David George Hitlin

David George Hitlin
Born (1942-04-15) April 15, 1942 (age 82)
Alma materColumbia University (BA, PhD)
AwardsPanofsky Prize (2016)
Scientific career
FieldsParticle physics
InstitutionsCalifornia Institute of Technology

David George Hitlin (born 15 April 1942) is a professor at the California Institute of Technology,[1] specializing in experimental particle physics.

He was educated at Columbia University, where he received his B.A. in 1963, and Ph.D. in 1968.[1][2]

In 1986 he was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society for contributions to the study of weak decays of K mesons, particularly measurements of CP violating parameters and form factors, and for measurements of hadronic states produced in the decay of the psi meson and detailed studies of the weak decays of charmed particles".[3] In 2016 he was awarded their Panofsky Prize "for leadership in the BABAR and Belle experiments, which established the violation of CP symmetry in B meson decay, and furthered our understanding of quark mixing and quantum chromodynamics."[4] His co-awardees were Drs. Jonathan Dorfan, Fumihiko Takasaki, and Stephen L. Olsen.

References

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  1. ^ a b "David G. Hitlin". Caltech Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Reunion and Dean's Day 2013 | Columbia College Today". www.college.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  3. ^ "APS Fellows archives". APS. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  4. ^ "2016 W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics Recipient". American Physical Society. Retrieved 7 October 2018.