The senior physicist at the Institute was named Mitis.

The screen came alive at once to reveal the features of Chariso, a senior physicist, speaking from an instrumentation laboratory in the observatory.

Dr. Danby, 64, a senior physicist, most recently has been involved in developing advanced particle beams.

Mr. Dietz was then questioned mercilessly by skeptical senior physicists in the audience.

He retired as a senior physicist in 1985 but remained a consultant on nuclear power plant safety until two years ago.

"Established senior physicists simply aren't listening to us postdocs," he said in an interview.

"Instead, the senior physicists are not retiring."

Few senior physicists agree with this point of view.

Some of our senior physicists think it could help break tough conceptual problems.

For in the unwillingness of senior German physicists to press their master for support there was a certain prudence.