Patrick L. McGaughey

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Patrick L. McGaughey from the Los Alamos National Laboratory, was awarded the status of Fellow [1] in the American Physical Society, [2] after they were nominated by their Division of Nuclear Physics in 1998, [3] for his contributions to experimental high-energy nuclear physics; including his leadership of Fermilab E866, his penetrating contributions to the understanding of J/y production in nuclear collisions, and his insight and leadership in helping formulate the conceptual design of the PHENIX detector at RHIC.

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References

  1. "APS Fellowship". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
  2. "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
  3. "APS Fellows 1998". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2017-04-20.