Bjørn Wiik
Bjørn Wiik | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 February 1937 |
| Died | 26 February 1999 (aged 62) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Particle physics |
| Institutions | Stanford Linear Accelerator Center German Electron Synchrotron (DESY) |
Bjørn Håvard Wiik (born 17 February 1937 in Bruvik, Norway; died 26 February 1999 in Appel, Germany) was a Norwegian elementary particle physicist, notable for his role in the experiment that produced the first experimental evidence for gluons and for his influential role on later accelerator projects. Wiik was director of DESY, in Hamburg, Germany, from 1993 until his death.