Obituary notice from Lawrence Berkeley Lab
^ "Tensor Forces and the Triton Binding Energy". Phys. Rev. 75: 1384–1388. 1949. Bibcode 1949PhRv...75.1384F. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.75.1384.

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Name	Rarita, William
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Date of birth	March 21, 1907
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Date of death	July 8, 1999
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