Hiroshi Suura

Hiroshi Suura (born August 19, 1925, Hiroshima, Japan – September 15, 1998) was a Japanese theoretical physicist, specializing in particle physics.

Education and career
Suura graduated in 1947 with a B.S. from the University of Tokyo and in 1954 with a Ph.D. in physics from Hiroshima University. From September 1955 to June 1956 he did research at the Institute for Advanced Study. From 1960 to 1965 he was a professor at Nihon University. From 1965 until his retirement as professor emeritus, he was a professor at the University of Minnesota.

In the theory of infrared corrections, Suura made important contributions, essential for many precise measurements involving elementary particles, especially electrons.

"... another theme running through Hiroshi’s work and connecting it to the major issues of today’s particle physics is the idea of “particles in loops.” One of his most-quoted results concerns the effect of electron loops in the calculation of the muon’s anomalous magnetic moment aμ ... This leads to a difference between aμ and the corresponding quantity ae for the electron, which was confirmed in beautiful experiments at CERN ... and is still the subject of intense scrutiny ..."

He was elected in 1967 a Fellow of the American Physical Society. On June 1, 1994, the University of Minnesota held a colloquium in honor of Hiroshi Suura. After his death, the Physical Society of Japan published a collection of articles as a memorial to him.

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