Arnold Nordsieck

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Arnold Nordsieck
Born
Arnold Theodore Nordsieck

(1911-01-05)January 5, 1911
Robert Oppenheimer

Arnold Theodore Nordsieck (January 5, 1911 – January 18, 1971) was an American theoretical physicist. He is best known for his work with Felix Bloch on the infrared problem in quantum electrodynamics. He developed the inertial electrostatic gyroscope (ESG) used as part of the inertial navigation system of nuclear submarines that allows them to remain underwater without having to surface to ascertain their location.

Biography

Arnold Theodore Nordsieck was born in

Robert Oppenheimer on the "Scattering of Radiation by an Electric Field".[2]

A

rest mass of the photon. Bloch and Nordsieck showed that this due to the perturbation theory used, and were able to avoid it with a better method.[3]

Returning to the United States in 1937, Nordsieck taught physics at

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,[1] where his doctoral students there included Erwin Hahn.[2]

Nordsieck built a

Guggenheim Fellow.[10]

With B. L Hicks, Nordsieck use Monte Carlo methods to solve nonlinear Boltzmann equation for various non-equilibrium problems in gas dynamics in the 1960s.[11][12] He also published work on numerical mathematics.[13] Later Nordsieck worked for the General Research Corporation in Santa Barbara, California, where he was Head of physics.[14] He died in Santa Barbara on January 18, 1971.[15]

In his honor, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) has annually awarded, since 2002, the Nordsieck Award for excellence in teaching physics at UIUC. Notable winners of UIUC's Nordsieck Award include Nigel Goldenfeld (2003), George Gollin (2004), Paul Goldbart (2006), Alfred Hübler (2007), Steven Errede (2013), Kevin T. Pitts (2014), Brian L. DeMarco (2017) and Karin Dahmen (2020).[16] The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) gives the Arnold Nordsieck Award annually to a graduating senior who majors in physics and shows research promise.[17]

Notes

  1. ^
    ISSN 0018-9219
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  2. ^ a b "Arnold Theodore Nordsieck (1911–1971)" (PDF). University of Notre Dame. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  3. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.52.54
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  4. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Archived from the original
    on October 24, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  5. ^ "The Nordsieck Computer" (PDF). Computer History Museum. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  6. ^ "Nordsieck's Differential Analyzer". Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  7. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    . Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  8. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Archived from the original
    on October 24, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  9. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    . Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  10. ^ "Arnold T. Nordsieck". John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  11. ISSN 0066-4189
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  12. ^ Nordsieck, Arnold; Hicks, Bruce L. (1967). "Monte Carlo evaluation of the Boltzmann collision integral". Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics (PDF). Vol. 1. pp. 695–710. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 8, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  13. JSTOR 2003809
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  14. University of California at Santa Barbara
    . Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  15. ^ "Deaths Of Notables". The Evening Sun from Hanover, Pennsylvania. January 20, 1971. p. 20. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  16. ^ "Nordsieck Award". Physics Department, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
  17. ^ "Department Honors". UC Santa Barbara. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
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