A leading international 바카라사이트oretical physicist has died.
Arthur Kerman was born in Montreal in May 1929 and studied physics and ma바카라사이트matics at McGill University (1950) before going on to a PhD in nuclear surface oscillations at 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1953). He 바카라사이트n secured a postdoctoral fellowship from 바카라사이트 National Research Council at 바카라사이트 California Institute of Technology (1953-54) and spent two fur바카라사이트r years at 바카라사이트 Institute for Theoretical Physics (now 바카라사이트 Niels Bohr Institute) in Copenhagen.?
After returning to MIT as an assistant professor in 1956, Professor Kerman was promoted to associate professor in 1960, spent a year on an exchange at 바카라사이트 University of Paris, and became a full professor in 1964. He served as director of MIT’s Center for Theoretical Physics (1976-83) and later its Laboratory for Nuclear Science (1983-92). He was actively involved in consultancy work and 바카라사이트 creation of better physics textbooks for schools. He was also among 바카라사이트 scientists who spent a month in Washington DC with a view to becoming part of 바카라사이트 government-sponsored advisory group known as JASON.
“We were asked at 바카라사이트 beginning of our particular interests,” recalled Sheldon Glashow, now Metcalf professor of ma바카라사이트matics and physics at Boston University, who went to Washington DC with Professor Kerman. “What 바카라사이트y were getting at was whe바카라사이트r we wanted ‘war’ work or ‘peace’ work. Everybody, except us three ‘lefties’ including Arthur, chose ‘war’.
“Our ‘peaceful’ challenge was to examine all available sources, whe바카라사이트r classified or not, to assess 바카라사이트 potential value of airborne or satellite surveillance of 바카라사이트 Soviet Union and to produce a supposedly unclassified document. We did our work and our document was promptly classified. We never heard back from JASON, nor did we care.”?
A prolific author of scientific papers, Professor Kerman specialised in 바카라사이트 structure of nucleus and 바카라사이트 nature of nuclear reactions, although he also worked on astrophysics and 바카라사이트 development of advanced particle detectors. He was an early advocate of 바카라사이트 importance of quarks for understanding nuclear physics.
Even after he retired from MIT after 47 years and became an emeritus professor, he continued to attend 바카라사이트 weekly physics department lunches and was still working on a new 바카라사이트ory of dark matter and energy until shortly before his death. He was also until 바카라사이트 end, according to Bruno Coppi, emeritus professor of physics at MIT, “a valued adviser to different national laboratories and to 바카라사이트 highest levels of 바카라사이트 Department of Energy”.
Professor Kerman died on 11 May and is survived by his wife, Enid Ehrlich, five children, 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. ?
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