Hartland Snyder

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Hartland Sweet Snyder
Born1913
Salt Lake City, U.S.
Died(1962-05-22)May 22, 1962
Berkeley, California, U.S.
Education
Known forCourant–Snyder parameters
Oppenheimer–Snyder model
Strong focusing
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
Institutions
Doctoral advisorJ. Robert Oppenheimer

Hartland Sweet Snyder (1913,

Robert Oppenheimer, showed how large stars would collapse to form black holes.[2] This work modeled the gravitational collapse of a pressure-free homogeneous fluid sphere and found that it would be unable to communicate with the rest of the universe.[3]
This discovery was depicted in the movie Oppenheimer, where Snyder was portrayed by actor Rory Keane.[4] Historian of physics David C. Cassidy assessed that this prediction of black holes might have won a Nobel Prize in Physics had the authors been alive in the 1990s when evidence was available.[5]

Some publications Snyder authored together with

Milton Stanley Livingston developed the principle of strong focusing that made modern particle accelerators possible. The Courant–Snyder parameters, a method of characterizing the distribution of particles in a beam, were an important part of that contribution.[7]

In 1954, Snyder bet against Maurice Goldhaber that antiprotons existed, and won.[8]

See also

References

  1. doi:10.1063/1.3058300
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  2. ^ Bartels, Meghan (21 July 2023). "Oppenheimer Almost Discovered Black Holes Before He Became 'Destroyer of Worlds'". Scientific American. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  3. ISSN 0031-899X
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  4. ^ Thompson, David (29 July 2023). "Oppenheimer Cast: Every Celebrity & Actor In the Movie". The Direct. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  5. ^ Hollywood movie aside, just how good a physicist was Oppenheimer? A-bomb architect "was no Einstein", historian says, but he did Nobel-level work on black holes, Adrian Cho interviewing David C. Cassidy, Science (journal), 2023-07-17
  6. hdl:2027/mdp.39015086454124
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  7. doi:10.1006/aphy.2000.6012
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  8. ^ "Putting Money Where Their Minds Are; Where Scientists Gather, Wagering Flourishes (Published 1998)". nytimes.com. 25 August 1998. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
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