Modesto Montoya
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Modesto Montoya in Salpo Peru
is a nuclear physicist
at the Instituto Peruano de Energía Nuclear in Lima, Peru
and member of the Peruvian National Academy of Sciences. He is past president of that institute, and past president of the Peruvian Physical Society.
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at the CEA Saclay, he participated on the discovering the nucleon-pair breaking in cold fission, phenomenum studied also by Hervé Nifenecker in cold fission of uranium
233, uranium 235 y el plutonium
239.He studied also the mass and kinetic energy distribution of fragments in cold fission
Between 1985 and 1986 he was guest scientist at (GSI
) in Darmstadt
in the group led by Peter Armbruster
, dedicated to research on transuranides nuclei. At GSI published his work on Coulomb and shell effects in low energy fission.,
As guest scientist at the Institut de Physique Nucléaire, Orsay
, in the Bernard Borderie's group, he participated in research on deeply inelastic collisions. He was also invited by the Carnegie-Mellon Institute in the Morton Kaplan group dedicated to ternary fragmentations in nuclear collisions.
He now studies effects of neutron emission on fragments fission measurements,,.
He is continuously interviewed by newspapers about science and technology subjects.
As part of his promoting actions he found the International Scientific Meeting (ECI) for which is recognized by international institutions.
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
is a nuclear physicist
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
at the Instituto Peruano de Energía Nuclear in Lima, Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
and member of the Peruvian National Academy of Sciences. He is past president of that institute, and past president of the Peruvian Physical Society.
Education
He holds a B.Sc., a Lic. a M.Sc. in physics from the University of Engineering, a DEA, a doctorat de 3eme cycle and a doctorat d´Etat from the Paris-Sud 11 UniversityParis-Sud 11 University
University of Paris-Sud or University of Paris-Sud or University of Paris XI is a French university distributed among several campuses in the southern suburb of Paris...
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Academic activities
Montoya is affiliated as professor to the National University of Engineering and he teaches science and technology subjects at Centro de Preparación para la Ciencia y Tecnología (Ceprecyt).Research
His research work was on cold fissionCold fission
Cold fission or cold nuclear fission is defined as involving fission events for which fission fragments have such low excitation energy that no neutrons or gammas are emitted....
at the CEA Saclay, he participated on the discovering the nucleon-pair breaking in cold fission, phenomenum studied also by Hervé Nifenecker in cold fission of uranium
Uranium
Uranium is a silvery-white metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table, with atomic number 92. It is assigned the chemical symbol U. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons...
233, uranium 235 y el plutonium
Plutonium
Plutonium is a transuranic radioactive chemical element with the chemical symbol Pu and atomic number 94. It is an actinide metal of silvery-gray appearance that tarnishes when exposed to air, forming a dull coating when oxidized. The element normally exhibits six allotropes and four oxidation...
239.He studied also the mass and kinetic energy distribution of fragments in cold fission
Between 1985 and 1986 he was guest scientist at (GSI
GSI
GSI may refer to:* Several geographical or geological organisations:** Geological Survey of India** Geological Survey of Iran** Geographical Society of Ireland** Geological Survey of Ireland** Geological Survey of Israel...
) in Darmstadt
Darmstadt
Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...
in the group led by Peter Armbruster
Peter Armbruster
Peter Armbruster is a physicist at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung facility in Darmstadt, Germany, and is credited with co-discovering elements 107 , 108 , 109 , 110 , 111 , and 112 with research partner Gottfried Münzenberg.He studied physics at the Technical...
, dedicated to research on transuranides nuclei. At GSI published his work on Coulomb and shell effects in low energy fission.,
As guest scientist at the Institut de Physique Nucléaire, Orsay
Orsay
Orsay is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is located in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France, from the center of Paris.Inhabitants of Orsay are known as Orcéens.-History:...
, in the Bernard Borderie's group, he participated in research on deeply inelastic collisions. He was also invited by the Carnegie-Mellon Institute in the Morton Kaplan group dedicated to ternary fragmentations in nuclear collisions.
He now studies effects of neutron emission on fragments fission measurements,,.
Promoting science and technology
As an opinion leader on science and technology in Peru, Montoya has published a number of articles on the main Peruvian newspapers.He is continuously interviewed by newspapers about science and technology subjects.
As part of his promoting actions he found the International Scientific Meeting (ECI) for which is recognized by international institutions.
External links
- http://www.peruvianscientists.org/