Elisabeth Karamichailova
Elisabeth Karamichailova (also other spellings, born September 3, 1897 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ; died April 24, 1968 in Sofia ) was a Bulgarian physicist .
Life
Elisabeth Karamichailova was the daughter of the Bulgarian doctor Ivan Michailow and the British musician Mary Slade. The parents met while studying in Vienna. They moved to Sofia in 1909. After graduating from high school, Karamichailova went to Vienna to study physics, where she received her doctorate from Karl Przibram in 1922 with a dissertation on electrical figures on various materials, especially on crystals . She initially worked unpaid at the Vienna Institute for Radium Research and received a position as a research assistant in 1928. Her main area of work was scintillation. In 1931 she and Marietta Blau researched phenomena that later led to the discovery of neutron radiation . From 1934 to 1938 she worked with a Yarrow Scientific Research Fellowship in Cambridge at Girton College and the Cavendish Laboratory . In 1939 she got a position as associate professor at Sofia University , where she introduced modern physical methods. The inadequate equipment of the laboratories in Sofia and the outbreak of the Second World War hampered further research work.
In 1945 she became head of the Department of Atomic Physics at the University and from 1955 head of the Laboratory for Radioactivity at the Institute for Atomic and Nuclear Physics Research of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences . In 1965 she was appointed professor. Karamichailova died of cancer in 1968 .
Contributions (selection)
- Electric figures on various materials, especially on crystals . Information from the Institute for Radium Research, Vienna: Hölder, 1922
- with Karl Przibram: About radioluminescence and radio-photoluminescence . Announcements from the Institute for Radium Research, Vienna 1922
- with Hans Pettersson : About the measurement of the relative brightness of scintillations . Vienna: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, AG Vienna Akad. D. Wiss., 1925
- Brightness and countability of the scintillations of magnetically deflected H-rays of different speeds . Announcements from the Institute for Radium Research, Vienna 1927
- with Berta Karlik : About the luminescence excited by α-rays and its connection with the particle energy . Announcements from the Institute for Radium Research, Vienna 1928
- with Berta Karlik : About the relative brightness of the scintillations of H-rays at different ranges . Announcements from the Institute for Radium Research, Vienna, 1929
- with Marietta Blau : About the penetrating radiation of polonium . Announcements from the Institute for Radium Research, Vienna, 1931
- Measurement of strong polonium preparations in a large plate capacitor . Reports from the Institute for Radium Research, Vienna, 1933
- Luminous intensity of the air, caused by alpha particles of different range . Announcements from the Institute for Radium Research, Vienna 1934
- Via artificially excited nuclear gamma radiation . Announcements from the Institute for Radium Research, Vienna, 1934
- Measurement of strong polonium preparations in a large plate capacitor . Announcements from the Institute for Radium Research, Vienna, 1934
literature
- Brigitte Bishop: Karamichailova, Elisabeth. In: Brigitta Keintzel, Ilse Korotin (ed.): Scientists in and from Austria. Life - work - work. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2002, ISBN 3-205-99467-1 , pp. 351–353.
- Marelene F. Rayner-Canham, Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham: A devotion to their science: pioneer women of radioactivity . Philadelphia, PA: Chemical Heritage Foundation, 1997, ISBN 0-941901-15-7 , pp. 205-208
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Karamichailova, Elisabeth |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Elisabeth Kara-Michailova |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 24, 1968 |
| Place of death | Sofia |