Magda Ericson

Magda Galula Ericson
Born December 18, 1929
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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