Franz Daniel Kahn
| Franz Kahn | |
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| Born | Franz Daniel Kahn May 13, 1926 Nuremberg, Germany |
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| Fields | Astrophysics |
| Institutions | University of Manchester |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford (DPhil) |
| Thesis | Some problems concerning the luminosity and other properties of the upper atmosphere |
| Doctoral advisor | Sydney Chapman[1] |
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| Notable awards | Fellow of the Royal Society (1993)[4] |
Franz Daniel Kahn (1926-1998) FRS[4] was a mathematician and astrophysicist at the University of Manchester.[5][6]
Education
Kahn was educated at the University of Oxford where he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1950 for research supervised by Sydney Chapman on luminosity.[7][1]
Research and career
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Franz Hahn has made many original contributions to plasma astrophysics, cosmical gas dynamics and the physics of star formation, with significant early papers on the structure of ionisation fronts and collision-free shocks. More recently he has done important work on stellar winds and galactic fountains, on planetary nebulae and on remnants of novae and supernovae. His versatility is shown by papers on the spiral structure of the Galaxy, on the nature of the Local Group and the account (with the late Carla Kahn) of the Einstein-de Sitter correspondence. Kahn's style is especially noteworthy for his skill in building simple mathematical models which bring out the essence of the physics.[8]
Awards and honours
Kahn was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1993.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Franz Daniel Kahn at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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