Vladimir Veksler
Vladimir Veksler | |
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| Born | Владимир Иосифович Векслер March 4, 1907 |
| Died | September 22, 1966 (aged 59) |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Alma mater | Moscow Power Engineering Institute |
| Known for | synchrotron, proton accelerator, cosmic ray |
| Awards | Stalin Prize (1951) Atoms for Peace Award (1963) Lenin Prize (1959) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | physics |
| Institutions | Lebedev Physical Institute Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Soviet Academy of Sciences |
| Doctoral advisor | Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov |
| Doctoral students | Alexander Prokhorov |
Vladimir Iosifovich Veksler (Russian: Владимир Иосифович Векслер; Ukrainian: Володимир Йосипович Векслер; March 4, 1907 – September 22, 1966) was a Soviet experimental physicist who invented the microtron. He was head of the Nuclear Physics Department of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.