Ari Brynjolfsson (1926 – 2013;[1] Icelandic spelling Brynjólfsson) was an Icelandic-American physicist known for his work in America on food irradiation and for the development of radiation facilities.
Ari Brynjolfsson | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 7, 1926 Akureyri, Iceland |
| Died | June 28, 2013 (aged 85) Tampa, Florida, USA |
| Nationality | Icelandic and American |
| Occupation | physicist |
Background
editAri Brynjolfsson was born in Akureyri, Iceland, one of the seven children of Brynjólfur Sigtryggsson and Guðrún Rósinkarsdóttir[2] from Hörgárdalur.[3] He lived in Krossanes, Eyjafjörður[4] and graduated from Menntaskólinn á Akureyri in 1948,[5] then studied nuclear physics at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, from 1948 to 1954, gaining his PhD,[6] with a thesis which dealt with a device he had constructed for accurately measuring magnetism in rocks.[4] Following this he became a special research fellow of the University of Iceland from 1954 to 1955, then an Alexander von Humboldt fellow of the University of Göttingen, Germany, from 1955 to 1957.[6] While at Göttingen he contributed important work in magnetic moments, using a self-devised instrument with which he and others provided the strongest evidence to that date for magnetic field reversals.[7]
He became Head of Radiation Facilities for the Danish government at Risø (1957–1965) and then Head of US Army Radiation Facilities, Natick, Massachusetts[3][8] (1965–1980). He also served as the Director of IFFIT (International Facility for Food Irradiation Technology) of the Joint FAO/IAEA, United Nations (1988–1992).[9] He gained his DSc in 1973 with a thesis entitled Some Aspects of the Interactions of Fast Charged Particles with Matter which led to his work on plasma redshift.[10]
Later in his life, he published several articles on his results for the reverse plasma redshift of photons in a gravitational field, which led him to investigate and develop his own theory within Plasma cosmology.[11] In 2004 he also co-signed a letter published on New Scientist addressing the lack of funds and attention for theories alternative to Big Bang cosmology.[12]
Many of his publications and much of his work centered around food irradiation and the development of radiation facilities around the world.[2][3] He received several awards including the Møller Foundation Award for exceptional service to Danish Industry, 1965 "Radiation Science and Technology Award of the American Nuclear Society", 1988[13][14] and was noted award recipient from U.S. Brigadier General Merrill L. Tribe in 1963.[15][16]
He died at the age of 86 in Tampa, FL on 28 June 2013, leaving a widow, five children and nineteen grandchildren.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Ari Brynjólfsson – Obituary". Morgunblaðið. 2013-08-24.
- ^ a b Sverrir Páll Erlendsson (23 September 2013). "MA færð minningargjöf um Ara Brynjólfsson". Menntaskólinn á Akureyri. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^ a b c "Íslenzkur Kjarnorkufræðingur Við Þýðingarmikið Starf Í Bandaríkjunum". Tíminn. No. 266. 15 November 1973. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Eyfirðingur yinnur námsafrek erlendis". Dagur. 20 October 1954. p. 7. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^ "Vinnur námsafrek erlendis". Morgunblaðið. 13 October 1954. p. 16. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ a b c "Ari Brynjolfsson Obituary". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ William Glen (1982). The Road to Jaramillo: Critical Years of the Revolution in Earth Science. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 116. ISBN 9780804711197.
Ari Brynjolfsson.
- ^ "Ari til USA". Tíminn. 27 July 1965. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^ "Ari Brynjolfsson Curriculum Vitae". plasmaredshift.org. 5 December 2010. Archived from the original on 27 July 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ Ari Brynjolfsson (1973). Some Aspects of the Interactions of Fast Charged Particles with Matter. Niels Bohr Institute.
- ^ Brynjolfsson, Ari. "Search | arXiv e-print repository". arxiv. Cornell University.
- ^ Lerner, Eric. "Bucking the big bang". New Scientist.
- ^ "ANS / Honors and Awards / Recipients / Radiation Science and Technology Award". American Nuclear Society. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^ "Ari Brynjólfsson heiðraður af bandarískum kjarnorkuvísindamönnum: Talinn fremstur í geislarannsóknum". Tíminn. No. 271. 25 November 1988. p. 6. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ "U.S. Army Natick Laboratories". historicimages.net. 5 September 1963. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^ "Íslenzkur Vísindamaður Vinnur Mikið Stórvirki". Tíminn. No. 193. 11 September 1963. p. 1. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
