La Grange, Illinois, United States
Ben Roy Mottelson graduated from Lyons Township High School.
West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
In 1947 Ben Roy Mottelson received a Bachelor of Science degree from the Purdue University.
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
In 1950 Ben Roy Mottelson obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the Harvard University.
Ben Mottelson and Aage Bohr in Auditorium A in 1970.
Ben Roy Mottelson still comes on a daily basis to the Niels Bohr Institute, where he often sits in the library and follows the research by reading books and the newest scientific journals. Photo by Ola Jakup Joensen
Ben Roy Mottelson
Ben Roy Mottelson
Ben Roy Mottelson
La Grange, Illinois, United States
Ben Roy Mottelson graduated from Lyons Township High School.
West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
In 1947 Ben Roy Mottelson received a Bachelor of Science degree from the Purdue University.
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
In 1950 Ben Roy Mottelson obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the Harvard University.
Ben Mottelson and Aage Bohr in Auditorium A in 1970.
Ben Roy Mottelson still comes on a daily basis to the Niels Bohr Institute, where he often sits in the library and follows the research by reading books and the newest scientific journals. Photo by Ola Jakup Joensen
https://www.amazon.com/Collective-Individual-Particle-Aspects-Nuclear-Structure/dp/B076VWPHQ6/?tag=2022091-20
1957
(A systematic discussion of the theoretical concepts empl...)
A systematic discussion of the theoretical concepts employed in the description of nuclear constitution,and summarizes the relative empirical evidence concerning these concepts.
https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Structure-Vol-Single-Particle-Motion/dp/0318354683/?tag=2022091-20
1969
Ben Roy Mottelson was born on July 9, 1926 in Chicago, Cook Country, Illinois, United States. He is the son of Goodman Mottelson and Georgia (Blum) Mottelson. He was the second of his parents' three children. Ben spent his early years in La Grange, a suburb located just outside the city of Chicago.
Ben Roy Mottelson graduated from Lyons Township High School. In 1947 he received a Bachelor of Science degree from the Purdue University. In 1950 Mottelson obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Nuclear Physics from the Harvard University.
Soon after receiving his Doctor of Philosophy in 1950, Ben Roy Mottelson received one-year Sheldon Traveling Fellowship from the Harvard University. He traveled to Denmark and joined the Institute for Theoretical Physics (later the Niels Bohr Institute) in Copenhagen. Initially, he planned to spend only the 1950-1951 session at Copenhagen. At that time, the Institute was run by eminent physicist and Nobel laureate Niels Bohr.
A fellowship from the United States Atomic Energy Commission permitted Mottelson to continue his work in Copenhagen for two more years after which he held a research position in the CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) theoretical study group that was formed in Copenhagen. With the founding of the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Atomic Physics in Copenhagen (1957), he received a position as professor which he has held since. The spring term of 1959 was spent as visiting professor in the University of California at Berkeley.
In 1971 he became a naturalized Danish citizen and also holds an American citizenship. Mottelson has continued his association with Nordita and, in 1981, was named director of the institute. He lives in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Ben Roy Mottelson is best known for his experimental work with Aage Bohr, which confirmed that movement of subatomic particles can distort the shape of nuclei. The work not only challenged the accepted notion that all nuclei are perfectly spherical, but also merged Maria Goeppert-Mayer’s shell model with James Rainwater’s liquid drop model.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1975, alongside Aage N. Bohr and James Rainwater "for the discovery of the connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus based on this connection." His work on asymmetrical shapes of atomic nuclei changed an understanding of the structures of subatomic particles in all elements.
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1969Ben Roy Mottelson is an honorary member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters and the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. He is a foreign fellow of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences.
In his spare time, Ben Roy Mottelson likes to listen to music. He also enjoys bicycle riding and swimming.
On May 31, 1948 Ben Roy Mottelson married Nancy Jane Reno. They had three children: Malcolm Graham, Daniel John, and Martha. In 1975 she died. In 1983 he married Britta Marger Siegumfeldt.
