Jane Brown feted at ILL for prizes won

Abstract

As noted in Neutron News Vol. 12, No. 4, Jane Brown of the ILL was awarded the Halg Prize by the European Neutron Scattering Association for her contributions to neutrons in Europe. In January 2002, her contributions were recognized again, this time by the Institute of Physics, U.K., when she was awarded the Guthrie Medal and Prize. To honor these achievements of Jane, the ILL held a small celebration meeting on March 8, 2002. Bruce Forsyth (now retired from the Rutherford Laboratory), who has been collaborating with Jane for forty years, led off the meeting (and managed to get in the final word) and told many stories from the “old days,” as well as illustrating Jane's contributions to neutron scattering, in general, and the use of polarized neutrons, in particular. Kurt Ziebeck (Loughborough University) discussed work on invar, which is still ongoing, and showed how the experiments have managed to prove all current theories wrong! Jacques Schweizer (CEA, Grenoble) discussed polarized neutrons, in general, and Eddy Lelièvre-Berna (ILL) discussed the upgrade of D3, with which Jane and Bruce have had such a long association, and presented new capabilities. Andy Wills (ILL) discussed magnetic form factors from the viewpoint of a chemist, and Jose Paixão (Coimbra University, Portugal) discussed the complementary nature of neutrons and X-rays in the study of magnetism. The scientific part ended with a talk by Nick Brookes (ESRF) on the latest things happening in magnetism with soft X-rays at the ESRF. All in all, a stimulating day of science was enjoyed by all.