Mark Thomson (physicist)
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| Born | Mark Andrew Thomson April 28, 1966 United Kingdom |
| Education | Worthing Sixth Form College |
| Alma mater | Pembroke College Oxford, University of Oxford |
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| Fields | Particle physics |
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| Thesis | An experimental study of the possible association of deep underground muons with astronomical point sources (1991) |
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| Website | www |
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