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The 2011 CAP/DCMMP Brockhouse Medal

is awarded to

Bruce D. Gaulin

"I'm very grateful to accept this honour, named after my former colleague and science hero, Bert Brockhouse. All of the work I'm involved in is highly collaborative, and I feel this award clearly reflects the talents of many wonderful students and colleagues." winner quote

The Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) is pleased to announce that the 2011 CAP/DCMMP Brockhouse Medal is awarded to Bruce D. Gaulin, McMaster University, in recognition of for his internationally recognized contributions to the field of collective phenomena in magnetic, superconducting and structural systems using X-ray and neutron scattering techniques. announcement

Bruce Gaulin is well known for his work on neutron and x-ray scattering on geometrically frustrated and low-dimensional magnetic systems. In these systems, conventional long range order is prevented and novel quantum states can emerge. Gaulin's discovery of an entangled state in Tb2Ti2O7 has let to extensive theoretical work aimed at understanding this exotic state of matter as well as a host of experimental studies on related systems. His leadership has been crucial in building the CFI funded instrument at the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He is presently the chair of the Neutron Scattering Society of America and has served on and chaired numerous program and advisory committees at major facilities around the world. nominator citation

The purpose of CAP's Brockhouse Medal, which is sponsored jointly by the Division of Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (DCMMP) and the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP), is to recognize and encourage outstanding experimental or theoretical contributions to condensed matter and materials physics. It is named in honour of Bertram Brockhouse, whose outstanding contributions to research in condensed matter physics in Canada were recognized by the 1994 Nobel Prize for Physics. The Brockhouse medal was first introduced in 1999 and has been awarded annually since.

Dr. Gaulin will be presented with the 2011 CAP Brockhouse Medal at the 2011 CAP Congress (hosted by Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John's, Newfoundland, from June 13-17) at the end of his plenary talk and will be recognized during the Congress banquet to be held on Thursday, June 16th, 2011. Please refer to the Congress program for the schedule of plenary talks by CAP medal winners. medal description

The Canadian Association of Physicists, founded in 1945, is a professional association representing over 1600 individual physicists and physics students in Canada, the U.S. and overseas, as well as a number of Corporate, Institutional, and Departmental Members. In addition to its learned activities, the CAP also undertakes a number of activities intended to encourage students to pursue a career in physics. cap description

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