Gail G. Hanson
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| Born | (1947-02-22) February 22, 1947 (age 77)
Dayton, Ohio
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| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Awards | Panofsky Prize (1996) |
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| Fields | Physics (high-energy particle physics) |
| Institutions | University of California, Riverside |
Gail G. Hanson, born 22 February 1947 in Dayton, Ohio[1] is an American experimental particle physicist.
Hanson received her PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1973.[2] She spent sixteen years at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, first as a research assistant and then as a permanent staff member.[3] Whilst there, Hanson participated in the discovery of the J/psi meson and tau lepton. Her work led to the first evidence for quark jet production in electron-positron annihilation,[4] for which she was awarded the 1996 Panofsky Prize with Roy Schwitters.[3]
In 2002 she was appointed Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of California, Riverside.[2]
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