Edith Conrad Halbert (23 April 1931 – 31 December 2023)[1] was an American physicist, elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1972.[2] She worked on computations in the nuclear shell model at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Edith Conrad Halbert | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 23, 1931 |
| Died | December 31, 2023 (aged 92) |
| Alma mater | |
| Spouse |
Melvyn Halbert (m. 1951) |
| Children | 3 |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Thesis | A shell model for the even-parity states of N¹⁵ and general results for states of parity ( - )A̳¹ in the nuclei 5 ≤A ≤ 16 (1957) |
| Doctoral advisor | James Bruce French |
Education edit
Halbert attended Cornell University,[3] where she was elected to Sigma Xi[4] and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1951.[5] She then went to the University of Rochester to pursue graduate studies in physics. At Rochester, she was the student of James Bruce French.[6] She earned a doctorate in 1957[7] with a PhD thesis entitled A Shell Model for the Even-Parity States of Nitrogen-15.[8]
Career edit
She worked at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory,[9] where she directed the development of the Oak Ridge–Rochester Multi-Shell Program, a computer program used to compute the properties of atomic nuclei based on the nuclear shell model.[10] While at Oak Ridge, she also worked as a visiting scientist in the low energy nuclear theory group at the Brookhaven National Laboratory and the nuclear theory group at Stony Brook University.[11]
Personal life edit
Halbert came from a Forest Hills, New York family. She married Melvyn Halbert of Jamaica, New York, also a Cornell and University of Rochester physics student[12][13] and later an Oak Ridge researcher.
Selected publications edit
- Zucker, A.; Howard, F. T.; Halbert, E. C., eds. (1961). Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Reactions Between Complex Nuclei, May 2–4, 1960, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. New York & London: John Wiley & Sons.[14][15]
- Halbert, E. C. (January 1964). "Optical-model analysis of elastic deuteron scattering". Nuclear Physics. 50: 353–402. Bibcode:1964NucPh..50..353H. doi:10.1016/0029-5582(64)90216-0.
- Austern, N.; Drisko, R. M.; Halbert, E. C.; Satchler, G. R. (1964-01-13). "Theory of finite-range distorted-waves calculations". Physical Review. 133 (1B): B3–B16. Bibcode:1964PhRv..133....3A. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.133.B3. ISSN 0031-899X.
- McGrory, J. B.; Wildenthal, B. H.; Halbert, E. C. (1970-07-01). "Shell-model structure of 42−50Ca". Physical Review C. 2 (1): 186–212. Bibcode:1970PhRvC...2..186M. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.2.186. ISSN 0556-2813.
- Ichimura, Munetake; Arima, Akito; Halbert, E. C.; Terasawa, Tokuo (April 1973). "Alpha-particle spectroscopic amplitudes and the SU(3) model". Nuclear Physics A. 204 (2): 225–278. Bibcode:1973NuPhA.204..225I. doi:10.1016/0375-9474(73)90272-8. OSTI 4564483.
References edit
- ^ "Edith Conrad Halbert". Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "Fellows nominated in 1972 by the Division of Nuclear Physics". APS Fellow Archive. American Physical Society. Archived from the original on 2021-01-09. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
- ^ "The Cornell Daily Sun 30 October 1951". cdsun.library.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
- ^ "Sigma Xi Elects". Cornell Alumni News. Vol. 54, no. 1. July 1951. p. 15. hdl:1813/27580.
- ^ "The Cornell Daily Sun 8 June 1951". cdsun.library.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
- ^ Koltun, Daniel S. (September 2002). "James Bruce French". Physics Today. 55 (9): 77–79. Bibcode:2002PhT....55i..77K. doi:10.1063/1.1522227. ISSN 0031-9228.
- ^ "Degrees Awarded at UR's Commencement". Democrat and Chronicle. 1957-06-10. p. 16. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
- ^ Halbert, Edith C. (1957). A Shell Model for the Even-Parity States of Nitrogen-15 (PhD thesis). University of Rochester. Bibcode:1957PhDT........21H.
- ^ "We Hear That". Physics Today. 17 (4): 98–100. April 1964. Bibcode:1964PhT....17d..98.. doi:10.1063/1.3051583. ISSN 0031-9228.
- ^ "Nuclear Physics Research: Little Things Mean a Lot". Oak Ridge National Laboratory Review. 25 (3–4): 156–160. 1992.
- ^ Obenshain, F. E. (May 1972). "Domestic assignments and leaves of absence". Physics Division Annual Progress Report, Period Ending December 31, 1971. Oak Ridge National Laboratory. p. 180. doi:10.2172/4921301. OSTI 4921301.
- ^ "Cross Sections, Department Of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Winter 2002" (PDF).
- ^ "The Cornell Daily Sun 17 January 1951". cdsun.library.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ^ "Books received". Science Progress. 49 (195): 587–600. July 1961. JSTOR 43425322.
- ^ Wigner, E. P. (2001). "Review of the Second Gatlinburg Conference on Reactions Between Complex Nuclei". In Mehra, Jagdish (ed.). Historical and Biographical Reflections and Syntheses. The Collected Works of Eugene Paul Wigner. Berlin & Heidelberg: Springer. pp. 261–269. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-07791-7_40.