Scott Tremaine
Scott Duncan Tremaine (born May 25, 1950 in Toronto ) is a Canadian astrophysicist .
Tremaine earned his bachelor's degree in 1971 from McMaster University and his master's and doctoral degrees in 1973 and 1975 from Princeton University . After research stays at various institutes, he was Associate Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1981 to 1985 , then Professor at the University of Toronto and since 1997 Professor at Princeton University.
Tremaine deals with the structure of galaxies , stellar dynamics , black holes in galaxy nuclei and the formation and dynamics of planets, rings and comets. Together with Peter Goldreich , he investigated the role of small moons in the design of ring systems around planets. He is a member of a research group that has used dynamic methods to identify massive black holes in the core regions of nearby galaxies and to show a relationship between the mass of the black hole and the mass of the inner spheroidal part of the galaxy.
Together with James Binney he is the author of a textbook on the dynamics of galaxies.
Awards
- 1982 Sloan Research Fellow
- 1983 Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy
- 1990 Rutherford Medal from the Royal Society of Canada
- 1990 Carlyle S. Beals Prize from the Canadian Astronomical Association
- 1992 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1994 member of the Royal Society of Canada
- 1997 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysicists
- 2002 member of the National Academy of Sciences
- 2009 Petrie Prize Lecture
- 2013 Tomalla Prize
- 2020 Henry Norris Russell Lectureship
The asteroid (3806) Tremaine is named after him.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tremaine, Scott |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tremaine, Scott Duncan (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian astronomer and physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toronto |