| RefNo | EC/2018/47 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Wilkinson, Guy: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 9 May 2018 |
| Description | Certificate endorsing election of Guy Wilkinson as a Fellow of the Royal Society, including personal details of the elected Fellow and citing the reasons for election and names of proposers. Signed off by the Executive Director of the Royal Society, Julie Maxton. |
| Citation | Guy Wilkinson is distinguished by his investigations of electron-positron annihilations at the LEP experiment DELPHI, where he played a crucial role in measuring and tracking the collision energy of LEP, essential for determining the Z and W boson resonance parameters. He is a world expert in flavour physics and CP violation, in particular at the Large Hadron Collider, where for many years he has been a leader of the LHCb experiment, of which he is currently Spokesperson. He is an authority in charm-quark physics, establishing UK participation in the CLEO-c experiment in 2007, and advancing charm studies at the LHC. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Computer printout |
| PhysicalDescription | A4 papers |
| AccessStatus | Closed |
| AccessConditions | Election certificates are subject to 50 year closure period from date of election. Details of proposers are kept confidential until the 50 year closure period has elapsed. |