Thomas Ypsilantis

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Thomas (Tom) John Ypsilantis (June 24, 1928 in Salt Lake City, Utah – August 16, 2000 in Geneva, Switzerland) was an American physicist. He was best known for the co-discovery of the antiproton in 1955, along with Owen Chamberlain, Emilio Segrè, and Clyde Wiegand. His field of research was the construction of detectors for use in particle physics. He had a long association with CERN.

External links

Physics Online, Obituary

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 14853300 LCCN: n91105787 ISNI: 0000 0000 3266 3088 BNF: cb12382889w

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Name	Ypsilantis, Thomas
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Short description	American physicist
Date of birth	June 24, 1928
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Date of death	August 16, 2000
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