Magda Ericson

Magda Galula Ericson (born c. 1929[1][2]) is a French-Tunisian physicist.

Magda Galula Ericson
Portrait of Magda Ericson, CERN, Department of Theoretical Physics
BornDecember 18, 1929 (1929-12-18) (age 92)
Tunis, Tunisia
Alma materSorbonne
Known forEricson-Ericson Lorentz-Lorenz correction
Spouse(s)Torleif Ericson
AwardsPalmes Académiques 1978
Humboldt Prize 1992
Knight of the Legion of Honour 2015
Fulbright scholarship 1960
Scientific career
FieldsCondensed matter physics
Particle physics
Nuclear physics
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
University of Lyon
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
ThesisÉtude des fluctuations d'aimantation dans le fer au voisinage de la température de Curie par diffusion des neutrons

Contributions

Magda Ericson's thesis on the temperature dependence of slow neutron scattering on iron was an important pioneering experimental study of critical phenomena near the Curie point.[3] Ericson is also known for her theoretical contributions to nuclear pion physics, which is a subfield of nuclear physics. She discovered the Ericson-Ericson Lorentz-Lorenz (EELL) effect of the pion-nuclear optical model within electroweak interactions,[4] alongside her husband, Torleif Ericson, a nuclear physicist from Sweden.[3][5] She has also been one of the leading researchers on the interpretation of the EMC effect.[6][7] Magda Ericson's contributions have been largely responsible for the development of nuclear pion physics as a subfield of nuclear physics and a large number of papers are based on her work.[3] 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).[9][8][10] In 1959 she received a Fulbright scholarship to MIT. She has been a visiting CERN researcher since 1965.[11]

Her cousin David Galula was a prominent military theorist.[12]

Awards and honors

References
  1. "Galula-Ericson, Magda (1929- )". VIAF.
  2. "Marquis Biographies Online". search.marquiswhoswho.com. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
  3. "Magda Galula Ericson". CWP at UCLA. April 30, 1997. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  4. Ericson, Magda; Ericson, Torleif (February 18, 1966). "Optical properties of low-energy pions in nuclei" (PDF). Annals of Physics. 36 (3): 323–362. Bibcode:1966AnPhy..36..323E. doi:10.1016/0003-4916(66)90302-2.
  5. Krige, J. (1996). "Physics in the CERN Theory Division: CERN, the centre of Europe". History of CERN, III. Elsevier. p. 306. ISBN 978-0-08-053403-9.
  6. Ericson, Magda (1986). The EMC effect and the swelling of nucleons in nuclei. Weak and Electromagnetic Interactions in Nuclei. pp. 382–392. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-71689-8_80. ISBN 978-3-642-71691-1.
  7. Ericson, Magda (1986). "Electromagnetic Interactions in Nuclei". Pion Number and the EMC Effect. New Vistas in Nuclear Dynamics. NATO ASI Series. Vol. 139. pp. 163–189. doi:10.1007/978-1-4684-5179-5_5. ISBN 978-1-4684-5181-8.
  8. "Faces and places: CERN lays on birthday treat for the Ericsons". CERN Courier. 50 (10): 41. December 2010.
  9. M., Ericson-Galula (1958). "Study by neutron diffusion of magnetic fluctuations in iron in the curie temperature region" (in French). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. Brochard-wyart, Francoise; Prost, Jacques; Bok, Julien (2009). P. G. De Gennes' impact on science - Volume I: Solid state and liquid crystals. World Scientific. pp. 2–3. ISBN 978-981-4467-75-9.
  11. Seghal, Rashme. "Discovering the universe, one particle at a time". Rediff. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
  12. Marlow, Ann (August 2010). David Galula: His Life and Intellectual Context (PDF). Strategic Studies Institute. p. 21. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
  13. "Legifrance".
  1. Brown, G.E. (1990). "The Ericson-Ericson Lorentz-Lorenz correction". Nuclear Physics A. 518 (1–2): 99–115. Bibcode:1990NuPhA.518...99B. doi:10.1016/0375-9474(90)90537-V.
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