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German-American astrophysicist
Helmut Arthur Abt (born 26 May 1925)
[2] is a German-born American
astrophysicist , having worked at the
National Optical Astronomy Observatory and an Elected Fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science .
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6] He is astronomer
emeritus at
Kitt Peak National Observatory .
[7]
[8]
Helmut was born in
Helmstedt , Germany, then his family emigrated to the United States when he was two.
[2]
[8] He received his B.S. in
Mathematics from
Northwestern University in 1946, M.S. in
Physics from Northwestern University in 1948,
[9] and became the first person to be awarded a Ph.D. in astrophysics at
California Institute of Technology in 1952 for his thesis work on
W Virginis .
[6]
[1]
He then spent a year at
Lick Observatory .
[2] From 1953 to 1959 he was assistant professor at
Yerkes Observatory , part of the
University of Chicago , then joined the staff of the Kitt Peak National Observatory as an astronomer, where he remained until 2000.
[10]
[8] From 1966 to 1968, he was President of the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific .
[2] During 1971–1999 he was managing editor of the
Astrophysical Journal .
[6]
His areas of research include
stellar rotation ;
binary stars , including
spectroscopic binaries ;
stellar classification ; and
bibliometrics of
astronomy publications.
[7]
[8]
Awards and honors
He was awarded the
George Van Biesbroeck Prize in 1997.
[10] The
main-belt asteroid
9423 Abt , discovered by
Spacewatch at
Kitt Peak National Observatory in 1996,
[5] and Abt's star (SV Crateris/ HD 98088/ ADS 8115) in the constellation
Crater
[11] were named in his honor.
References
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b Abt, Helmut Arthur (1952).
An Analysis of the Variable Star W Virginis (PDF) (Ph.D.). Pasadena, California: California Institute of Technology.
doi :
10.7907/R3P7-KJ13 .
Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019 .
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d Cheng, K. S.; Leung, K. C.; Li, T. P., eds. (2003). "Helmut A. Abt".
Stellar Astrophysics — A Tribute to Helmut A. Abt (PDF) . Astrophysics and Space Science Library book series. Vol. 298.
doi :
10.1007/978-94-017-0403-8 .
ISBN
978-90-481-6452-3 .
ISSN
0067-0057 .
Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019 .
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"Abt, Helmut" . aaas.org.
Archived from the original on 17 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017 .
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"Interview" . aip.org. 8 December 2014.
Archived from the original on 17 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017 .
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a
b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(9423) Abt". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names .
Springer Berlin Heidelberg . p. 692.
doi :
10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_7509 .
ISBN
978-3-540-00238-3 .
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b
c
"NOAO Astronomer Helmut Abt turns 90" . National Optional Astronomy Observatory. 2015.
Archived from the original on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019 .
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a
b
"NOIRLab Scientific staff" .
NOIRLab .
Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023 .
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d Nemeh, Katherine H., ed. (2020).
"Abt, Helmut Arthur" .
American Men & Women of Science: A Biographical Directory of Today's Leaders in Physical, Biological, and Related Sciences . Vol. 1 (38th ed.). Farmington Hills, Michigan:
Gale . p. 40.
ISBN
978-0-02-866695-2 .
ISSN
0000-1287 .
OCLC
1152235791 .
Archived from the original on 23 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023 . {{
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link )
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"Helmut Abt" . National Optical Astronomy Observatory . Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA). Archived from
the original on 9 July 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017 .
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b
"Brief Introduction of Prof. Abt Helmut" . Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics .
ISSN
1674-4527 .
Archived from the original on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019 .
^ Sky Catalogue 2000.0, Volume 2: Double Stars, Variable Stars and Nonstellar Objects - page xlv: Glossary of Selected Astronomical Names
External links
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