Back صمويل تينج Arabic صمويل تينج ARZ ساموئل چائو چونگ تینگ AZB Сэмюэл Тынг Byelorussian Самюел Тинг Bulgarian স্যামুয়েল চাও চুং তিং Bengali/Bangla Samuel Chao Chung Ting Catalan Samuel Ting Czech Samuel C.C. Ting Danish Samuel Chao Chung Ting German
Samuel Chao Chung Ting | |||||||||
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 Ting in 2023 | |||||||||
| Born | January 27, 1936 Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Michigan (BSE, PhD) | ||||||||
| Known for | Discovery of the J/ψ particle Founder of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment | ||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Kay Kuhne (divorced) Susan Marks | ||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||
| Awards | Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award (1975) Nobel Prize for Physics (1976) Eringen Medal (1977) De Gasperi Award (1988) Gold Medal for Science from Brescia (1988) NASA Public Service Medal (2001) | ||||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||||
| Fields | Physics | ||||||||
| Institutions | Columbia University Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 丁肇中 | ||||||||
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| Website | Samuel Ting | ||||||||
Samuel Chao Chung Ting (Chinese: 丁肇中; pinyin: Dīng Zhàozhōng, born January 27, 1936) is an American physicist who, with Burton Richter, received the Nobel Prize in 1976 for discovering the subatomic J/ψ particle.
More recently he has been the principal investigator in research conducted with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, a device installed on the International Space Station in 2011.