Mitio Inokuti

1933-2009

Biographical sketch

• 1962 Ph. D., University of Tokyo
• 1962-63 Research Associate, Northwestern University
• 1963-65 Research Assocoate, Argonne National Laboratory
• 1965-73 Physicist, Argonne National Laboratory
• 1973-95 Senior Physicist, Argonne National Laboratory
• 1995-present Post-retirement research participant, Argonne National Laboratory
• 1969-70 Visiting Fellow, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, University of Colorado and National Bureau of Standards
• 1980 NORDITA Guest Professor, Odense University
• 1996-present Visiting Scientist, GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health, Munich
• 1999 Eminent Scientist, Institute for Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Tokyo
• Fellow, American Physical Society
• Fellow, Institute of Physics (London)
• Member, Physical Society of Japan
• Member, Radiation Research Society
• Member, International Radiation Physics Society
• 1985-present Member, International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements
• 1988-present Member, Editorial Board for Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
• 1996-present Associate Editor, Journal of Applied Physics
• 2009-passed away 4 June

Representative papers

1. Influence of energy transfer by the exchange mechanism on donor luminescence
   M. Inokuti and F. Hirayama
   J. Chem. Phys. 43, 1978 (1965)
2. Inelastic collisions of fast charged particles with atoms and molecules --- The Bethe theory revisited
   M. Inokuti
   Rev. Mod. Phys. 43, 297 (1971)
3. Electron degradation in molecular substances
   M. Kimura, M. Inokuti, and M. A. Dillon
   in Advances in Chemical Physics, edited by I. Prigogine and S. A. Rice, Vol. 84, p. 193 (Wiley, 1993)
4. Analytic representation of cross-section data
   M. Inokuti, M. Kimura, M. A. Dillon, and I. Shimamura
   in Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Vol. 33:
   Cross Section Data, edited by M. Inokuti, p. 215 (Academic Press, 1994)
5. The quantum defect: early history and recent developments
   A. R. P. Rau and M. Inokuti
   Am. J. Phys. 65, 221 (1997)
6. Electron inelastic-scattering cross sections in liquid water
   M. Dingfelder, D. Hantke, M. Inokuti, and H. G. Partetkze
   Radiat. Phys. Chem. 53, 1 (1998)
7. Photoresponse of condensed matter over the entire range of excitation energies: Analysis of silicon
   D. Y. Smith, M. Inokuti, and W. Karstens
   Physics Essays 13, 465 (2000)
8. A generalized Cauchy dispersion formula and the refractivity of elemental semiconductors
   D. Y. Smith, Mitio Inokuti, and William Karstens
   J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 13, 3883-3893 (2001)
9. Physics as an element of radiation research
   M. Inokuti and S. M. Seltzer
   Radiat. Res. 158, 3 (2002)
10. Cauchy's Dispersion equation reconsidered: dispersion in silicate glasses
    D. Y. Smith, Mitio Inokuti, and W. Karstens
    Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids 157, 823-828 (2002)
11. Triple Ionization of Lithium by Electron Impact
    M.-T. Huang, W. W. Wong, M. Inokuti, S. H. Southworth, and L. Young
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 163201-1:4 (2003)
12. Ugo Fano (1912-2001)
    M. Inokuti and A. R. P. Rau
    Physica Scripta 68, C96-C103 (2003)
13. Bethe's Contributions to Atomic and Molecular Physics
    M. Inokuti and B. Bederson
    Physica Scripta 73, C98-C106 (2006)
14. Mean excitation energies for the stopping power of atoms and molecules evaluated from oscillator-strength spectra
    Sachie Kamakura, Naoki Sakamoto, Hidemi Ogawa, Hidetsugu Tsuchida, and Mitio Inokuti
    J. Appl. Phys. 100, 064905-1:12 (2006)
15. Mean excitation energy for the stopping power of light elements
    D. Y. Smith, M. Inokuti, W. Karstens, and E. Shiles
    Nucl. Instrum. Methods B250, 1-5 (2006)