Svein Rosseland

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Svein Rosseland was a Norwegian astrophysicist renowned for his pioneering work in radiative transfer and stellar structure, for which the Rosseland mean opacity is named.

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instanceOf academic
astrophysicist
human
physicist
awardReceived Gunnerus Medal
countryOfBirth Norway
countryOfCitizenship Norway
dateOfBirth 1894-03-31
dateOfDeath 1985-01-19
educatedAt Imperial College London
University of Oslo
employer University of Oslo
ethnicGroup Norwegian
familyName Rosseland
fieldOfWork astrophysics
celestial mechanics
radiative transfer
stellar structure
theoretical physics
givenName Svein
hasEponym Rosseland mean opacity
hasHonorificName Rosseland Crater on the Moon
influenced development of modern theoretical astrophysics
influencedBy Vilhelm Bjerknes
knownFor Rosseland mean opacity
pioneering work in radiative transfer
pioneering work in stellar structure
languageSpoken English
Norwegian
memberOf Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
name Svein Rosseland self-link
nativeLanguage Norwegian
notableConcept Rosseland mean opacity
notableStudent Jan Oort
Sjur Refsdal
notableWork Theoretical astrophysics
occupation astrophysicist
university professor
placeOfBirth Stavanger
placeOfDeath Bærum
positionHeld director of the Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics at the University of Oslo
professor of astrophysics at the University of Oslo
residence Oslo
sexOrGender male
studiedUnder Arthur Stanley Eddington
surface form: Arthur Eddington
workLocation Oslo

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Rosseland mean opacity namedAfter Svein Rosseland
Rosseland mean opacity introducedBy Svein Rosseland
Svein Rosseland name Svein Rosseland self-link