Summary
Stephen Parke is a New Zealand physicist. He is a distinguished scientist and former head of the Theoretical Physics Department at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Batavia, Illinois).[1]
Stephen Parke | |
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| Born | |
| Nationality | New Zealand United Kingdom United States |
| Alma mater | Edmund Campion College, Gisborne St Peter's College, Auckland University of Auckland Harvard University |
| Known for | Parke–Taylor amplitudes, analytic understanding of MSW effect and top quark spin correlations |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical physics |
| Institutions | Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Fermilab |
| Doctoral advisor | Sidney Coleman |
Born in Gisborne, New Zealand, Parke attended Edmund Campion College, Gisborne and St Peter's College, Auckland and the University of Auckland in New Zealand. He was a graduate student of Sidney Coleman at Harvard University, obtaining a PhD in theoretical particle physics in 1980. He held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (1980–1983) before moving to the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.[2]
Field of work edit
He is an originator of Parke–Taylor amplitudes, which he developed with his colleague, Tomasz Taylor.[3] Parke-Taylor amplitudes represent a new approach to computing scattering amplitudes in quantum chromodynamics using symmetry methods such as supersymmetry. Parke is also an expert on neutrino physics[4] as well as the physics of the top quark.[citation needed]
See also edit
- List of alumni of St Peter's College, Auckland for more biographical details
References edit
- ^ "Rutherford explanation this week". University of Canterbury. 26 May 2008.
- ^ "Stephen J. Parke". inspirehep.net. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ Wolchover, Natalie (17 September 2013). "A Jewel at the Heart of Quantum Physics". Quanta Magazine.
- ^ Wolchover, Natalie (13 November 2019). "Neutrinos Lead to Unexpected Discovery in Basic Math". Quanta Magazine. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
External links edit
- Parke's scientific publications are available on the INSPIRE-HEP Literature Database [1].
- HEPNames profile: Stephen Parke
- Stephen Parke at Fermilab Theoretical Physics Department