Peter Saulson
Peter R. Saulson | |
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Born | gravitational wave detectors | October 30, 1954
Awards | Fellow of American Physical Society (2003) National Academy of Sciences Award for Scientific Discovery (2016) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Syracuse University MIT |
Thesis | Optical and Infrared Search for Massive Halos of Galaxies (1981) |
Doctoral advisor | David Todd Wilkinson |
Doctoral students | Gabriela González |
Website | thecollege |
Peter Reed Saulson (born October 30, 1954) is an American physicist and professor at
Education
Saulson was born October 30, 1954, in
Career
Saulson is
Saulson was the first elected speaker of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, succeeding LIGO co-founder Rainer Weiss.[2]
Awards
Saulson was named a fellow of the American Physical Society in 2003 for "his contributions to experimental gravitational physics including pioneering studies of thermal mechanisms affecting interferometer performance and for his educational contributions including authoring one of the most influential books in the field."[7] He was named Syracuse University's 2003-04 University Scholar/Teacher of the Year.[6]
In 2016 he received the National Academy of Sciences Award for Scientific Discovery with Gabriela González, his former PhD student, and David Reitze.[2][4][8]
Works
- Saulson, Peter R. (October 1994). Fundamentals of Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors. Singapore: OCLC 468289327.
- Advanced Interferometric Gravitational-wave Detectors (In 2 Volumes). OCLC 953843905.
- Physics of Gravitational Wave Detection: Resonant and Interferometric Detectors (PDF). XXVI SLAC Summer Institute on Particle Physics. Stanford. 1998.
- González, Gabriela I.; Saulson, Peter R. (May 1995). "Brownian motion of a torsion pendulum with internal friction". Physics Letters A. 201 (1): 12–18. ISSN 0375-9601.
- Saulson, Peter R. (June 1997). "If light waves are stretched by gravitational waves, how can we use light as a ruler to detect gravitational waves?". American Journal of Physics. 65 (6): 501–505. doi:10.1119/1.18578.
References
- ^ "Peter R. Saulson". College of Arts & Sciences at Syracuse University. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b c Clavin, Whitney (January 26, 2017). "National Academy of Sciences Honors LIGO Researchers". LIGO Lab: Caltech. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ Syracuse Post-Standard. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b Enslin, Rob (January 26, 2017). "Physicist to be Recognized by National Academy of Sciences". SU News. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ Holmes, Judy (February 7, 2008). "SU alumnus and family endow physics professorship, graduate fellowship". SU News. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b Byrnes, Edward (October 9, 2003). "Peter R. Saulson honored as Syracuse University's 2003-04 University Scholar/Teacher of the Year". SU News. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org. American Physical Society. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Gabriela González, David Reitze, and Peter Saulson". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 May 2021.