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'''Kenneth Ross MacKenzie''' (June 15, 1912 – July 4, 2002) |
'''Kenneth Ross MacKenzie''' (June 15, 1912 – July 4, 2002) together with [[Dale R. Corson]] and [[Emilio Segrè]], synthesized the element [[astatine]], in 1940. MacKenzie received his PhD under [[Ernest Lawrence]] at [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]]. Lawrence, MacKenzie, and their colleagues devised the first [[cyclotron]]. He was a professor of physics at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]], where he and Reg Richardson built UCLA's first cyclotron and later a [[bevatron]]. MacKenzie devised [[MacKenzie bucket]]s which are plasma sources created by lining vacuum chamber walls with permanent magnets of alternating polarity to suppress plasma electron losses, that are widely used to this day. He later traveled around the world, helping to troubleshoot various country's cyclotron problems. Later in life, he studied plasma physics and dark matter. |
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As an actor, he played minor roles with [[Yvonne De Carlo]] in ''[[Ride the Pink Horse]]'' (1947), ''[[River Lady]]'' (1948) and ''[[Black Bart (film)|Black Bart]]'' (1948).<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.es/books?id=5DFGbfNyyqEC&pg=PA125 |title=Once Upon a Time in Paradise: Canadians in the Golden Age of Hollywood |first=Charles |last=Foster |author-link=Charles Foster (writer) |publisher=[[Dundurn Group]] |date=1 October 2003 |page=125 |isbn=9781459712676}}</ref> |
As an actor, he played minor roles with [[Yvonne De Carlo]] in ''[[Ride the Pink Horse]]'' (1947), ''[[River Lady]]'' (1948) and ''[[Black Bart (film)|Black Bart]]'' (1948).<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.es/books?id=5DFGbfNyyqEC&pg=PA125 |title=Once Upon a Time in Paradise: Canadians in the Golden Age of Hollywood |first=Charles |last=Foster |author-link=Charles Foster (writer) |publisher=[[Dundurn Group]] |date=1 October 2003 |page=125 |isbn=9781459712676}}</ref> |
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He died in [[Los Angeles]] on 4 July 2002 at aged 90.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://home.physics.ucla.edu/news/in_memory/kenneth_mackenzie/mackenzie.pdf |title=Physicist helped find elusive element |first=Tom |last=Hawthorn |location=Victoria |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |access-date=12 November 2018 |format=PDF |via=[[UCLA]] Physics & Astronomy}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 12:49, 12 November 2018
Kenneth Ross MacKenzie | |
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| Born | June 15, 1912 |
| Died | July 4, 2002 (aged 90) Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | BS University of British Columbia, PhD University of California, Berkeley |
| Known for | Synthesis of astatine |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | nuclear physics |
| Institutions | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles |
| Doctoral advisor | Ernest Lawrence[1] |
Kenneth Ross MacKenzie (June 15, 1912 – July 4, 2002) together with Dale R. Corson and Emilio Segrè, synthesized the element astatine, in 1940. MacKenzie received his PhD under Ernest Lawrence at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Lawrence, MacKenzie, and their colleagues devised the first cyclotron. He was a professor of physics at UCLA, where he and Reg Richardson built UCLA's first cyclotron and later a bevatron. MacKenzie devised MacKenzie buckets which are plasma sources created by lining vacuum chamber walls with permanent magnets of alternating polarity to suppress plasma electron losses, that are widely used to this day. He later traveled around the world, helping to troubleshoot various country's cyclotron problems. Later in life, he studied plasma physics and dark matter.
As an actor, he played minor roles with Yvonne De Carlo in Ride the Pink Horse (1947), River Lady (1948) and Black Bart (1948).[2]
He died in Los Angeles on 4 July 2002 at aged 90.[3]
References
- ^ Oliver, Myrna (13 July 2002). "Kenneth Ross Mackenzie .Worked On Atom Bomb As Grad Student". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ Foster, Charles (1 October 2003). Once Upon a Time in Paradise: Canadians in the Golden Age of Hollywood. Dundurn Group. p. 125. ISBN 9781459712676.
- ^ Hawthorn, Tom. "Physicist helped find elusive element" (PDF). The Globe and Mail. Victoria. Retrieved 12 November 2018 – via UCLA Physics & Astronomy.
External links
- Kenneth Ross MacKenzie at IMDb
- "In Memoriam Kenneth Ross MacKenzie". University of California. Archived from the original on 2005-09-29.
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