Luis Alvarez

Luis Alvarez

University of California - Los Angeles Theater

Nobel Laureate in Physics (1968)

Professional bio

Luis Walter Alvarez was an American experimental physicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his decisive contributions to elementary particle physics, in particular the discovery of a large number of resonance states, made possible through his development of the technique of using the hydrogen bubble chamber and data analysis. He was affiliated with the University of California, USA.