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Ray Flannery
BornJanuary 8, 1941
DiedMay 2, 2013
EducationSt Columb's College
Queen's University of Belfast
Known forwork in atomic, molecular, and optical physics (AMO)
Notable workpublished over 160 papers in that area, 66 as sole author
AwardsPurser Postgraduate Prize (1961)
Will Allis Prize(1998)

Martin Raymond (Ray) Flannery (January 8, 1941, in Claudy, County Londonderry – May 2, 2013, in Atlanta, Georgia)[1] was Regents’ Professor Emeritus in theoretical physics at Georgia Tech.[2] He was known for his work in atomic, molecular, and optical physics (AMO), and published over 160 papers in that area, 66 as sole author.[3]

Education and career

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From 1952 to 1958 Flannery attended St Columb's College in Derry. In 1958 he entered Queen's University of Belfast (QUB), getting a B.Sc. in mathematics in 1961, and then a Ph.D. in 1964 under advisors Alan L. Stewart and Uno (Uuno) Öpik.[4] His thesis was in two parts: Some properties of three-electron atomic systems abd and Photoionization of molecular hydrogen.[2]

His early academic career included faculty positions at Queen's University Belfast (1964–66), University of Innsbruck (1966), Georgia Institute of Technology (1967–68), and Harvard University (1968–71). At Georgia Tech, he rose through the ranks from Associate Professor (1971) to Professor (1974) and Regents' Professor (1993),[3] formally retiring in 2007. He also held the following positions:

Selected papers

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  • 1970: "Semiquantal theory of heavy-particle excitation, deexcitation, and lonization by neutral atoms: I. Slow and Intermediate Energy Collisions" in the Annals of Physics, Vol 61, #2,
  • 1997: "Passive millimeter-wave camera" (with Yujiri, Larry, et al.), Passive Millimeter-Wave Imaging Technology. Vol. 3064. SPIE, .
  • 2011: "The elusive d'Alembert-Lagrange dynamics of nonholonomic systems" in the American Journal of Physics, 79:9

Awards and honors

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In 2012 the school of mathematics and physics at QUB established the Raymond Flannery Prize "to be awarded annually to the graduate in the School of Mathematics and Physics with the best overall mark".[6]

References

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  1. ^ Obituary Martin Raymond Flannery
  2. ^ a b c d Flannery, Martin Raymond Dictionary of Irish Biography
  3. ^ a b Martin Flannery: Regents' Professor Emeritus School of Physics, College of Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
  4. ^ Martin Raymond Flannery at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  5. ^ M. Raymond Flannery 1998 Will Allis Prize for the Study of Ionized Gases Recipient, American Physical Society
  6. ^ Raymond Flannery Prize: School of Mathematics and Physics Queen’s University Belfast
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