Richard K. Yamamoto
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Richard K. Yamamoto was an elementary particle
physicist
and professor of physics at MIT focusing primarily on the study of leptons and quarks and their interactions. To this end he was involved in the BaBar Experiment
at SLAC.
Elementary particle
In particle physics, an elementary particle or fundamental particle is a particle not known to have substructure; that is, it is not known to be made up of smaller particles. If an elementary particle truly has no substructure, then it is one of the basic building blocks of the universe from which...
physicist
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
and professor of physics at MIT focusing primarily on the study of leptons and quarks and their interactions. To this end he was involved in the BaBar Experiment
BaBar experiment
The BaBar experiment, or simply BaBar, is an international collaboration of more than 500 physicists and engineers studying the subatomic world at energies of approximately ten times the rest mass of a proton . Its design was motivated by the investigation of CP violation...
at SLAC.