{"id":1722,"date":"2020-04-06T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/science\/?p=1722"},"modified":"2020-07-29T21:03:49","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T01:03:49","slug":"prof-eric-hessels-receives-presidents-research-excellence-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/science\/2020\/04\/06\/prof-eric-hessels-receives-presidents-research-excellence-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof Eric Hessels receives President\u2019s Research Excellence Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Congratulations to Professor Eric Hessels in the Department of Physics &amp; Astronomy for receiving the President\u2019s Research Excellence Award 2020, in recognition of his exceptional contributions to atomic, molecular and optical physics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/07\/Eric-Hessels-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1724\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/07\/Eric-Hessels-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/07\/Eric-Hessels-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/07\/Eric-Hessels-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption><em>Eric Hessels<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Hessels, York Research Chair in Atomic Physics and a 快播视频 Distinguished Research Professor, has led numerous research projects that have far-reaching consequences for the understanding of the laws of physics. He is leading a collaboration whose goal it is to use ultra precise measurements of the electron to study one of the fundamental unresolved questions of physics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019, Hessels led a study published in the esteemed journal Science, which found a new measurement for the size of proton at just under one trillionth of a millimetre. The study confirmed the 2010 finding that the proton is smaller than previously believed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The year before, Hessels led a team that achieved the most precise measurement of the fine structure of helium ever recorded. His researchers had been working on this for eight years. Hessels is now leading a collaboration (EDMcubed) that is attempting to measure the shape of the electron \u2014 or, more specifically, whether its charge is evenly distributed. This measurement will try to shed light on one of the fundamental mysteries of physics: why the universe is made entirely of matter (electrons,protons, etc.) and, unexpectedly, has no antimatter (anti-electrons, antiprotons, etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See the full story in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/yfile.news.yorku.ca\/2020\/04\/05\/york-research-leaders-celebrated-presidents-awards-announced\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">yFile<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Hessels, York Research Chair in Atomic Physics and a 快播视频 Distinguished Research Professor, has led numerous research projects that have far-reaching consequences for the understanding of the laws of physics. He is leading a collaboration whose goal it is to use ultra precise measurements of the electron to study one of the fundamental unresolved questions of physics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1202,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-physics-astronomy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Prof Eric Hessels receives President\u2019s Research Excellence Award - Faculty of Science<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/science\/2020\/04\/06\/prof-eric-hessels-receives-presidents-research-excellence-award\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Prof Eric Hessels receives President\u2019s Research Excellence Award - Faculty of Science\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Professor Hessels, York Research Chair in Atomic Physics and a 快播视频 Distinguished Research Professor, has led numerous research projects that have far-reaching consequences for the understanding of the laws of physics. 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