Biography:Moo-Young Han

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Moo-Young Han



Fields Physics
Known for Moo-Young Han (November 30, 1934 – May 15, 2016) was a South Korean-born American physicist.

Moo-Young Han is a biographical subject in the ScholarlyWiki science collection. Moo-Young Han (November 30, 1934 – May 15, 2016) was a South Korean-born American physicist. He was a professor of physics at Duke University.[1]

Work and context

Along with Yoichiro Nambu of the University of Chicago, he is credited with introducing the SU(3) symmetry of quarks, today known as the color charge. The color charge is the basis of the strong force as explained by quantum chromodynamics.

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References


Author: Harold Foppele


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