Biography:Magda Ericson
Magda Galula Ericson | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 18, 1929 (age 94) Tunis, Tunisia |
| Alma mater | Sorbonne |
| Known for | The Ericson-Ericson Lorentz-Lorenz correction |
| Spouse(s) | Torleif Ericson |
| Awards | Humboldt Prize 1992 Fulbright scholarship |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Particle physics Nuclear physics |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Centre national de la recherche scientifique University of Lyon |
Magda Galula Ericson (born c. 1929[1][2]) is a France -Tunisian physicist.
Contributions
Ericson is known for her contributions to nuclear pion physics, which is a subfield of nuclear physics. She discovered the Lorentz-Lorenz-Ericson-Ericson effect of the pion-nuclear optical model within electroweak interactions,[3] alongside her future husband, Torleif Ericson, a nuclear physicist from Sweden.[4][5] She has also been one of the leading researchers on the interpretation of the EMC effect.[6][7]
Ericson continues her research to this day, although her husband has retired.[8]
Education and life
Magda received her PhD in experimental physics at the Sorbonne in 1958, working for the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS).[5][8] In 1959 she received a Fulbright scholarship to MIT. She has been a visiting CERN researcher since 1965.[9] Her cousin David Galula was a prominent military theorist.[10]
References
- ↑ "Galula-Ericson, Magda (1929- )". VIAF. http://viaf.org/viaf/311398419/#Galula-Ericson,_Magda_(1929-_).
- ↑ "Marquis Biographies Online". http://search.marquiswhoswho.com/profile/100026875238.
- ↑ Ericson, Magda; Ericson, Torleif (February 18, 1966). "Optical properties of low-energy pions in nuclei". Annals of Physics 36 (3): 323–362. doi:10.1016/0003-4916(66)90302-2. Bibcode: 1966AnPhy..36..323E. http://cds.cern.ch/record/346193/files/CM-P00057161.pdf.
- ↑ Krige, J (1996). A History of CERN, III. 978-0444896551: Elsevier. pp. 306. ISBN 978-0444896551.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Magda Galula Ericson". April 30, 1997. http://cwp.library.ucla.edu/Phase2/Ericson,_Magda_Galula@881345678.html.
- ↑ Ericson, Magda (1986). "The EMC Effect and the Swelling of Nucleons in Nuclei". 382–392. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-71689-8_80. ISBN 978-3-642-71691-1. http://cds.cern.ch/record/169419.
- ↑ Ericson, Magda (1986). "Electromagnetic Interactions in Nuclei, Pion Number and the EMC Effect". NATO ASI Series. 139. 163–189. doi:10.1007/978-1-4684-5179-5_5. ISBN 978-1-4684-5181-8.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Faces and places: CERN lays on birthday treat for the Ericsons". CERN Courier 50 (10): 41. December 2010. https://cds.cern.ch/record/1734476.
- ↑ Seghal, Rashme. "Discovering the universe, one particle at a time.". http://www.rediff.com/news/special/discovering-the-universe-one-particle-at-a-time/20150724.htm.
- ↑ Marlow, Ann (August 2010). David Galula: His Life and Intellectual Context. Strategic Studies Institute. p. 21. http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB1016.pdf. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
External links
- Magda Ericson's publication history on INSPIRE-HEP
- The Ericson-Ericson Lorentz-Lorenz correction
- Celebration in Honor of Magda and Torleif Ericson's 80th Birthday, CERN, Zurich, September 17th, 2010.
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