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Schwinger

American  
[shwing-ger] / ˈʃwɪŋ gər /

noun

  1. Julian Seymour, 1918–94, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1965.


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In the electron's reference frame, the laser intensity appeared to be about 50% of the Schwinger limit, triggering nonlinear QED phenomena.

From Science Daily Nov. 25, 2024

He earned a bachelor’s degree in physics from Brooklyn College in 1949 at 18, then went to Harvard, where he studied under Julian Schwinger, a Nobel Prize laureate.

From New York Times May 8, 2023

He the studied theoretical physics at Harvard University under Nobel laureate Julian Schwinger, receiving his doctorate in 1950.

From Washington Post May 21, 2022

He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize with Julian Schwinger and S. I. Tomonaga for work in QED with its deep implications for particle physics.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

George Schwanhart, a pupil of Caspar Lehmann, started glass-cutting at Ratisbon, and about 1690 Stephen Schmidt and Hermann Schwinger introduced the crafts of cutting and engraving glass in Nuremberg.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

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