Gilles Chabrier

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Gilles Chabrier is a French astrophysicist.

Life and scientific work[]

Chabrier studied physics at the École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS) in Lyon. After completing his PhD he continued his research at the University of Rochester. In the early 1990s he built up a research group at the ENS Lyon in collaboration with the nearby Lyon Observatory. In 1995, the was founded, known as the (CRAL) since 2007. Chabrier continues to lead one of the research groups at CRAL. He is also a research director at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS).

Chabrier is best known for his work on brown dwarfs. Before their discovery in 1995, in collaboration with Isabelle Baraffe, France Allard and Didier Saumon, he helped to develop the theory of the structure of brown dwarfs.

Awards[]

References[]

  1. ^ "CNRS Silver Medalists". Archived from the original on 2016-07-22. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  2. ^ "RAS honours outstanding astronomers and geophysicists". 2011-01-14. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  3. ^ "2019 Fred Hoyle Medal and Prize". Retrieved 2019-07-02.


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