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Daniel S. Koltun | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 7, 1933 |
| Died | April 9, 2014 (aged 80) Haverford, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Burial place | West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Harvard University; Princeton University |
| Known for | Koltun sum rule |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1976) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Nuclear physics |
| Institutions | University of Rochester |
Daniel Scherwin Koltun (December 7, 1933 – April 9, 2014) was an American theoretical physicist. His work focused on the many-body theory and nuclei sub-components including mesons, pions, and quarks. He created the "Koltun Sum Rule" which was used in the measurement of electron scattering.
Education
[edit]Koltun graduated in 1955 from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree[1] and in 1961 from Princeton University with a Ph.D. in physics with a thesis in New methods of spectroscopy applied to the nuclear 1-p shell.[2]
Career
[edit]In 1962 he joined the University of Rochester's physics faculty and worked there until his retirement in 2004 as professor emeritus.[1]
His research focused on nuclear structure; intermediate and high energy reactions; and the many-body theory. He studied nuclei as a many-body system with components such as mesons, pions, and quarks. His work resulted in the "Koltun Sum Rule" which was used in measurement of electron scattering from nuclear targets.[3]
He was a visiting staff member at Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility over a span of 18 years and served on the Facility's Program Advisory Committee.[4] He was a visiting fellow at the Weizmann Institute of Science and at the Niels Bohr Institute.[3] He was a visiting professor from 1976 to 1977 at Tel Aviv University and in 1985 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[1]
Koltun was awarded the Sloan Research Fellowship, the Guggenheim Fellowship, and the NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship. He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society.[3]
He died April 9, 2014, in Haverford, Pennsylvania,[3] and was interred at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.[5]
Selected publications
[edit]- with Judah M. Eisenberg: Theory of Meson Interactions with Nuclei. New York: Wiley. 1980; 403 pages
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - with Judah M. Eisenberg: Quantum Mechanics of Many Degrees of Freedom. New York: Wiley. 1988. ISBN 0471888427; pbk, 313 pages
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References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Memorial. Daniel S. Koltun *61". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 4 March 2015.
- ↑ Daniel Scherwin Koltun at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- 1 2 3 4 Sierra, Leonor. "Professor Emeritus of Physics Daniel S. Koltun dies at 80". www.rochester.edu. University of Rochester. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
- ↑ Koltun, Judith (16 May 2014). "Daniel S. Koltun". Physics Today. doi:10.1063/PT.5.6061. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
- ↑ "Daniel S. Koltun". remembermyjourney.com. webCemeteries. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
