Peter Dornan

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Peter John Dornan FRS (born 1939) is a British physicist, and professor at Imperial College London where he advised his PhD student Ann Heinson. [1]

On 18 September 2009, a festschrift was held in his honor. [2] Dornan was awarded the Rutherford Medal and Prize in 2002. [3]

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References

  1. "Imperial College London".
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  3. "Rutherford medal recipients". www.iop.org. Archived from the original on 2011-03-09.