Obituary: Antony Hewish (1924-2021)
Abstract
Hewish was a pioneering radio astronomer. His research student Jocelyn Bell detected a strange scintillating radio source that they subsequently showed was the first identified pulsar. Hewish was awarded the 1974 Nobel Prize in Physics for his "decisive role" in the discovery.
- Publication:
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Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- October 2021
- DOI:
- 10.3847/25c2cfeb.34ac2230
- Bibcode:
- 2021BAAS...53.0332L