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Announcements - Dr. William J. L. Buyers, F.R.S.C., F.Inst.P. -- Honorary Doctor of Science
March 28, 2008 — Chalk River, Ontario
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| Bill Buyers and Zahra Yamani |
The NRC-Canadian Neutron Beam Centre is proud to announce that Dr. Bill Buyers has been awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Science by his alma mater, the University of Aberdeen. This award recognizes Bill's distinguished career in condensed matter physics, in particular his scientific breakthroughs in the field of magnetism.
Since his arrival to Canada in 1965, as an NRC post-doctoral fellow, Bill has remained at the forefront of research on highly-correlated electron systems. Bill's early work was pivotal in establishing the nature of spin waves and crystal field excitations in magnetic materials, and the nature of impurities in magnetic insulators. He then turned his attention to quantum magnetism. He achieved the first observation of the "Haldane Gap" in the spin spectrum of a spin-1 antiferromagnetic chain compound, confirming a highly controversial speculation by theorist D.M. Haldane. Bill's tour de force neutron experiments have spawned a host of experimental and theoretical studies worldwide.
Today, as a retired NRC Principal Research Officer, a Guest Researcher with the NRC Canadian Neutron Beam Centre, a member of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, and a collaborator in many international projects, Bill continues an active research program that focuses on quantum magnetism and high-temperature superconductors.
