Paul L. Schechter
Si Paul L. Schechter (namundag Mayo 30, 1948) sarong Amerikanong astronomo asin paramasid na kosmologo. Siya an William A. M. Burden Professor of Astrophysics, Emeritus, sa MIT.
Si Schechter naresibe saiyang bachelor's degree sa Cornell kan 1968, asin saiyang Ph.D. degree sa Caltech kan 1975. Siya nagkapot nin mga pwestong postdoktoral sa Institute for Advanced Study asin sa University of Arizona, dangan nagdakit sa Harvard bilang assistant na propesor. Siya nagbalyo sa presenteng posisyon niya sa MIT kan 1988.[1] Schechter was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2003.
Si Schechter midbid na gayo kan saiyang trabaho sa pagdiskubre kan inapod ma Schechter luminosity function para sa mga galaxies, asin kan saiyang trabaho katuwang si William Press sa ngonyan inaapod na Press–Schechter formalism. Siya man nakahaman nin bagong metodong eksakto sa pagkwenta kan velocidad sa pagwarak kan mga galaxies, pag'ugid kan Virgocentric infall, asin pag'ugid nin butingtingon kan gravitational lenses.[2]
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[baguhon | baguhon an source]- ↑ MIT Faculty Profile at http://web.mit.edu/physics/people/faculty/schechter_paul.html
- ↑ U.S. National Academy of Sciences election citation at "National Academy of Sciences: Members - Directory Search Help". Archived from the original on 2010-03-05. Retrieved 2010-03-17. Unknown parameter
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