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Gabriel Alvial Caceres

Gabriel Alvial Caceres, Chilean physicist (Santiago 08 November 1922 - Santiago 26 September 2001)
 
 
Authored over 60 works
 
 

ACHIEVEMENTS

With L. Grimaldi, J. Riquelme, E. Silva & S. Stanic. A method to determine the charge of nuclei with nuclear emulsions. Nuovo Cimento 15(10):25-30, 1960
 
With L. Grimaldi & E. Riquelme first to measure little delta-rays (1958-9)
 
Discovered nuclei heavier than iron hitherto regarded as the heaviest
 
Discovered a daily pulsation of the low troposphere located between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean (1976)
 
 
HONORS

Honorary Life Member, New York Academy of Sciences