Russell Alan Hulse (born November 28, 1950) is an American physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, shared with his thesis advisor Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., "for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation". For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A physicist is a Scientist who studies or practices Physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr (born March 29, 1941) is an American Astrophysicist and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate He was a specialist in the pulsar studies and gravitational waves. Pulsars are highly magnetized rotating Neutron stars that emit a beam of Electromagnetic radiation in the form of radio waves In Physics, a gravitational wave is a Fluctuation in the Curvature of Spacetime which propagates as a wave, traveling outward from
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Early years
Hulse was born in New York City and attended Bronx High School of Science and the Cooper Union before moving to University of Massachusetts Amherst (Ph.D. Physics 1975). The City of New York The Bronx High School of Science (commonly called Bronx Science, Bronx Sci, or just Science, and officially known as H The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (commonly referred to simply as The Cooper Union or Cooper Union) is a privately-funded college in The University of Massachusetts Amherst (otherwise known as UMass Amherst, Massachusetts, or UMass) is a research and Land-grant university in "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Middle years
There he worked with Taylor on a large-scale survey for pulsars using the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. The Arecibo Observatory is a very sensitive Radio telescope located approximately south-southwest from the town of Arecibo in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}} It was this work that led to the discovery of the first binary pulsar.
In 1974, Hulse and Taylor discovered binary pulsar PSR B1913+16, which is made up of a pulsar and black companion star. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. A binary pulsar is a Pulsar with a binary companion, often another Pulsar, White dwarf or Neutron star. PSR B1913+16 (also known as J1915+1606 is a Pulsar in a Binary star system, in orbit with another star around a common center of mass A star is a massive luminous ball of plasma. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the Energy on Earth Neutron star rotation emits impulses that are extremely regular and stable in the radio wave region and is nearby condensed material body gravitation (non-detectable in the visible field). A neutron star is a type of remnant that can result from the Gravitational collapse of a massive Star during a Type II, Type Ib or Type Radio waves are electromagnetic waves occurring on the Radio frequency portion of the Electromagnetic spectrum. Hulse, Taylor, and other colleagues have used this first binary pulsar to make high-precision tests of general relativity, demonstrating the existence of gravitational radiation. A binary star is a Star system consisting of two Stars orbiting around their Center of mass. Pulsars are highly magnetized rotating Neutron stars that emit a beam of Electromagnetic radiation in the form of radio waves General relativity or the general theory of relativity is the geometric theory of Gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1916 In Physics, a gravitational wave is a Fluctuation in the Curvature of Spacetime which propagates as a wave, traveling outward from An approximation of this radiant energy is described by the formula of the quadrupolar radiation of Albert Einstein (1918). An approximation (represented by the symbol ≈ is an inexact representation of something that is still close enough to be useful Radiant energy is the Energy of Electromagnetic waves The quantity of radiant energy may be calculated by integrating Radiant flux (or power Albert Einstein ( German: ˈalbɐt ˈaɪ̯nʃtaɪ̯n; English: ˈælbɝt ˈaɪnstaɪn (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955 was a German -born theoretical Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
In 1979, researchers announced measurements of small acceleration effects of the orbital movements of a pulsar. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) This was initial proof that the system of these two moving masses emit gravitational waves.
Later years
After receiving his Ph. D. , Hulse did postdoctoral work at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia. The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center of the United States National Science Foundation operated Green Bank is a community in Pocahontas County in West Virginia 's Potomac Highlands inside the Allegheny Mountain Range. He returned to Princeton, where he has worked for many years at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory for Plasma physics and Nuclear fusion He has also worked on science education, and in 2003 joined the University of Texas at Dallas as a visiting professor of physics and of mathematics and science education. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The meaning of the word professor ( Latin: professor, person who professes to be an expert in some art or science teacher of highest rank) varies Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. Mathematics is the body of Knowledge and Academic discipline that studies such concepts as Quantity, Structure, Space and Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning " Knowledge " or "knowing" is the effort to discover, and increase human understanding Education encompasses both the Teaching and Learning of Knowledge, proper conduct, and technical competency
In 1993, Hulse and Taylor shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the first binary pulsar. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Hulse was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2003. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science is an honor accorded to distinguished Scientists and a category of membership in the AAAS The American Association for the Advancement of Science (or AAAS) is an organization that promotes cooperation between Scientists defends scientific freedom encourages
In July of 2007 Hulse joined the Aurora Imaging Technology advisory board.
External links
- Hulse, Russell A. , "Autobiography". Les Prix Nobel 1993. (April 27, 2004; Nobel Foundation)
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