Peter Demos

Peter T. Demos
Peter T. Demos
Born	July 18, 1918; Toronto, Canada
Died	September 18, 2012 (aged 94); Belmont, Massachusetts
Education	Queen's University; MIT
Spouse	Elizabeth Demos
	Scientific career
Institutions	MIT
Thesis	Design and Properties of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Linear Electron Accelerator
Doctoral advisor	Arthur F. Kip; John C. Slater
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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 (1): 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 (15): 1706–1709. Bibcode:1988PhRvL..61.1706D. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.61.1706. PMID 10038875.
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 (9 October 2012). "Nuclear physicist Peter T. Demos dies at 94". MIT News Office. Sarah H. Wright. Retrieved 9 October 2012.

^ "Department of Physics". MIT. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
^ "Olympic Torch Relay Community Success Stories: Peterborough, Ontario" (PDF). Retrieved 26 January 2011.
^ "Interview with Robert Redwine : Massachusetts Institute of Technology 150th Anniversary". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on 13 January 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
^ "1999 Bates Report". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
^ "Peterborough's History and Culture". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.

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Peter T. Demos
Born	(1918-07-18)July 18, 1918 Toronto, Canada
Died	September 18, 2012(2012-09-18) (aged 94) Belmont, Massachusetts
Education	Queen's University MIT
Spouse	Elizabeth Demos
Scientific career
Institutions	MIT
Thesis	Design and Properties of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Linear Electron Accelerator
Doctoral advisor	Arthur F. Kip John C. Slater