John Bahcall
John Bahcall · Science & Medicine
Astrophysicist; standard solar model and the solar neutrino problem
1934, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States — 2005, New York City, New York, United States
United States
John Bahcall is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Astrophysicist; standard solar model and the solar neutrino problem
John Norris Bahcall was an American astrophysicist at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton who developed the standard solar model and, with Raymond Davis, framed the solar neutrino problem — the deficit of detected neutrinos from the Sun, later resolved by neutrino oscillation. He also championed the Hubble Space Telescope. He was Jewish.
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Astrophysicist; standard solar model and the solar neutrino problem
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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