Scott E. Forbush
Scott Ellsworth Forbush (born April 10, 1904 in Hudson , Ohio , † April 4, 1984 in Charlottesville ) was an American geophysicist . Forbush's main research area was temporal variations in the strength of cosmic rays .
Life
Forbush studied physics in Cleveland until 1925 and then at Ohio State University . He then specialized in the field of geophysics. After a year at the National Bureau of Standards , he went to the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution in Washington, DC in 1927. He continued his studies from 1931 to 1932 at Johns Hopkins University . He then worked again at the Carnegie Institution until 1969. This activity was only interrupted by his work for the US Navy and the Office of Scientific Research and Development during World War II and during the Korean War.
The Forbush event is named after him , the observed sudden drop in high-energy cosmic rays after a coronal mass ejection .
In 1957 he became a Fellow of the American Physical Society . In 1962 he was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences .
Web links
- Short biography: Scott Forbush at the American Institute of Physics
- Member Directory: Scott E. Forbush. National Academy of Sciences, accessed December 19, 2015 (Biographical Memoir by James A. Van Allen ).
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Forbush, Scott E. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Forbush, Scott Ellsworth (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American geophysicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hudson , Ohio , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 4th 1984 |
| Place of death | Charlottesville |