Lucienne Divan, (September 2, 1920 – December 21, 2015) was a French astrophysicist, who spent her career at the Institut d'astrophysique de Paris.[1] Divan worked on the spectral and luminosity classification of stars and on interstellar absorption.[2]
Lucienne Divan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 September 1920 Sainte-Radegonde-en-Touraine (Indre-et-Loire, France) |
| Died | 21 December 2015 |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Astrophysicist |
| Honours | Legion of Honor (1988) |
Early life and education edit
Divan was born in Sainte-Radegonde-en-Touraine, Indre-et-Loire. A student of the École normale supérieure de jeunes filles,[3] Lucienne Divan passed her examination in physics (first, 1945),[4] then pursued her career at the Institut d'astrophysique de Paris from 1949, where she joined Daniel Barbier and Daniel Chalonge.[5] When she retired, she moved to the Haute-Provence Observatory; she died on December 21, 2015, at Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire.[6]
Career edit
With Barbier and Chalonge, Lucienne Divan contributed to the development of the three-dimensional stellar spectroscopic classification system called Classification of the IAP or BCD (for Barbier-Chalonge-Divan). This system was based on the spectro-photometric properties of the Balmer discontinuity in stellar spectra from a series of articles published in the Annals of Astrophysics entitled "Researches on stellar continuous spectra." The BCD classification system for stars is not utilized today, scientists prefer the MK spectral classification system. Divan also published on the spectral properties of particular stars like Be stars, and particular variable stars like V533 Hercules and FG Sagittae.[7]
Lucienne Divan is the author and co-author of 74 articles listed in the NASA/ADS bibliography.[8]
Honors edit
- 1971 - Asteroid (1892) Lucienne, discovered and named by Paul Wild.
- 1973 - Prix Jules Janssen (vermeil)[9]
- 1988 - Knight of the Legion of Honor[10]
References edit
- ^ "Death of Madame Lucienne DIVAN".
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz (2013). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 248. ISBN 9783662028049.
- ^ Sur l'école normale de Sèvres, dans la période de guerre où Lucienne Divan était étudiante, voir: https://www.archicubes.ens.fr/sites/default/files/A_lEcole_de_S%c3%a8vres_1995.pdf
- ^ "Les agrégés de l'enseignement secondaire. Répertoire 1809-1960 | Ressources numériques en histoire de l'éducation".
- ^ "QUELQUES COLLOQUES IMPORTANTS POUR L'IAP ENTRE 1937 ET 1953" (PDF). iap.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "Lucienne Divan". dansnoscoeurs.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "astrophysics data system". ui.adsabs.harvard.edu. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "Search". Astrophysics Data System.
- ^ "LES PRIX DE L'ACADÉMIE". Le Monde.fr. 15 November 1973. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "Légion d'honneur". Le Monde.fr (in French). 15 July 1988. Retrieved 8 February 2020.