Pascal Elleaume (1956–2011) was a French physicist and a pioneer in the field of synchrotron radiation and synchrotron light sources,[1] where his work on radiations from insertion device[2] was pivotal. Pascal died in 2011.[3]

Pascal Elleaume
Born1956 (1956)
Died2011 (aged 54–55)
Alma materEcole Normale Superieure
Known forInsertion device
Free-electron laser
Scientific career
InstitutionsESRF
CEA

Education and career

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Elleaume studied at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, France, where he completed his PhD on turbulence in Helium and obtained his agrégation in 1978.[citation needed] After completing his PhD, he became a visiting scholar at Berkeley for a year, then joined the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), where he started working on Free-electron lasers with Yves Petroff. He joined the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in 1986,[4] where he became the director of the accelerator division.

Life and family

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Pascal married in October 1992 and had three children. Pascal died in the French Alps in 2011 in an avalanche.

References

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  1. ^ Pascal Elleaume – The Institute of Theoretical Physics
  2. ^ Elleaume, Pascal (2002). Undulators, Wigglers and Their Applications. CRC Press. ISBN 9780415280402.
  3. ^ Obituary, Pascal Elleaume – L'Archicube 13 Bis Numéro Spécial (Février 2013)
  4. ^ Pascal Elleaume obituary, ESRF