Papers, 1952-1999, (bulk: 1963-1999)

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Papers, 1952-1999, (bulk: 1963-1999)

Collection contains correspondence, clippings, reports, research notes, presentations, proposals, publications, reprints, and photographs relating to Dr. Richter's career at Stanford including his involvement with and participation in Stanford University governance; his work as an administrator and scientist at SLAC; his involvement in science policy development and review in the United States and abroad; and his participation in the development of storage ring physics at Stanford University and in the design and development of the SPEAR storage ring at SLAC. Other topics include: relationship with the Dept. of Energy, meetings and conferences, fusion, High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP), international committees and cooperation, the superconducting super collider, the Positron-Electron Project (PEP).

138 lin. ft. (330 containers)

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United States. Department of Energy

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The Department of Energy (DOE) is a Cabinet-level department of the United States Government responsible for energy policy and nuclear safety. Its purview includes the nation's nuclear weapons program, nuclear reactor production for the United States Navy, energy conservation, energy-related research, radioactive waste disposal, and domestic energy production, many of which are funded through its system of national laboratories. Many Federal agencies had been established to handle various aspect...

Stanford university

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Stanford entered into a research project with the National Iranian Radio and Television agency in 1974 to study and recommend a satellite-based communication system for Iran and how to utilize it for Iran's educational radio and television. From the description of Stanford NIRT project records, 1974-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510722 The Leland Stanford Junior University was established in 1885 in memory of Leland Stanford Jr., the only child of Senator and Mrs. ...

United States. High Energy Physics Advisory Panel

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Stanford linear accelerator center

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SVs, VM - UNIX production at SLAC. System reportable Probtrack problems. From the description of Problem reporting and tracking system developed at SLAC, 1981-1996. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863237 ...

Richter, Burton, 1931-....

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Physicist. Director of Stanford Linear Accelerator Center from 1984. Received Nobel Prize in 1976 for co-discovery of the J/Psi particle. From the description of Oral history interview with Burton Richter, 1996 July 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78824410 Physicist. Stanford University Paul Pigott Professor of Physical Sciences and Director, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC); received his doctorate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1956, and has been ...