Milla Baldo-Ceolin
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Massimilla "Milla" Baldo-Ceolin | |
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Born | Massimilla Baldo-Ceolin 12 August 1924 Legnago, Italy |
Died | 25 November 2011 | (aged 87)
Alma mater | University of Padua |
Occupation | Particle Physicist |
Awards | Feltrinelli Prize Enrico Fermi Award |
Massimilla "Milla" Baldo-Ceolin (12 August 1924,
She was the daughter to the owner of a small mechanical workshop.[2]
Biography
Baldo-Ceolin graduated from the University of Padua in 1952 and six years later (1958) became a professor in physics in the same university. In 1963, she was the first female to have a professorship (Chair of Physics Department) in the university.
The discovery of the proton and neutron antiparticles led Baldo-Ceolin to co-discover antilambda, the first antihyperon, with Derek Prowse after a 1957 conference.[3]
In the 1970s she was attracted by neutrino physics. She entered the NUE experiment at CERN, where she worked within Helmut Fraisser's team to determine a value for the Weinberg angle. Baldo-Ceolin was also part of the Italian-French-Dutch-Norwegian collaboration regarding the Super Proton Synchrotron at CERN. This collaboration used a liquid deuterium bubble chamber to explore neutrino interactions with protons and neutrons.[3]
In 1976 she started an experiment for the observation of electron-muon-neutrino oscillations, which later continued running with NOMAD's collaboration contribution (Neutrino Oscillation MAgnetic Detector).[4] Baldo-Ceolin was given the opportunity to unfold her leading abilities during that collaborative project.
She also supported the development of the
In Padua, from 1965-1968 she was Head of the local section of the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) and 1973-1978 Head of the Physics Department.
In 1998, she initiated the series of international workshops on neutrino telescopes at the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti.[5] Amongst others, she had been coordinator of the European Networks of neutrino oscillators.
When Baldo-Ceolin died she was still a Professor Emeritus in the University of Padua, a role attributed to her in 1998.[6][7]
Awards
Throughout her career Baldo-Ceolin received the following awards:[8]
- 1976: Awarded the Feltrinelli Prize by the Accademia dei Lincei
- 1978: Gold Medal for Education and Arts (Benemeriti della Scuola, della Cultura e dell'Arte)
- 1995: Gold Medal for Science (Benemeriti della Scienza e della Cultura)
- 2007: Enrico Fermi Prize of the Italian Physical Society
References
- ^ "Faces and places: Milla Baldo Ceolin 1924–2011". CERN Courier. 52 (2): 38. March 2012.
- ^ "Milla Baldo Ceolin, la signora dei neutrini | Scienza in Rete". Scienzainrete.it. 2011-12-08. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
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- ^ "Archives of Neutrino Oscillation MAgnetic Detector, NOMAD Collaboration". CERN Scientific & historical archives. CERN.
- ^ "Workshop: Neutrino telescopes". CERN Courier. 30 (4): 15–17. May 1990.
- ^ "CWP at physics.UCLA.edu // Milla Baldo-Ceolin". Cwp.library.ucla.edu. 1992-03-13. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
- ^ "Padova Loses Milla". Science20.com. 2011-11-25. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
- ^ "Milla Baldo Ceolin (1924-2011) - CERN Document Server". Cds.cern.ch. Retrieved 2014-03-06.