Charlotte Elster is a German-American theoretical nuclear physicist whose early work made significant contributions to the formulation of the Bonn potential for the nuclear force, in joint work with Ruprecht Machleidt and Karl Holinde.[1] In later research, she has developed methods for supercomputers to model few-body systems, including light nuclei.[2] She is a professor of physics at Ohio University.[3]

Education and career

Elster studied theoretical physics at the University of Bonn, earning a diploma there in 1983 and completing her Ph.D. in 1986. After postdoctoral research at Kent State University, the University of Maryland, and Ohio State University, she became an assistant professor of physics at Ohio University in 1991. She was promoted to associate professor in 1996 and full professor in 2002, and served as director of the Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics from 2003 to 2009.[4]

Recognition

Elster was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2001, after a nomination from the APS Topical Group on Few-Body Systems and Multiparticle Dynamics, "for her significant contributions to the understanding of the nucleon-nucleon interaction and its applications in few-body systems and nuclear reactions".[5]

Personal life

As well as being a physicist, Elster is a devoted amateur figure skater.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Machleidt, R.; Holinde, K.; Elster, Ch. (May 1987), "The Bonn meson-exchange model for the nucleon–nucleon interaction", Physics Reports, 149 (1): 1–89, Bibcode:1987PhR...149....1M, doi:10.1016/s0370-1573(87)80002-9
  2. 1 2 "Charlotte Elster", Profiles, Ohio University Department of Physics & Astronomy, retrieved 2022-04-05; Martin, Anita (29 October 2007), "Force of Nature: From figuring out the force between nuclear particles to figure skating, physicist Charlotte Elster is in her element" (PDF), Perspectives Magazine, Ohio University Office of the Vice President for Research, retrieved 2022-04-05
  3. ↑ "Charlotte Elster", College of Arts and Sciences, Ohio University, retrieved 2022-04-05
  4. ↑ Curriculum vitae (PDF), 2021, retrieved 2022-04-05
  5. ↑ "Fellows nominated in 2001 by the Topical Group on Few-Body Systems and Multiparticle Dynamics", APS Fellows archive, American Physical Society, retrieved 2022-04-05
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