| Robert J. Le Roy | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1943-09-30)September 30, 1943 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | August 10, 2018(2018-08-10) (aged 74) Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Chemist |
| Known for | LeRoy radius |
| Website | Department of Chemistry, LeRoy |
Robert J. Le Roy (September 30, 1943 – August 10, 2018) was a Canadian chemist. He held the distinguished title of University Professor at the University of Waterloo.
Career
His work on the Morse/Long-range potential with his former student Nike Dattani of Oxford University was referred to as a "landmark in diatomic spectral analysis". In the landmark work, the C3 value for atomic lithium was determined to a higher-precision than any atom's previously measured oscillator strength, by an order of magnitude. This lithium oscillator strength is related to the radiative lifetime of atomic lithium and is used as a benchmark for atomic clocks and measurements of fundamental constants.
Awards and honors
- 1994 Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry from the Royal Society of Canada
- 1995 J. Heyrovsky Honorary Medal for Merit in the Chemical Sciences from the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
See also
References
- Tang, Li-Yan; Z-C. Yan, T-Y Shi, J. Mitroy; Shi, Ting-Yun; Mitroy, J. (30 November 2011). "Third-order perturbation theory for van der Waals interaction coefficients". Physical Review A. 84 (5): 052502. Bibcode:2011PhRvA..84e2502T. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.84.052502. S2CID 122544942.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Mitroy, Jim; Mariana S. Safranova, Charles W. Clark (4 October 2010). "Theory and applications of atomic and ionic polarizabilities". Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. 43 (20): 202001. arXiv:1004.3567. Bibcode:2010JPhB...43t2001M. doi:10.1088/0953-4075/43/20/202001. S2CID 56315546.
- "In memory of Robert Le Roy: Family establishes undergraduate chemistry scholarship". University of Waterloo. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
External links
- Robert J. LeRoy's homepage at University of Waterloo (archived at the Internet Wayback Machine)