Bruce T. Draine

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Bruce T. Draine is an American astrophysicist renowned for his influential work on interstellar dust and the interstellar medium.


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instanceOf American astrophysicist
astrophysicist
person
almaMater Cornell University
Harvard University
authorOf Physics of the Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium
awardReceived Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics
Henry Norris Russell Lectureship
citizenship United States of America
educatedAt Cornell University
Harvard University
employer Princeton University
fieldOfWork ISM physics
astrophysics
cosmic dust
interstellar dust
interstellar medium
radiative transfer
hasAcademicDiscipline cosmology
space physics
theoretical astrophysics
hasWrittenOn dust emission in the infrared and submillimeter
dust evolution in galaxies
dust scattering of starlight
dust-to-gas ratio in galaxies
extinction curves in external galaxies
extinction curves in the Milky Way
grain charging in the interstellar medium
grain surface physics in the ISM
interstellar polarization
interstellar radiation fields
magnetic properties of interstellar grains
photoelectric heating of the diffuse interstellar medium
photoionization of interstellar grains
knownFor models of infrared emission from interstellar dust
models of interstellar extinction
studies of photoelectric heating in the interstellar medium
theory of interstellar dust grains
work on dust grain alignment
work on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the ISM
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Department of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
nationality American
notableStudent Li Aigen
notableWork Physics of the Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium
occupation astrophysicist
workInstitution Princeton University

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Henry Norris Russell Lectureship
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