Peter Demos

Peter T. Demos (July 18, 1918 – September 18, 2012) was a professor in the Department of Physics and the Laboratory for Nuclear Science at MIT.^[1] A native of Peterborough, Ontario, Demos attended Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School and Queen's University, and received a Ph.D. in Physics from MIT in 1951.^[2] He was a founder and former director of the Bates Linear Accelerator at MIT^[3][4] and served as advisor on nuclear science to John F. Kennedy.^[5]

Work

• Demos, Peter T. (1951). Design and Properties of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Linear Electron Accelerator (Ph.D. thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• Demos, P. T.; Kip, A. F.; Slater, J. C. (1952). "The M.I.T. Linear Electron Accelerator". Journal of Applied Physics. 23: 53–65. Bibcode:1952JAP....23...53D. doi:10.1063/1.1701978.
• Dow, K.; et al. (1988). "Longitudinal Response Functions and Sum Rules for Quasielastic Electron Scattering from ³H and ³He". Phys. Rev. Lett. 61: 1706–1709. Bibcode:1988PhRvL..61.1706D. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.61.1706.
• US 3845734, Demos, Peter T., "Apparent wind indicator adapted to establish optimum wind direction relative to the sail of a sailboat", issued 5 November 1974 

• Demos, Peter. "Nuclear physicist Peter T. Demos dies at 94". MIT News Office. Sarah H. Wright. Retrieved 9 October 2012.

References

1. "Department of Physics". MIT. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
2. "Olympic Torch Relay Community Success Stories: Peterborough, Ontario" (PDF). Retrieved 26 January 2011.
3. "Interview with Robert Redwine : Massachusetts Institute of Technology 150th Anniversary". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
4. "1999 Bates Report". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
5. "Peterborough's History and Culture". Retrieved 26 January 2011.