Vladimir Veksler

Vladimir Iosifovich Weksler (Russian: Владимир Иосифович Векслер, scientific transliteration Vladimir Veksler Iosifovič, born 19 Februarjul / March 4 1907greg in Zhitomir, .. † September 22, 1966 in Moscow) was a Soviet physicist.

Weksler studied at the Moscow State University, where in 1931 he was awarded a degree in electrical engineering, in 1934 received his doctorate in physics ( candidate titles) and his habilitation in 1934 (Russian doctorate ). 1930 to 1936 he was at the All-Union Institute of Electrical Engineering, from then until 1956 at the Lebedev Institute, and then for the rest of his career at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna. Weksler was its director and responsible for the construction of the 10 GeV proton Synchrophasotrons ( built 1953-1957 ). During this time he maintained his contacts with the Lebedev Institute and also taught at the Moscow State University.

At the Lebedev Institute, he also studied cosmic radiation, which he participated in expeditions to Central Asia.

He created independently by Edwin Mattison McMillan 1945, the foundations for the construction of synchrotrons at the Lebedev Institute. What is essential is the development of the phase focusing, the relativistic mass increase of the accelerated particles into consideration.

Weksler was a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. He founded the journal Nuclear Physics and was its first editor.

Weksler sat down for an early international cooperation. Some years he headed the Commission for High Energy Physics of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics. On October 24, 1963 he was awarded the Edwin Mattison McMillan along with the Atoms for Peace Award.