John Carlstrom

John E. Carlstrom (born 1957) is an American astrophysicist, and Professor, Departments of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Physics, at the University of Chicago.[1]

He graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in 1981, and from the University of California, Berkeley with a Ph.D. in 1988.

Carlstrom specializes in measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background, and has led several experiments, including the Degree Angular Scale Interferometer, the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Array, and the South Pole Telescope.

He is also known for manufacturing the Gunn oscillators used at several millimeter and submillimeter observatories, such as the BIMA array, the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory and the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. These oscillators produced the local oscillator signal for the observatorys' heterodyne receivers.[2][3][4]

Awards

References
  1. "The Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics - Profile: John e. Carlstrom". Archived from the original on 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
  2. "JE Carlstrom Co". GOVTRIBE. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  3. Plambeck, R.L. (2006). "The Legacy of the BIMA Millimeter Array". Revealing the Molecular Universe:One Antenna is Never Enough ASP Conference Series. 356: 3–16. Bibcode:2006ASPC..356....3P. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  4. "Carlstrom Gunn Oscillator" (PDF). East Asia Observatory. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  5. "Astrophysicist Carlstrom wins MacArthur award".
  6. "The Magellanic Premium of the American Philosophical Society".
  7. "2015 Gruber Cosmology Press Release | the Gruber Foundation". Archived from the original on 2016-11-22. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  8. "AAS Fellows". AAS. Retrieved 27 September 2020.


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