Daniel Kleppner

Daniel Kleppner
Born	16 December 1932 New York
Residence	United States
Nationality	American
Fields	Physics
Institutions	MIT
Alma mater	Harvard
Doctoral advisor	Norman Ramsey
Doctoral students	David Pritchard
Known for	Atomic physics
Notable awards	National Medal of Science (2006)

Daniel Kleppner, born 1932, is the Lester Wolfe Professor Emeritus of Physics at MIT and co-director of the MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms. He is the winner of the 2005 Wolf Prize in Physics [1], and the 2007 Frederic Ives Medal. Prof. Kleppner has also been awarded the National Medal of Science (2006). Together with Robert J. Kolenkow, he authored a popular introductory mechanics textbook for advanced students. Kleppner graduated from Williams College with a B.A. in 1953, Cambridge University with a B.A. in 1955, and Harvard University with a Ph.D. in 1959.^[1]

Books

• Kleppner, Daniel; Robert J. Kolenkow (1973). An Introduction to Mechanics. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-035048-5. 

Selected publications

• Thomas J. Greytak and Daniel Kleppner (2001). "Bose-Einstein Condensation". McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology: 64–67. 

• D. G. Fried, T. C. Killian, L. Willmann, D. Landhuis, S. C. Moss, D. Kleppner, and T. J. Greytak, (1998). "Bose-Einstein Condensation of Atomic Hydrogen". PRL 81 (18): 3811. arXiv:physics/9809017. Bibcode 1998PhRvL..81.3811F. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.3811. 

• T. C. Killian, D. G. Fried, L. Willmann, D. Landhuis, S. C. Moss, T. J. Greytak, and D. Kleppner (1998). "Cold Collision Frequency Shift of the 1S-2S Transition in Hydrogen". PRL 81 (18): 3807. arXiv:physics/9809016. Bibcode 1998PhRvL..81.3807K. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.3807. 

• C. L. Cesar, D. G. Fried, T. C. Killian, A. D. Polcyn, J. C. Sandberg, I. A. Yu, T. J. Greytak, and D. Kleppner (1996). "Two-Photon Spectroscopy of Trapped Atomic Hydrogen". PRL 77 (2): 255. Bibcode 1996PhRvL..77..255C. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.255. 

• T. C. Killian, D. G. Fried, C. L. Cesar, A. D. Polycn, T. J. Greytak, D. Kleppner (1996). "Doppler-Free Spectroscopy of Trapped Atomic Hydrogen". Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Atomic Physics. 

• C. L. Cesar, D. G. Fried, T. C. Killian, A. D. Polcyn, J. C. Sandberg, J. M. Doyle, I. A. Yu, T. J. Greytak, and D. Kleppner (1995). "Two-Photon Spectroscopy of Trapped Atomic Hydrogen". Proceedings of the Symposium on Frequency Standards and Metrology, Woods Hole, MA. 

References

1. ^ http://www.aip.org/history/historymatters/kleppner.htm

External links

• Faculty page at MIT

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