Thomas Greytak

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Thomas Greytak
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater MIT
Known for Atomic physics
Scientific career
Fields Physics, especially condensed matter
Institutions MIT
Doctoral students Julia Steinberger [1]
Website web.mit.edu/physics/people/faculty/greytak_thomas.html

Thomas Greytak is the Lester Wolfe Professor of Physics, emeritus, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His areas of research include experimental low temperature condensed matter physics and superfluid systems. [2] Currently, he is working with Daniel Kleppner on research concerning ultra cooled atomic hydrogen.

All of his academic degrees are from MIT (SB and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering (1963) and a PhD in Physics (1967)). [2]

He was married to Elizabeth Bardeen, daughter of Nobel Laureate, John Bardeen.

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References

  1. Julia Steinberger (2004). Progress towards high precision measurements on ultracold metastable hydrogen and trapping deuterium. mit.edu (PhD thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. hdl:1721.1/28649. OCLC   655586822. Lock-green.svg
  2. 1 2 "Thomas J. Greytak '63 PhD '67". MIT Department of Physics. Retrieved 27 April 2021.