Draft:Wilson M. Brubaker
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Comment: Sorry, but he does not meet notability guidelines based upon what is in this article, please read them at WP:N carefully. For instance, his thesis paper only has 18 citations, so is not notable. It may be very hard (or impossible) to prove notability from his patents. Not everyone can have a Wikipedia page, the bar is high. Ldm1954 (talk) 13:54, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
Wilson M. Brubaker | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 9, 1906 |
| Died | May 30, 1984 (aged 77) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Caltech |
| Known for | Nuclear Physicist |
| Spouse | Majorie Tehl |
| Scientific career | |
| Doctoral advisor | C. C. Lauritsen |
Wilson Marcus Brubaker (July 09, 1906 - May 30, 1984)[1][2][3] was an American nuclear physicist.
Biography[edit]
Brubaker finished his thesis on "The energy distributions of neutrons"[4] under the supervision of C. C. Lauritsen at Caltech in 1936. The same year he published in corporation with Tom W. Bonner a fundamental paper on "The Disintegration of Nitrogen by Neutrons", where they established the up-to-date valid disintegration of nitrogen to radiocarbon, which was approved by W.E. Burcham and M. Goldhaber from Cambridge University.[5] Thus his research contributed to the preliminaries of Radiocarbon dating.
After his time at Caltech he worked for Bell & Howell Research Center in Pasadena, CA, researching and constructing mass spectrometers, for which he held several patents.[6]
Bibliography[edit]
- Brubaker, Wilson Marcus (1936). The Energy Distribution of Neutrons Produced in the Artificial Disintegration of Several of the Light Elements by Deuterons. Dissertation (Ph.D.). Pasadena CA: California Institute of Technology.
- T. W. Bonner and W. M. Brubaker (Feb 1936). "The Disintegration of Nitrogen by Neutrons". Physical Review. 49 (3): 223–229. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.49.223.
References[edit]
- ^ A genealogy and history of descendants of Jacob Flora, Senior, of Franklin County, Virginia / compiled by Joel Cephas Flora, p. 296.
- ^ Orbituary in CALTECH NEWS Feb. 1985, p. 15
- ^ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF). Retrieved on 2024-01-08.
- ^ Brubaker, Wilson Marcus (1936) The Energy Distribution of Neutrons Produced in the Artificial Disintegration of Several of the Light Elements by Deuterons. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology
- ^ W.E. Burcham, M.Goldhaber: The disintegration of nitrogen by slow neutrons, 1936
- ^ Patents by W.M. Brubaker