Gordon Danby
Gordon Thompson Danby (November 8, 1929 – August 2, 2016) was a Canadian-American physicist notable (together with Dr. James R. Powell) for his work on superconducting Maglev, for which he shared the Franklin Institute 'Medal 2000 for Engineering'.[1][2][3][4][5]
Danby was born in Richmond, Ontario (now part of Ottawa) and went to Carleton University to study mathematics and physics before going to McGill University in Montreal, where he received a PhD in 1956. He started working at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, New York the following year and continued working there until 1999.[2] Danby was responsible for designing the magnetic storage ring initially used for E821 at BNL, which was later moved to Fermilab for the Muon g-2 experiment.[6][7] He was devoted to his wife Jane, and was personally known for his warmth and compassion.
References
[edit]- ^ "Obituary: Gordon T. Danby" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Fountain, Henry (2016-08-12). "Gordon T. Danby, Who Helped Invent Magnetic-Levitation Trains, Dies at 86". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ^ "Maglev: A New Approach". Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
- ^ Corporation, Bonnier (June 29, 1992). "Popular Science". Bonnier Corporation – via Google Books.
- ^ "Maglev 2000". Archived from the original on 2011-01-25. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
- ^ "Morse and Roberts Win W.K.H. Panofsky Prize for Muon g-2 Experiment". Brookhaven National Laboratory. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ^ Schwarzschild, Bertram (2001). "Have We Glimpsed 'New Physics' in the Muon's Anomalous Magnetic Moment?". Physics Today. 54 (4): 18–20. Bibcode:2001PhT....54d..18S. doi:10.1063/1.1372101.
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