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