Phyllis S. Freier

Phyllis S. Freier
Born
Phyllis St. Cyr

Minneapolis, Minnesota
DiedDecember 18, 1992(1992-12-18) (aged 71)
St. Paul, Minnesota
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis (B.S., M.A., Ph.D.)
SpouseGeorge Freier
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
InstitutionsUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Phyllis S. Freier (19 January 1921, Minneapolis – 18 December 1992, St. Paul) was an American astrophysicist and a Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science and a Fellow, American Physical Society. Freier also served on NASA committees.[1] As a graduate student she presented evidence for the existence of elements heavier than helium in cosmic radiation. Her work was published in Physical Review in 1948 with co-authors Edward J. Lofgren, Edward P. Ney, and Frank Oppenheimer.[2][3][1]

  1. ^ a b Waddington, C. Jake (1993). "Phyllis S. Freier (Obituary)". Physics Today. 46 (12): 65. Bibcode:1993PhT....46l..65B. doi:10.1063/1.2809138.
  2. ^ Professor C. J. Waddington. "Phyllis S. Freier 1921-1992". Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics. CWP at UCLA. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
  3. ^ Freier, Phyllis; Lofgren, E.; Ney, E.; Oppenheimer, F.; Bradt, H.; Peters, B. (1948). "Evidence for Heavy Nuclei in the Primary Cosmic Radiation". Physical Review. 74 (2): 213. Bibcode:1948PhRv...74..213F. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.74.213.