June Lorraine Matthews (born August 1, 1939) is an American nuclear physicist.
June Lorraine Matthews | |
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| Born | August 1, 1939 |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Harlow Shapley (grandfather), Martha Betz Shapley (grandmother), Willis Shapley (uncle), Lloyd Shapley (uncle) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | MIT |
| Thesis | The high energy nuclear photoeffect in light elements (1967) |
| Doctoral advisor | William Bertozzi |
| Doctoral students | Marla Dowell |
Career
editJune Lorraine Matthews was born August 1, 1939, to Mildred and Ralph Matthews and is the eldest granddaughter of Harlow Shapley.[1]
Matthews completed her undergraduate degree in Physics at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota in 1960 and her PhD in 1967, titled The high energy nuclear photoeffect in light elements.[2] She did postdoctoral fellowships at University of Glasgow, Scotland and Rutgers University, New Jersey. She became a member of staff at MIT in 1973. In 1984 she became a Fellow of the American Physical Society. From 1994 to 1998 she was Academic Officer in the Physics Department at MIT.[3] In 2000 she was made director of Laboratory for Nuclear Science at MIT.[4]
In 2021 she edited and released a memoir about her grandfather, Harlow Shapley, which had been written by her mother, Mildred Shapley Matthews.[1]
Selected publications
editPapers
edit- Pasyuk, E.A.; Boudrie, R.L.; Gram, P.A.M.; Morris, C.L.; Zumbro, J.D.; Matthews, J.L.; Tan, Y.; Zelevinsky, V.V.; Glass, G.; Kriss, B.J. (2001). "A study of the Δ−-component of the wave function in light nuclei". Physics Letters B. 523 (1–2): 1–5. arXiv:nucl-ex/9912004. doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(01)01329-6. S2CID 119493593.
- Safkan, Y.; Akdogan, T.; Franklin, W. A.; Matthews, J. L.; Schmitt, W. M.; Zelevinsky, V. V.; Gram, P. A. M.; Taddeucci, T. N.; Wender, S. A.; Pate, S. F. (2007). "Differential cross section for neutron-proton bremsstrahlung". Phys. Rev. C. 75 (3): 031001. arXiv:nucl-ex/0701009. Bibcode:2007PhRvC..75c1001S. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.75.031001. S2CID 119374635.
- "Experimental Searches for Pre-Existing Delta Components in Nuclear Wave Functions". Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Electronuclear Physics and Internal Targets and the BLAST Detector. 1999.
Books edited
edit- Matthews, Mildred Shapley (2021). June Matthews, Thomas Bogdan (ed.). Shapley's round table : A memoir by the astronomer's daughter. BookBaby. ISBN 978-1098383565.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Matthews, Mildred Shapley (2021). June Matthews, Thomas Bogdan (ed.). Shapley's round table : A memoir by the astronomer's daughter. BookBaby. ISBN 978-1098383565.
- ^ Mathews, June Lorraine (January 1, 1967). "High Energy Nuclear Photoeffect Light Elements". Bibcode:1967PhDT........22M – via NASA ADS.
- ^ "June Matthews PhD '67 » MIT Physics".
- ^ "Matthews to support 'highest quality research' as head of LNS". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. September 20, 2000.
- ^ Jay M. Pasachoff (January 25, 2022). "Shapley's Round Table: A Memoir by the Astronomer's Daughter". The Key Reporter.