Bonny L. Schumaker

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Bonny Laura Schumaker (* 1953 in Wisconsin ) is an American physicist and pilot and was involved in the construction of the LISA Pathfinder . In 2010 she founded the charitable organization "On Wings of Care", which is committed to animal welfare and environmental protection.

Origin and education

Schumaker grew up in Wisconsin , near Lake Michigan . She originally wanted to be a veterinarian, but then received a scholarship to study physics at California Polytechnic State University . Because of her love of mathematics, she moved to the California Institute of Technology for further studies , where she earned her doctorate in 1985. Your thesis supervisor was Kip Thorne , the research topic was theoretical studies on nonlinear quantum optics . She developed the mathematical theory of toroidal oscillations in fully relativistic spherical star models and worked on homodyne detection . In her work she looked at the effects of quantum physical interaction between photons through quadrature phase amplitudes . The procedure is known as the Caves- Schumaker formalism and has become a standard mathematical tool in optics, quantum optics and the research of gravitational waves . She worked for a year at CalTech as a research assistant and then went to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 1986 . In 1988 she received the Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award for her contributions to quantum optics . In 1996 she completed pilot training and flew for Continental Airlines. In the mid-1990s she became an instructor for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) . She developed the "Precision Optical INTerferometer in Space" (POINTS), which was proposed for the ASEPS-1 mission.

Career

Schumaker designed the LISA Pathfinder experiment while at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She worked on the interferometer development team. By 2008, Schumaker had completed three tests with experimental data and thus proved that the device can cope with the galactic foreground influences and can therefore accurately record extreme mass ratio inspiral (EMRI) signals from massive objects. The Pathfinder probe contains six gold-platinum cubes as test objects, whereby Schumaker predicted that a push of the strength of the wind pressure from a whisper 40 kilometers away is sufficient to cause a measurable displacement of a cube.

She worked on a novel method of observing changes in soil carbon by combining a combination of remote sensing, geographic classification, soil sample studies and simulations.

Schumaker left the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2011.

Wings of Care

In 2010, Schumaker founded the non-profit organization "On Wings of Care", which cares for animals. Schumaker uses her skills as a pilot to examine habitats and to help with rescue operations and reintroductions. She joined the board of directors of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society . Since the Deepwater Horizon Platform oil spill in 2010 , Schumaker has flown more than 600 hours to find and help animals in need. She flies a Cessna named "Bessie". In the event of environmental pollution, she is often the first helper on site. In August 2011 she noticed oil particles on the surface of the sea which came from the broken well of the Deepwater-Horizon . In 2015 she published the book The Story of Pellie Lou: A Pelican Who Survived the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill . Since then she has returned to the scene several times to support the local communities together with the press. After Hurricane Katrina in 2018, she flew over the Louisiana coastline to assess the consequences. Since then, she has devoted herself to investigating hydrocarbon emissions into the Mississippi Canyon.

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  5. ^ Bonny L. Schumaker: Noise in homodyne detection. In: Optics Letters. Volume 9, No. 5, May 1, 1984, pp. 189-191. doi: 10.1364 / OL.9.000189
  6. ^ Carlton M. Caves , Bonny L. Schumaker: New formalism for two-photon quantum optics. I. Quadrature phases and squeezed states. In: Physical Review A . Volume 31, No. 5, 1985, pp. 3068-3092. doi: 10.1103 / PhysRevA.31.3068 and Carlton M. Caves, Bonny L. Schumaker: New formalism for two-photon quantum optics. II. Mathematical foundation and compact notation. In: Physical Review A. Volume 31, No. 5, 1985, pp. 3093-3111. doi: 10.1103 / PhysRevA.31.3903
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  13. ^ A b Altadena's Bonnie Schumaker takes to the sky for animals. altadenablog, accessed on January 6, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Robert D. Reasenberg, Robert W. Babcock, Marc A. Murison, Martin C. Noecker, James D. Phillips, Bonny L. Schumaker, James S. Ulvestad: POINTS: an astrometric spacecraft with multifarious applications. . 2200, June 1, 1994, pp. 2-17. doi: 10.1117 / 12.177228
  15. ^ B. Schumaker: Spacecraft and Mission Design for the Precision Optical INTerferometer in Space (POINTS) . OCLC 703661163 .
  16. ^ Bonny L. Schumaker: Disturbance reduction requirements for LISA. In: Classical and Quantum Gravity. Volume 20, No. 10, 2003, p. S239. doi: 10.1088 / 0264-9381 / 20/10/327 . ISSN  0264-9381 .
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  19. ↑ Astro-GR: LISA's Disturbance Reduction System (2/2) by Bonny Schumaker - GW Course: astro-gr.org. In: Youtube. Retrieved January 6, 2019 .
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  25. ^ "PNNL: Keeping Carbon in Check". In: www.pnnl.gov. Retrieved January 6, 2019 .
  26. ↑ David J. Brown, Hunt, E. Raymond, R. César Izaurralde, Keith H. Paustian, Charles W. Rice, Bonny L. Schumaker, Tristram O. West: Soil Organic Carbon Change Monitored Over Large Areas. In: Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. Volume 91, No. 47, 2010, pp. 441-442. doi: 10.1029 / 2010EO470001 . ISSN  2324-9250 .
  27. ↑ Sea Shepherd's Operation Gulf Rescue Continues Six Months After Spil. In: Sea Shepherd UK. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  28. ↑ a b Bonny Schumaker, Author at LA Progressive. In: LA Progressive. Retrieved January 6, 2019 .
  29. ^ Georgianne Nienaber: Gulf Research Pilot Troubled by Oil Sighting in Macondo Prospect. In: Huffington Post. September 9, 2011, accessed January 6, 2019 .
  30. ^ Georgianne Nienaber: Flyover at the Macondo Wellhead: Damage Control at "The Source". In: Huffington Post. July 28, 2010, accessed January 6, 2019 .
  31. ^ Bonny L. Schumaker: The Story of Pellie Lou: a Pelican who survived the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. 1st edition. New Orleans, LA, ISBN 978-0-9855011-0-5 .
  32. ↑ Reveal: Since the Spill. In: Vimeo. November 9, 2017, accessed January 6, 2019 .
  33. ↑ The Aftermath. In: Reveal. Retrieved January 6, 2019 .
  34. ↑ Deb Castellana: Bonny Schumaker ~ An angel flying 'On Wings of Care'. In: Planet Ocean News. August 2, 2010, accessed January 6, 2019 .
  35. ↑ Stuart H. Smith: Crude Justice: How I Fought Big Oil and Won, and What You Should Know About the New Environmental Attack on America . BenBella Books, 2015, ISBN 978-1-940363-44-8 . books.google.co.uk
  36. ↑ Dr. Bonny Schumaker of "On Wings of Care" over Louisiana Coastal Waters. In: Youtube. AWE NEWS, accessed on January 6, 2019 .
  37. ↑ Oscar Garcia-Pineda, Ian MacDonald, Mauricio Silva, William Shedd, Samira Daneshgar Asl, Bonny Schumaker: Transience and persistence of natural hydrocarbon seepage in Mississippi Canyon, Gulf of Mexico. In: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography . Volume 129, 2016, pp. 119–129, doi : 10.1016 / j.dsr2.2015.05.011 .
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SURNAME Schumaker, Bonny L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schumaker, Bonny Laura (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American physicist and pilot
DATE OF BIRTH 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Wisconsin