Ben Roy Mottelson
American-Danish nuclear physicist (1926–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ben Roy Mottelson (9 July 1926 – 13 May 2022) was an American-Danish nuclear physicist. He won the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the non-spherical geometry of atomic nuclei.
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Ben Roy Mottelson | |
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Born | (1926-07-09)9 July 1926 |
Died | 13 May 2022(2022-05-13) (aged 95) Copenhagen, Denmark |
Citizenship | American, Danish |
Alma mater | Purdue University (BS) Harvard University (PhD) |
Known for | Geometry of atomic nuclei |
Spouse(s) | Nancy Jane Reno (1948–1975; 3 children) Britta Marger Siegumfeldt
(m. 1983) |
Awards | Atoms for Peace Award (1969) John Price Wetherill Medal (1974) Nobel Prize in Physics (1975) Marian Smoluchowski Medal (1980) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Nuclear physics |
Institutions | Nordita |
Thesis | The ground states of lithium-6 and lithium-7 (1950) |
Doctoral advisor | Julian Schwinger |
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