Published “GWTC-2: Compact Binary Coalescences Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First Half of the Third Observing Run” in Physical Review X — cited 1,854 times.
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Gustav Kirchhoff
Gustav Robert Kirchhoff was a German physicist and mathematician who contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and the emission of black-body radiation by heated objects. He coined the term black body in 1860.
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science · German physicist and mathematician (1824–1887) · physicist · chemist · engineer · mathematician · university teacher · also Gustav Kirchhoff, Gustav Robert Kirchhoff, Kirchhoff
Born 12 March 1824 · Died 17 October 1887 · Q60052
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2019· 1 entry
Published “GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs” in Physical Review X — cited 2,844 times.
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2018· 1 entry
Published “GW170817: Measurements of Neutron Star Radii and Equation of State” in Physical Review Letters — cited 2,176 times.
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2017· 4 entries
Published “GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral” in Physical Review Letters — cited 8,280 times.
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Published “GW170104: Observation of a 50-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence at Redshift 0.2” in Physical Review Letters — cited 2,054 times.
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Published “Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A” in The Astrophysical Journal Letters — cited 2,990 times.
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Published “Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger<sup>*</sup>” in The Astrophysical Journal Letters — cited 3,678 times.
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2005· 1 entry
Published “Resting Microglial Cells Are Highly Dynamic Surveillants of Brain Parenchyma in Vivo” in Science — cited 4,997 times.
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2002· 1 entry
Published “Origins, Current Status, and Future Challenges of Green Chemistry” in Accounts of Chemical Research — cited 2,000 times.
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1887· 3 entries
Died 1887-10-17.
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Won Janssen Medal (1887).
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“[R]adiation in empty space will be investigated..⇒ the [associated] black bodies must have a refracted index which differs infinitely little from 1.”
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1877· 3 entries
Awarded Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1877).
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Won Matteucci Medal (1877).
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Won Davy Medal (1877).
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1876· 1 entry
Won Cothenius Medal (1876).
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1875· 2 entries
Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1875).
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Kirchhoff returned to Berlin, where he remained until his death in 1887
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1872· 1 entry
After Clara's death in 1869, he married Luise Brömmel
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1868· 1 entry
Awarded Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1868).
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1862· 2 entries
Won Rumford Medal (1862).
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Was awarded the Rumford Medal "for his researches on the fixed lines of the solar spectrum, and on the inversion of the bright lines in the spectra of artificial light"
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1860· 1 entry
Awarded honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (1860).
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1859· 1 entry
Kirchhoff proposed a law of thermal radiation, and gave a proof in 1861
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1858· 1 entry
That, in thermochemistry, the variation of the heat of a chemical reaction is given by the difference in heat capacity between products and reactants:
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1857· 2 entries
Kirchhoff calculated that an electric signal in a resistanceless wire travels along the wire at the speed of light
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Kirchhoff married Clara Richelot, the daughter of his mathematics professor Richelot; the couple had five children
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1854· 1 entry
Was called to the University of Heidelberg, where he collaborated with Robert Bunsen in spectroscopic work
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1847· 2 entries
Studied at University of Königsberg (1842–1847).
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Kirchhoff graduated from the University of Königsberg and became a Privatdozent (unsalaried lecturer) at the University of Berlin, where he stayed until 1850 when he was offered a professorship at the University of Bresl
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1845· 1 entry
Kirchhoff formulated two circuit laws, which are now ubiquitous in electrical engineering
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1842· 1 entry
Studied at Kneiphof Gymnasium (1842).
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1824· 1 entry
Born 1824-03-12.
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