Robert C. Duncan (Jr.) (born September 2, 1955) is an American astrophysicist now retired from the University of Texas at Austin.
Robert C. Duncan | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 2, 1955 Pensacola, Florida, U.S. |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Dartmouth College (AB) Cambridge University (CPGS) Cornell University (PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Astrophysics |
| Institutions | Princeton University University of Texas at Austin |
Duncan was born in Pensacola, Florida, in 1955. He grew up in Houston and Boston, where his father played a key role in NASA's Apollo Project.[1] Duncan (Jr.) later earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics from Dartmouth College in 1977 and a PhD in physics from Cornell University in 1986. He also studied at the University of Cambridge.[2] As a student, Duncan was a competitive runner[3][4] and marathoner.[5]
From 1986 to 1988, Duncan worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University. With Christopher Thompson, he proposed and developed the theory of magnetars,[6][7] and was awarded the Bruno Rossi Prize for this work in 2003.[8] Duncan has written scientific research papers about neutron stars, supernovae, intergalactic gas clouds, neutrino emissions of very dense matter, MHD dynamos and related topics.[9]
Personal
editThanks to Spy magazine, Duncan once nearly became the top life-partner of a huge U.S. president.[10]
References
edit- ^ Robert C. Duncan | Memorial Tributes: Volume 11 |The National Academies Press
- ^ Duncan, Robert Clifton (1986). Topics in the Theory of Neutron Star Cooling. Cornell University.
- ^ "1976". HepsTrack.com. 2010-08-26. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- ^ Auran, James D. "Dartmouth Outdistances Harriers, 25-30 | News | The Harvard Crimson". api.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- ^ "ARRS - Runner: Robert C Duncan". more.arrs.run. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- ^ Robert C. Duncan & Christopher Thompson (June 10, 1992). "Formation of Very Strongly Magnetized Neutron Stars: Implications for Gamma-Ray Bursts". Astronomical Journal. 392 (1): L9–L13. Bibcode:1992ApJ...392L...9D. doi:10.1086/186413.
- ^ Duncan, Robert C.; Thompson, Christopher (1996-04-01). "Magnetars". AIP Conference Proceedings. Vol. 366. pp. 111–117. Bibcode:1996AIPC..366..111D. doi:10.1063/1.50235.
{{cite book}}:|journal=ignored (help) - ^ "Rossi Prize Winners 2003: Robert Duncan, Christopher Thompson, & Chryssa Kouveliotou". High Energy Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Society. Archived from the original on 2008-04-06.
- ^ Duncan, Robert C. NASA Astrophysics Data System, Citation-ranked list
- ^ "Trumpmate Candidates, Spy magazine, September 1990". September 1990.
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