Edwin E. Salpeter

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academic astrophysicist person physicist

Edwin E. Salpeter was an influential Austrian–Australian astrophysicist best known for his pioneering work on stellar nucleosynthesis and the initial mass function of stars.

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Erwin Salpeter 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic ⓘ
astrophysicist ⓘ
person ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
awardReceived Eddington Medal ⓘ
Hans A. Bethe Prize ⓘ
Henry Norris Russell Lectureship ⓘ
J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize ⓘ
birthCountry Austria ⓘ
birthDate 1924-12-03 ⓘ
birthPlace Vienna ⓘ
coAuthor Margaret Burbidge ⓘ
surface form: E. Margaret Burbidge

Fred Hoyle ⓘ
Geoffrey Burbidge ⓘ
Hans Bethe ⓘ
William A. Fowler ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Australia ⓘ
Austria ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 2008-11-26 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Rudolf Peierls ⓘ
educatedAt University of Birmingham ⓘ
University of Sydney ⓘ
employer Cornell University ⓘ
familyName Salpeter ⓘ
fieldOfWork astrophysics ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
theoretical physics ⓘ
givenName Edwin ⓘ
influenced models of galaxy evolution ⓘ
modern theories of star formation ⓘ
influencedBy Hans Bethe ⓘ
knownFor Bethe–Salpeter equation ⓘ
Salpeter initial mass function ⓘ
Eddington limit ⓘ
surface form: Salpeter time

stellar nucleosynthesis ⓘ
triple-alpha process ⓘ
work on dark matter in galaxies ⓘ
work on interstellar medium ⓘ
work on quasars and active galactic nuclei ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
notableWork 1951 paper on the triple-alpha process ⓘ
1955 paper on the initial mass function of stars ⓘ
Bethe–Salpeter equation ⓘ
surface form: Bethe–Salpeter equation paper (1951)
positionHeld James A. Weeks Professor of Physical Sciences ⓘ
professor of physics ⓘ
workLocation Ithaca, New York, United States ⓘ
surface form: Ithaca, New York

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Henry Norris Russell Lectureship → notableRecipient → Edwin E. Salpeter ⓘ
Hans Bethe → notableStudent → Edwin E. Salpeter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edwin Salpeter
Bethe–Salpeter equation → introducedBy → Edwin E. Salpeter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Erwin Salpeter
Bethe–Salpeter equation → namedAfter → Edwin E. Salpeter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Erwin Salpeter
Salpeter → usedBy → Edwin E. Salpeter ⓘ
Salpeter → namedAfter → Edwin E. Salpeter ⓘ
subject surface form: Salpeter initial mass function
Salpeter → notableBearer → Edwin E. Salpeter ⓘ
Salpeter initial mass function → namedAfter → Edwin E. Salpeter ⓘ
Salpeter initial mass function → author → Edwin E. Salpeter ⓘ
Princeton University Observatory → hasNotableMember → Edwin E. Salpeter ⓘ
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Moses Schwarzschild → notableStudent → Edwin E. Salpeter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edwin Salpeter