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Jan van Paradijs

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31: 417: 452: 457: 467: 199:, in February 1997, together with two of his students, and for establishing that gamma-ray bursts are extragalactic events. He was married to the astrophysicist 254:. His thesis was entitled "Studies of line spectra of G- and K-type stars" and his supervisor was David Koelbloed. Afterwards he started working on 462: 447: 169: 259: 164: 330: 442: 364: 334: 300: 231: 258:. In 1988 he was appointed full professor at the University of Amsterdam, and later he worked part-time at the 247: 159: 93: 437: 432: 277: 200: 105: 369: 326: 128: 391: 262:, U.S. He published over 400 scientific papers, including many with long-time collaborator 192: 338: 235: 188: 426: 227: 223: 274: 263: 255: 216: 212: 146: 296: 251: 196: 73: 219: 54: 30: 191:. He is best known for discovering the first optical afterglow of a 267: 187:(9 June 1946 – 2 November 1999) was a Dutch high-energy 365:"Johannes van Paradijs, 53; Helped Explain Gamma Rays" 152: 142: 124: 99: 89: 81: 62: 40: 21: 234:mapping, he was the first to spatially resolve an 418:The Scientific Life and Work of Jan van Paradijs 321: 319: 317: 453:Academic staff of the University of Amsterdam 8: 211:Van Paradijs determined the first mass of a 458:University of Alabama in Huntsville faculty 29: 18: 250:, Netherlands, in 1975, working on cool 288: 468:Deaths from cancer in the Netherlands 358: 356: 246:Van Paradijs obtained his PhD at the 170:Massachusetts Institute of Technology 7: 392:"Physics Tree - Jan A. van Paradijs" 331:"Jan A. van Paradijs (1946 – 1999)" 260:University of Alabama in Huntsville 165:University of Alabama in Huntsville 14: 363:Glanz, James (November 4, 1999). 222:in 1975. In 1978 he showed that 16:Dutch high-energy astrophysicist 114: 463:University of Amsterdam alumni 448:20th-century Dutch astronomers 297:"HEAD AAS Rossi Prize Winners" 1: 335:American Astronomical Society 301:American Astronomical Society 484: 178: 135: 28: 185:Johannes A. van Paradijs 35:Jan van Paradijs in 1993 443:Scientists from Haarlem 248:University of Amsterdam 160:University of Amsterdam 94:University of Amsterdam 280:was named after him. 226:are neutron stars in 341:on October 19, 2016 278:9259 Janvanparadijs 201:Chryssa Kouveliotou 106:Chryssa Kouveliotou 370:The New York Times 327:van den Heuvel, Ed 182: 181: 137:Scientific career 129:Bruno Rossi Prize 475: 406: 405: 403: 402: 396:academictree.org 388: 382: 381: 379: 377: 360: 351: 350: 348: 346: 337:. Archived from 323: 312: 311: 309: 307: 293: 118: 116: 69: 50: 48: 33: 23:Jan van Paradijs 19: 483: 482: 478: 477: 476: 474: 473: 472: 423: 422: 414: 409: 400: 398: 390: 389: 385: 375: 373: 362: 361: 354: 344: 342: 325: 324: 315: 305: 303: 295: 294: 290: 286: 244: 242:Academic career 209: 193:gamma-ray burst 174: 120: 117: 1992) 112: 108: 90:Alma mater 77: 71: 67: 66:2 November 1999 58: 52: 46: 44: 36: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 481: 479: 471: 470: 465: 460: 455: 450: 445: 440: 435: 425: 424: 421: 420: 413: 412:External links 410: 408: 407: 383: 352: 313: 287: 285: 282: 256:X-ray binaries 243: 240: 236:accretion disk 228:binary systems 224:X-ray bursters 208: 205: 189:astrophysicist 180: 179: 176: 175: 173: 172: 167: 162: 156: 154: 150: 149: 144: 140: 139: 133: 132: 126: 122: 121: 110: 104: 103: 101: 97: 96: 91: 87: 86: 83: 79: 78: 72: 70:(aged 53) 64: 60: 59: 53: 42: 38: 37: 34: 26: 25: 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 480: 469: 466: 464: 461: 459: 456: 454: 451: 449: 446: 444: 441: 439: 436: 434: 431: 430: 428: 419: 416: 415: 411: 397: 393: 387: 384: 372: 371: 366: 359: 357: 353: 340: 336: 332: 328: 322: 320: 318: 314: 302: 298: 292: 289: 283: 281: 279: 276: 271: 269: 265: 261: 257: 253: 249: 241: 239: 237: 233: 232:spectroscopic 229: 225: 221: 218: 214: 206: 204: 202: 198: 194: 190: 186: 177: 171: 168: 166: 163: 161: 158: 157: 155: 151: 148: 145: 141: 138: 134: 130: 127: 123: 107: 102: 98: 95: 92: 88: 84: 80: 76:, Netherlands 75: 65: 61: 57:, Netherlands 56: 43: 39: 32: 27: 20: 399:. Retrieved 395: 386: 374:. Retrieved 368: 343:. Retrieved 339:the original 304:. Retrieved 291: 275:minor planet 272: 264:Walter Lewin 245: 217:X-ray pulsar 213:neutron star 210: 184: 183: 153:Institutions 147:Astrophysics 136: 68:(1999-11-02) 438:1999 deaths 433:1946 births 376:October 18, 345:October 18, 306:October 18, 252:giant stars 82:Nationality 51:9 June 1946 427:Categories 401:2020-04-26 284:References 197:GRB 970228 47:1946-06-09 74:Amsterdam 230:. Using 220:Vela X-1 207:Research 119:​ 111:​ 55:Haarlem 215:, the 143:Fields 131:(1998) 125:Awards 100:Spouse 113:( 109: 85:Dutch 378:2016 347:2016 308:2016 273:The 63:Died 41:Born 268:MIT 266:of 203:. 429:: 394:. 367:. 355:^ 333:. 329:. 316:^ 299:. 270:. 238:. 195:, 115:m. 404:. 380:. 349:. 310:. 49:) 45:(

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Jan van Paradijs at work at NASA/Marshall in early 1993 during BATSE observations aboard the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
Haarlem
Amsterdam
University of Amsterdam
Chryssa Kouveliotou
Bruno Rossi Prize
Astrophysics
University of Amsterdam
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
astrophysicist
gamma-ray burst
GRB 970228
Chryssa Kouveliotou
neutron star
X-ray pulsar
Vela X-1
X-ray bursters
binary systems
spectroscopic
accretion disk
University of Amsterdam
giant stars
X-ray binaries
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Walter Lewin
MIT
minor planet
9259 Janvanparadijs
"HEAD AAS Rossi Prize Winners"

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