Magda Ericson

Magda Galula Ericson
Born December 18, 1929 (1929-12-18) (age 86)
Tunis, Tunisa
Fields Particle physics
Nuclear physics
Institutions Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Centre national de la recherche scientifique
University of Lyon
Alma mater Sorbonne
Known for The Ericson-Ericson Lorentz-Lorenz correction
Notable awards Humboldt Prize 1992
Fulbright scholarship
Spouse Torleif Ericson

Magda Galula Ericson (born c. 1929[1][2]) is a Tunisian and Algerian 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] She is eligible for, but has not been awarded, a Nobel Prize.[9]

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.[10] Her cousin David Galula was a prominent military theorist.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Galula-Ericson, Magda (1929- )". VIAF.
  2. ↑ "Marquis Biographies Online". search.marquiswhoswho.com. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
  3. ↑ Ericson, Magda; Ericson, Torleif (February 18, 1966). "Optical properties of low-energy pions in nuclei". Annals of Physics. doi:10.1016/0003-4916(66)90302-2. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  4. ↑ Krige, J (1996). A History of CERN, III. 978-0444896551: Elsevier. p. 306. ISBN 978-0444896551.
  5. 1 2 "Magda Galula Ericson". CWP at UCLA. April 30, 1997. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  6. ↑ Ericson, Magda (1986). "The EMC Effect and the Swelling of Nucleons in Nuclei". Weak and Electromagnetic Interactions in Nuclei. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-71689-8_80. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  7. ↑ Ericson, Magda (1986). "Electromagnetic Interactions in Nuclei, Pion Number and the EMC Effect". New Vistas in Nuclear Dynamics. doi:10.1007/978-1-4684-5179-5_5. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Faces and places: CERN lays on birthday treat for the Ericsons". CERN Courier. 50 (10): 41. December 2010.
  9. ↑ "Physics and Testosterone, Part 5: Missing Nobelists". Go to Hellman. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
  10. ↑ Seghal, Rashme. "Discovering the universe, one particle at a time.". Rediff. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
  11. ↑ Marlow, Ann (August 2010). David Galula: His Life and Intellectual Context (PDF). Strategic Studies Institute. p. 21. Retrieved 2015-10-01.

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