Bruno Rossi Prize
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The Bruno Rossi Prize is awarded annually by the High Energy Astrophysics division of the American Astronomical Society "for a significant contribution to High Energy Astrophysics, with particular emphasis on recent, original work".[1] Named after astrophysicist Bruno Rossi, the prize is awarded with a certificate and a gift of USD $500, and was first awarded in 1985 to and Christine Jones Forman "for pioneering work in the study of X-ray emission from early type galaxies". It has been awarded 32 times. In 2010, the prize was awarded to , Peter Michelson and the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope team "for enabling, through the development of the Large Area Telescope, new insights into neutron stars, supernova remnants, cosmic rays, binary systems, active galactic nuclei, and gamma-ray bursts". In 2013, the prize was awarded to of Leland Stanford Junior University and Alice Harding of Goddard Space Flight Center for their work in developing the theoretical framework underpinning the many exciting pulsar results from Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.
List of winners[]
- 1985 and Christine Jones Forman
- 1986
- 1987 Michiel van der Klis
- 1988 Rashid A. Sunyaev
- 1989 IMB and Kamioka Experiment teams
- 1990 Stirling Colgate
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993 Giovanni Bignami and
- 1994 Gerald J. Fishman
- 1995
- 1996 and
- 1997
- 1998 The BeppoSAX Team and Jan van Paradijs
- 1999 Jean Swank and
- 2000 Peter Meszaros, Bohdan Paczyński, and Martin Rees
- 2001 Andrew Fabian and Yasuo Tanaka
- 2002 Leon Van Speybroeck[2]
- 2003 Robert Duncan, , and Chryssa Kouveliotou
- 2004 and Martin C. Weisskopf
- 2005 Stan Woosley
- 2006 , , and Rudy Wijnands[3]
- 2007 Neil Gehrels and the Swift team
- 2008 ,[4] , , and Alexey Vikhlinin
- 2009 Charles D. Bailyn, , and
- 2010 Felix A. Aharonian, Werner Hofmann, and the H.E.S.S. team[5]
- 2011 , Peter Michelson and the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope LAT team[6]
- 2012 and the
- 2013 and Alice Harding
- 2014 , Tracy R. Slatyer and for their discovery of the Fermi Bubbles.[7]
- 2015 Fiona A. Harrison[8]
- 2016 Niel Brandt[9]
- 2017 Gabriela González and the LIGO team[10]
- 2018 Colleen Wilson-Hodge and the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope GBM team[11]
- 2019 Brian Metzger and Daniel Kasen[12]
- 2020 Sheperd Doeleman and The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration [13]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Rossi prize". High Energy Astrophysics Division, American Astronomical Society. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
- ^ "Chandra telescope designer wins 2002 Rossi Prize". January 27, 2002.
- ^ "UvA astronomer Rudy Wijnands wins Bruno Rossi prize". January 26, 2006. Archived from the original on 2016-11-22. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
- ^ "KIPAC Researcher Awarded Rossi Prize". January 2, 2008.
- ^ "HESS Astrophysicists Share Rossi Prize". February 1, 2010.
- ^ "Physicist Bill Atwood shares Rossi Prize for work on gamma-ray telescope". January 21, 2011.
- ^ "Meng Su wins 2014 Bruno Rossi Prize (along with Tracy Slatyer, MIT, and Douglas Finkbeiner, CfA)". January 28, 2014. Archived from the original on August 8, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
- ^ "Fiona Harrison Awarded High-Energy Astrophysics Prize". January 16, 2016.
- ^ "Top high-energy astrophysics prize awarded to Niel Brandt". January 15, 2016. Archived from the original on December 19, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
- ^ "AAS Announces Recipients of 2017 Prizes and Awards". American Astronomical Society. January 9, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
- ^ "2018 Bruno Rossi Prize: Top High-Energy Prize Awarded to Gamma-ray Burst Monitor Team". American Astronomical Society. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ^ "HIGH-ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS DIVISION ANNOUNCES 2019 AWARD WINNERS". High Energy Astrophysics Division of American Astronomical Society. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "The 2020 Rossi Prize Press Release". AAS High Energy Astrophysics Division. 2020-01-28. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- Awards established in 1985
- Astronomy prizes
- 1985 establishments in the United States
- American Astronomical Society