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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 William R. Forman and Christine Jones Forman "for pioneering work in the study of X-ray emission from early type galaxies". It has been awarded 40 times.
23 sty 2024 · NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) team has been awarded the American Astronomical Society’s 2024 Bruno Rossi Prize in high-energy astronomy for helping “advance our understanding of particle acceleration and emission from astrophysical shocks, black holes and neutron stars.”.
8 paź 2024 · The 2024 Bruno Rossi Prize has been awarded to Dr. Martin Weisskopf, Dr. Paolo Soffitta, and the IXPE team for their development of the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer whose novel measurements advance our understanding of particle acceleration and emission from astrophysical shocks, black holes and neutron stars.
30 sty 2024 · The High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) has awarded the 2024 Bruno Rossi Prize to retired NASA astrophysicist Martin Weisskopf (ST12 Emeritus), Italian Space Agency principal investigator Paolo Soffitta, and their team for development of the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), “whose ...
13 sty 2023 · Anatoly Spitkovsky, Professor of Astrophysical Sciences, was recently awarded the 2023 Bruno Rossi Prize from the American Astronomical Society, High Energy Astrophysics Division.
The prize is in honor of Professor Bruno Rossi, an authority on cosmic ray physics and a pioneer in the field of X-ray astronomy. The Rossi Prize includes an engraved certificate and a $1,500 award and a lecture given at an upcoming AAS meeting.
5 mar 2024 · The Bruno Rossi Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of high-energy astrophysics, with an emphasis on recent, significant achievements. This field of astrophysics focuses on the study of celestial objects that emit high-energy radiation, such as X-rays and gamma rays.
