Yves Ayant (born on January 6, 1926 - June 8, 2016) was a French theoretical physicist and professor of at the University of Grenoble.
Yves Ayant | |
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Born | 6 January 1926 Ollioules |
Died | 8 June 2016 (aged 90) Grenoble |
Education | Doctor of Science |
Alma mater |
Life
editAyant studied at the École normale supérieure (Paris) from 1946 and received his doctorate from the Sorbonne in 1954 with a dissertation on nuclear physics entitled Contribution à l'étude des formes et largeurs de raies dans les résonances nucléaires.[1] He was Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Grenoble until 1994.[1]
As a theoretical physicist, he dealt with magnetism, nuclear magnetic resonance, electron spin resonance and nuclear quadrupole resonance.[1] This corresponded to the experimental orientation of the University of Grenoble under Louis Néel as a center of magnetism research in France. He was the "in-house theorist" at the Laboratoire de Spectrométrie Physique (now Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique, LIPhy) headed by Michel Soutif, whose aim was to study matter using a broad repertoire of spectroscopic techniques. He received the first Paul Langevin Prize in 1957.[1]
Works
edit- Thesis
References
editSources
edit- Belorizky, Élie; Averbuch, Pierre (2016). "Ayant, Yves - 1946s". Association des anciens élèves, élèves et amis de l’École normale supérieure.