Renate Chasman facts for kids
Renate Chasman (born Renate Wiener, 1932–1977) was a very important physicist. She helped design powerful machines called particle accelerators. These machines are used to study tiny particles that make up everything around us.
Renate was born in Berlin, Germany. Her family was Jewish. In 1938, when she was young, her family had to leave Germany. They moved to Sweden to escape the difficult situation in Nazi Germany. Renate grew up and went to school in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Early Life and Education
Moving to a New Home
Renate's father, Hans Wiener, helped start a political group in Germany. Because of the difficult times, her family had to move. They traveled through the Netherlands before settling in Sweden.
Studying Science
Later, Renate and her sister Edith went to Israel. Renate studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She earned a master's degree in physics in 1955. She also studied chemistry and mathematics.
In 1959, Renate earned her PhD in experimental physics. Her research looked at how tiny particles behave when they break down. She showed that a certain type of force was not involved in this process.
Career in Physics
Research at Columbia University
After her PhD, Renate was invited to work at Columbia University in the United States. She worked with another famous physicist, Chien-Shiung Wu. They studied how particles decay.
At Columbia, Renate met a student named Chellis Chasman. They worked together and later got married in 1962.
Working with Particle Accelerators
In 1962, the Chasmans moved to Yale University. There, they worked on nuclear spectroscopy, which is a way to study the energy levels of atoms.
In 1963, Renate joined Brookhaven National Laboratory. She first worked in the physics department. Then, in 1965, she moved to the Accelerator Department. This is where she made her biggest contributions.
Designing Powerful Machines
Renate Chasman played a key role in making particle accelerators better. She helped redesign a machine called the alternating-gradient proton synchrotron (AGS).
With another scientist, George Kenneth Green, she invented something very important. It's called the Chasman-Green lattice. This design helps keep particles moving in a circle inside large machines called synchrotron storage rings. This invention made particle accelerators much more effective.
Legacy
Renate Chasman passed away in 1977. Her work greatly helped the field of particle physics. Today, Brookhaven National Laboratory has a scholarship named after her. This scholarship helps support new scientists.
See also
In Spanish: Renate Chasman para niños
