Pierre Sikivie
Pierre Sikivie | |
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| Born | October 29, 1949 (age 75) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Known for | Axion Cosmology, Axion Dark Matter Experiments |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of Florida |
| Thesis | Lepton and Hadron Spectra in Universal Gauge Theories (1975) |
| Doctoral advisor | Feza Gürsey |
Pierre Sikivie (born 29 October 1949) is an American theoretical physicist and currently the Distinguished Professor of Physics at University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. He invented the axion haloscope and the axion helioscope and has played an important role in the development of axion cosmology.