Robert J. Gould
Research ProfessorPh.D. Cornell University, 1963
Principle research areas are atomic, nuclear and particle processes; statistical mechanics; applications in astrophysics.
Most of the information obtained about astronomical sources comes from detecting photons, so the electromagnetic processes are particularly important in astrophysics. Most of my research is on the physics of these processes, and there is a wide variety of electromagnetic phenomena that take place in nature. Both low-energy and high-energy processes occur, and they can be computed by classical and quantum electrodynamics, depending on the conditions.
Selected Publications:
Multipole Radiation in Charged-Particle Scattering. Astrophys. J. 362, 284 (1990).
Neutron-Photon Scattering in the Early Universe. Astrophys. J. 417, 12 (1993).
Radiative Hyperfine Transitions. Astrophys. J. 423, 522 (1994).
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