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Professor

Stanford E. Woosley

University of California, Santa Cruz
Astronomer; Astrophysicist; Educator
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Earth Sciences
Elected
2001
Contributions to the study of supernovae, the evolution of massive stars, high energy astrophysics, and nuclear astrophysics. Models for astronomical explosions of many varieties - Type I and Type II supernovae, x-ray bursts, and gamma-ray bursts. Provided standard nucleosynthetic yields for studies of Galactic evolution, gamma-ray line astronomy, and meteorites. Originated the collapsar model for gamma-ray bursts.
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