Wick C. Haxton is an American theoretical nuclear physicist and astrophysicist.
Haxton grew up in Santa Cruz, studied from 1967 at the University of California, Santa Cruz (BA in Physics and Mathematics 1971) and received his doctorate in 1976 at Stanford University (Semileptonic weak interactions). From 1975 to 1977 he worked at the Institute for Nuclear Physics of the University of Mainz and then until 1984 as Oppenheimer Fellow in the Theoretical Division of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. After a year as assistant professor at Purdue University in 1984 he became associate professor and in 1987 professor at the University of Washington. He remained there as professor of physics and astronomy until 2009, serving from 1991 to 2006 as director of the National Institute for Nuclear Theory (INT). In 2009 he left the University of Washington to become professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley and Senior Faculty Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Haxton is engaged in nuclear astrophysics (supernovae, the solar neutrino problem, nucleosynthesis), neutrino physics (neutrino oscillations, neutrinoless double beta decay, neutrino properties), many-body theory (effective theories) in nuclear physics (as well as in atomic physics and condensed matter physics), and tests of symmetries of fundamental interactions ( parity, CP-symmetry, lepton number). He led the early efforts to convert the Homestake Mine in South Dakota to scientific use as the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory, but left the project after the mine was flooded in 2003. He has been a consultant for Los Alamos National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, TRIUMF, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and various other laboratories and university facilities over the past two decades.
He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (1987), and in the 1990s served as chair of the Division of Nuclear Physics and the Division of Astrophysics. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1999), and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1988), and the Washington State Academy of Sciences. He was a Guggenheim Fellow (2000–2001), Miller Fellow at Berkeley (2001), Bethe Lecturer at Cornell University (2001) and received the 2004 Hans Bethe Prize of the American Physical Society for his contributions and scientific leadership in neutrino astrophysics and especially for the connection of nuclear physics theory with experiments and observations in nuclear astrophysics and astrophysics (eulogy).
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Some of their strengths
Wick Haxton has many admirable traits.
Based on spiritual traditions from around the world, they are someone who can be described as Confident, Imaginative, Emotional, Extroverted, Passionate, Intuitive, and Creative.
Bold and Confident
According to Mysticism’s Astrology tradition, Wick Haxton is someone who is a bold, confident, energetic, and optimistic person, who is able to combine personal warmth and charisma with intelligence. A person who is charismatic and resourceful.
Soulful and Intuitive
Based on Daoism’s Ba-Zi or ‘Chinese Zodiac’ tradition, people who know Wick Haxton well know them as someone who can be graceful, romantic, and reserved, like gentle rain.
Imaginative and Sentimental
According to Hinduism’s Jyotisha or ‘Vedic Astrology’ tradition, many would also describe Wick Haxton as someone who is imaginative, sentimental, and in touch with emotions.
A person who has extremely good memory and analytical skills, likes to make sure that everyone gets along, enjoys all kinds of situations and people, has a talent for travel and languages, and who makes lifelong friends.
Social and Intuitive
Based on the Mayan Tzolk’in or ‘Mayan Astrology’ tradition, Wick Haxton is someone who values forming deep friendships and relationships, and who has strong intuition and reasoning skills .
They are also someone who is intuitive, imaginative, and an agent of change, and who is always dreaming of life's great possibilities and partnering with people to try to achieve those possibilities.
Creative and Leadership-oriented
According to Judaism’s Kabbalah tradition, Wick Haxton tends to be someone who is a natural leader, with determination, motivational powers, and who takes obligations seriously. Who has charisma, a sense of humor, and who tends to attract attention.
Some of Wick Haxton's challenges
While Wick Haxton has many strengths, nobody is perfect. They also have some challenging traits they need to manage.
For example, Wick Haxton can be Arrogant, Stubborn, Status-seeking, Emotional, Standoffish, Irritable, and Moody.
Arrogant and Status-seeking
One of Wick Haxton's key challenges is that they are someone who can come across as arrogant and status-seeking.
Irritable and Moody
Wick Haxton is someone who can be irritable and moody, have a tendency to experience self-doubt, be too secretive, can take too many risks, and who can have an extreme approach to managing personal finances.
Domineering and Stubborn
Finally, Wick Haxton also can be too rebellious, not respond to criticism well, and be too emotional and extreme about things.
