Jean-François Denisse
Jean-François Denisse | |
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| Born | May 16, 1915 |
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| Fields | astronomy, astrophysics |
| Institutions | Paris Observatory CNES |
| Doctoral advisor | Yves Rocard |
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Jean-François Denisse (1915–2014) was a French astronomer and one of the leading pioneers of radio astronomy in France.[7][6]
Education and career
Jean-François Denisse matriculated in 1936 at the
National Bureau of Standards in Washington, DC.[6] He received his doctorate in 1950.[8] His thesis, supervised by Yves Rocard, dealt with solar activity involving the propagation of waves in plasmas.[6][7] In 1947 at ENS Paris, Rocard founded a group for the study of radio astronomy. The first two to join Rocard's group were Denisse and Jean-Louis Steinberg, followed shortly afterward by Émile-Jacques Blum.[9] From 1951 to 1953 as an intermittent visiting scientist at Dakar's École des Hautes Études (now part of Cheikh Anta Diop University), Denisse led members of his group as they made African solar observations, particularly during partial eclipses.[6] In 1953 the group on radio astronomy moved to the Paris Observatory in Meudon, and Denisse became the head of the group.[7] He was from 1954 to 1968 employed at the Paris Observatory and was from 1963 to 1968 the observatory's director,[8] as the successor to André-Louis Danjon.[10] Denisse was from 1955 to 1961 the president of the IAU Commission 40 for Radio Astronomy.[7][11] He supervised the creation of the Paris Observatory's Station de Radioastronomie de Nançay. The station's first large instrument, a solar internee rometer, was completed in 1956. Denisse directed the construction of the station's large radio telescope, which was completed in 1967. This radio telescope, one of the world's largest, is still in operation.[7]
In the later part of his career, Denisse's focus was more on administrative work. He made fundamental contribution to the development of French and European astronomy, both ground-based and space-based.
Denisse was elected in 1967 a member of the
Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur and Officier des palmes académiques.[3]
Selected publications
- Denisse, J. F. (1949). "Microwave solar noise and sunspot". The Astronomical Journal. 54: 183. doi:10.1086/106280.
- Denisse, J.-F.; Blum, E. J.; Steinberg, J.-L. (1952). "Radio Observations of the Solar Eclipses of September 1, 1951, and February 25, 1952". Nature. 170 (4318): 191–192. S2CID 4144483.
- Denisse, J. -F. (1956). "La radio astronomie et l'activité solaire". Ciel et Terre. 72: 205. Bibcode:1956C&T....72..205D.
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- Blum, E.; Denisse, J.; Steinberg, J. (1958). "Radio Astronomy at the Meudon Observatory". Proceedings of the IRE. 46: 39–43. S2CID 51638674.
- Denisse, J. F. (1961). Solar Radio Phenomena and Their Physical Interpretation. translated from the original French by Samuel Katzoff
- Denisse, J.-F.; Delcroix, Jean-Loup (1961). Théorie des Ondes dans les Plasmas. Paris: Dunod.[12]
- Sullivan, W. T., ed. (1984). "The early years of radio astronomy in France by J.-F. Denisse". The Early Years of Radio Astronomy: Reflections Fifty Years after Jansky's Discovery. Cambridge University Press. pp. 303–316.
- Sullivan, W. T., ed. (2004). "The early years of radio astronomy in France by J.-F. Denisse". The Early Years of Radio Astronomy: Reflections Fifty Years After Jansky's Discovery. Cambridge University Press. pp. 303–316. ISBN 9780521616027. pbk reprint
- Sullivan, W. T., ed. (2004). "The early years of radio astronomy in France by J.-F. Denisse". The Early Years of Radio Astronomy: Reflections Fifty Years After Jansky's Discovery. Cambridge University Press. pp. 303–316.
References
- ^ "Fernand Holweck Medal and Prize recipients". Institute of Physics.
- ^ "Prix Jules Janssen". Société astronomique de France.
- ^ Académie des sciences, Institut de France.
- ^ État civil sur le fichier des personnes décédées en France depuis 1970
- ^ René Édouard-Joseph, Dictionnaire biographique des artistes contemporains, tome 1, A-E, Art & Édition, 1930, p. 388
- ^ a b c d e f Pecker, Jean-Claude (2014). "Jean-François Denisse | in memoriam | Membres | Nous connaître". Académie des sciences, Institut de France.
- ^ a b c d e f Lequeux, James. "Obituary. Jean-Francois Denisse 1915–2014". International Astronomical Union (IAU). photograph of Jan Oort, Leo Goldberg, Marcel Minnaert, and J. F. Denisse, available at National Radio Astronomy Observatory website
- ^ a b c d e "Jean-François Denisse". Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe).
- ^ "Émile Jacques Blum". International Astronomical Union.
- ^ l'Observatoire de Paris-PSL. "Jean-François Denisse honoré par ses pairs" [Jean-François Denisse honored by his peers].
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- doi:10.1063/1.3058026. p.59
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