Roger Blandford

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astrophysicist person theoretical astrophysicist

Roger Blandford is a prominent theoretical astrophysicist known for his influential work on black holes, active galactic nuclei, and high-energy astrophysical processes.

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Roger Blandford canonical 3
Roger D. Blandford 1

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instanceOf astrophysicist ⓘ
person ⓘ
theoretical astrophysicist ⓘ
awardReceived Dirac Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kavli Prize in Astrophysics NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
educatedAt University of Birmingham NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge
employer Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stanford University ⓘ
familyName Blandford NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork astrophysics ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
general relativity ⓘ
high-energy astrophysics ⓘ
theoretical astrophysics ⓘ
givenName Roger ⓘ
hasAcademicPosition professor of astrophysics ⓘ
professor of physics ⓘ
hasRole theoretical physicist ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
hasWritten research papers on active galactic nuclei ⓘ
research papers on black holes ⓘ
research papers on relativistic jets ⓘ
influenced models of high-energy emission from compact objects ⓘ
modern theories of jet formation in AGN ⓘ
knownFor Blandford–Payne mechanism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Blandford–Znajek process NERFINISHED ⓘ
work on active galactic nuclei ⓘ
work on black holes ⓘ
work on high-energy astrophysical processes ⓘ
work on relativistic jets ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society ⓘ
name Roger Blandford NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableConcept energy extraction from rotating black holes ⓘ
magnetohydrodynamic jets from accretion disks ⓘ
researchInterest accretion disks ⓘ
black hole physics ⓘ
compact objects ⓘ
cosmic rays ⓘ
gamma-ray bursts ⓘ
gravitational lensing ⓘ
workLocation Stanford, California NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Heineman Prize for Astrophysics → notableRecipient → Roger Blandford ⓘ
Shaw Prize in Astronomy → hasLaureate → Roger Blandford ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roger D. Blandford
Princeton University Observatory → hasNotableMember → Roger Blandford ⓘ
Blandford–Znajek process → namedAfter → Roger Blandford ⓘ