Noemie Benczer Koller pioneered in several areas of nuclear and condensed matter physics.

One important example was a first identification of the double gamma decay of ⁴⁰Ca^* to the ground state : a   0⁺ -> 0⁺ transition.

Another example is the pioneering work observing the interplay of single particle and collective motions in nuclei, and her work demonstrating that a simple relation based on constant gyromagnetic ratios for nucleon pairs can describe a broad range of nuclear electromagnetic transitions in the rare earth region.

Using the Mossbauer effect, she made numerous investigations of magnetic materials.

In addition to her research activities, she has had and continues to have important roles in the administrative infrastructure of physics in the United States.

Electronic Structure of Magnetic Materials via Mossbauer Conversion-Electron Studies:

"Measurement of 2s and 3s Electron Spin Densities in Iron Metal and Fe²⁰³," Phys. Rev. B, 9:326 (1974), with C. Song and J. Trooster.

"Surface Magnetic Hyperfine Interactions in Fe²⁰³ Determined by Energy Resolved Conversion Electron Mossbauer Spectroscopy," Phys. Rev. Lett., 48:1292 (1982), with T. Yang, A. Krishnan and G. Bayreuther.

Nuclear Physics Rare Decays:

"Double Gamma Decay in ⁴⁰Ca," Phys. Rev. C, 8:216 (1973), with E. Beardsworth, R. Hensler, J. Tape, and J.R. MacDonald.
 

"The Effect of Atomic Charge State on Nuclear Lifetimes: ¹⁹⁷Au," Phys. Rev. C, 9:326 (1974), with M. Ulrickson, R. Hensler, and D.M. Gordon.

Nuclear Structure: Studies of the Interplay of Collective and Single Particle Configurations through Measurements of Lifetimes and Magnetic Moments of Excited States:

"Measurement of the Mean Life of the 4.49 MeV (5^-) state of ⁴⁰Ca. Effects of Deformed Components on the Lifetime of the Odd Parity States." Phys. Rev. Lett., 23:594 (1969), with J.R. MacDonald, J. Tape, L. Guthman, and P. Goode.

"Effective g Factors and Proton-Boson Numbers in the Vicinity of Proton Sub-shell Closures," Phys. Rev. Lett. B, 158:7 (1985), with A. Wolf and D.D. Warner.

"Decay History and Magnetic Moments at High Spin in ¹⁵²Dy," Phys. Rev. C, 44:1397 (1991), with M. Hass, G. Kumbartzki, T. Lauritsen, T.L. Khoo, I. Ahmad, M.P. Carpenter, R.V.F. Janssens, E.F. Moore, F.L.H. Wolfs, Ph. Benet and K. Beard.

General Physics:

"The Frequency Distribution of Resonance Lines Versus Delay Time," Phys. Rev. Lett., 5:432 (1960), with C.S. Wu, Y.K. Lee, and P. Simms.

"On the Equivalence of the Mass Change Shift and the Second Order Doppler Shift in the Mossbauer Effect," Phys. Rev. Lett. A, 30:27 (1969), with J. Trooster.

A recent publication

"Shell closure effects in the stable ^74-82Se isotopes from magnetic momemnt measurements using projectile excitaion and the transient field technique," Phys. Rev. C57: 2181 (1998), with K. -H. Speidel, et al..

Children's Book:

Power and Energy, Science for the Children Series, 1960, with E.L. Koller.

New Jersey Women of Achievement Award 1997
Fellow, American Physical Society
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

1958-60 Research Associate, Columbia University
1960-65 Assistant Professor, Rutgers University
1965-70 Associate Professor, Rutgers University
1970-present Professor, Rutgers University
1992-96 Associate Dean for Natural Sciences, Rutgers University

B.A, Barnard College 1953
M.A. Columbia University 1955
Ph.D. Columbia University 1955

Sources and References consulted:

Professor Koller, [amws 1995]

She has two children.

Among the coauthors of the interesting paper on The Frequency Distribution of Resonance Lines Versus Delay Time referenced above is another woman cited in this archive Chien Shiung Wu.

SOME PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

1973-76 member of Physics Advisory Panel, National Science Foundation (U.S.)
1983-84 Member, National Academy of sciences Committee on Physics and Astronomy, Panel on Nuclear Physic
1987-88 Chairperson, Nominating Committee, American Physical Society
1993-94 Chairperson, Division of Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society
1993-96 Member, DoE and NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee

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