Robert B. Leighton
American experimental physicist and writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert Benjamin Leighton (/ˈleɪtən/; September 10, 1919 – March 9, 1997) was a prominent American experimental physicist who spent his professional career at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).[1] His work over the years spanned solid state physics, cosmic ray physics, the beginnings of modern particle physics, solar physics, the planets, infrared astronomy, and millimeter- and submillimeter-wave astronomy. In the latter four fields, his pioneering work opened up entirely new areas of research that subsequently developed into vigorous scientific communities.
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Robert B. Leighton | |
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Born | (1919-09-10)September 10, 1919 |
Died | March 9, 1997(1997-03-09) (aged 77) |
Alma mater | California Institute of Technology |
Known for | Leighton solar dynamo model Leighton Radio Telescopes Two-Micron Sky Survey The Feynman Lectures on Physics |
Children | Ralph Leighton |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Experimental physics |
Institutions | California Institute of Technology |
Thesis | The vibrational spectrum of a mon-atomic face-centered cubic crystal lattice (1947) |
Doctoral advisor | William V. Houston Paul Sophus Epstein |
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