• Ph.D., Chicago, 1952

Research Interest:

• Simple quark-based models of nuclear two body and three body systems
• The nuclear mean field and applications
• Effective interactions in nuclear structure calculations
• Application of the   Nambu-Jona-Lasinio Model  to nuclear forces and nuclear structure.

Recent Selected Publications:

• Moszkowski, S.A., Models of Nuclear Structure, Handbuch der Physik 39, 411-550 (1957)
• Wu, C.S. and Moszkowski, S.A., Beta Decay, Wiley Interscience, New York (1966)
• Druce, C.H. and Moszkowski, S.A., Interacting Boson Model with Surface Delta Interaction between Nucleons: Stucture and Interaction of Bosons , Phys. Rev. C33, 330-334 (1986)
• Zimanyi, J. and Moszkowski, S.A., Nuclear Equation of State with Derivative Scalar Coupling, Phys. Rev. C42, 1416-1421 (1990)

Related Activities:

I am involved in the project  Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics (CWP)  initiated and developed by Professor Nina Byers, where the contributions of many women including that of  Maria Goeppert Mayer and  Chien-Shiung Wu  are presented.

Further information on Maria Goeppert Mayer's life and research may be found on the Maria Goeppert Mayer Home Page .

The History of Nuclear Physics page provides additional material.