Gilles Chabrier

Gilles Chabrier is a French astrophysicist .

Life and scientific work

Gilles Chabriers studied physics at the École normal supérieure de Lyon (ENS) in Lyon. After receiving his doctorate, he conducted research at the University of Rochester . In the early 1990s he set up a research group on astrophysics at the ENS Lyon in collaboration with the local observatory, the Observatoire de Lyon . This resulted in the Center de recherche astronomique de Lyon in 1995 , since 2007 called Center de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (CRAL). The CRAL is supported by the University of Lyon I , the ENS Lyon and the Center national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS). Chabrier heads one of the three research groups at CRAL. He is also Director of Research at the Center national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS).

His specialty are brown dwarfs . Even before they were discovered in 1995, together with France Allard and Isabelle Baraffe, he developed the theory of the development and structure of brown dwarfs. He also devoted himself to the white dwarfs , the equations of state of dense astrophysical plasmas and the physics of protostars and exoplanets .

Awards

• 2006 CNRS Silver Medal
• 2010 Prix ​​Jean Ricard
• 2012 Eddington Medal
• 2014 Prix ​​Ampère
• 2019 Fred Hoyle Medal and Prize

Publications (selection)

• The Equation of State in Astrophysics: IAU Colloquium 147 , Cambridge University Press, 2010, ISBN 0-511-60012-7
• Structure formation in astrophysics , Cambridge University Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-521-88779-3
• The equation of state in astrophysics , Cambridge University Press, 2003, ISBN 0-521-47260-1

Web links

• Literature by and about Gilles Chabrier in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
• Information on Gilles Chabrier in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{a b} Press release of the Center de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (CRAL) from January 19, 2011: Gilles Chabrier, astrophysicien, récompensé par la Médaille Eddington de la Royal Astronomical Society , accessed on March 19, 2016 (French).
2. ↑ 2.4 millions d'euros pour le projet PEPS de Gilles Chabrier du CRAL ( Memento of the original of March 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on March 19, 2016 (French).  
3. ^ Gilles Chabrier CNRS Research Scientist Receives Silver Medal. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 29, 2010 ; accessed on August 3, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Cérémonie du 15 June 2007 - Gilles Chabrier. Retrieved August 3, 2012 (French). 
5. ^ Medallists of the Royal Astronomical Society. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 16, 2011 ; accessed on August 3, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ^ Gilles Chabrier, astrophysicien, récompensé par la Médaille Eddington de la Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved August 3, 2012 (French). 
7. ↑ 2019 Fred Hoyle Medal and Prize .

Web links

• Brown dwarf and star formation and the bottom of the IMF - a critical look , lecture by Gilles Chabrier on Youtube
• Prof Gilles Chabrier Publications