Gabriel Alvial Caceres, Chilean physicist (Santiago 08 November 1922 – Santiago 26 September 2001)

Authored over 60 works

ACHIEVEMENTS

With L. Grimaldi, J. Riquelme, E. Silva & S. Stanic. A method to determine the charge of nuclei with nuclear emulsions. Nuovo Cimento 15(10):25-30, 1960

With L. Grimaldi & E. Riquelme first to measure little delta-rays (1958-9)

Discovered nuclei heavier than iron hitherto regarded as the heaviest

Discovered a daily pulsation of the low troposphere located between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean (1976)

HONORS

Honorary Life Member, New York Academy of Sciences