Ganchang Wang, Chinese nuclear physicist (Changshu, Jiangsu Province 28 May 1907 – Beijing 10 December 1998)
First proposed to use a cloud chamber to study high-energy rays (1930)
First proposed the use of beta-capture to detect the neutrino (1941)
Designed a magnetic cloud chamber (1952)
Discovered and recorded new types of particles from cosmic rays (1950s)
Discovered anti-sigma minus hyperon (1959)
Put forward new concepts for the restriction of nuclear fusion through laser inertia
Presented the concept of laser fusion independently (1964)
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Asteroid 14558 Wangganchang