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Charles L. Bennett (born November 1956) is an American observational astrophysicist. He is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, the Alumni Centennial Professor of Physics and Astronomy and a Gilman Scholar at Johns Hopkins University.[1] He is the Principal Investigator of NASA's highly successful Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP).[1]

Charles L. Bennett
Born
Charles Leonard Bennett

(1956-11-16)November 16, 1956
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Alma materUniversity of Maryland (BS, 1978)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD, 1984)
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
InstitutionsGoddard Space Flight Center
Johns Hopkins University
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Doctoral advisorBernie Burke
For other people named Charles Bennett, see Charles Bennett.

His National Academy of Sciences (NAS) membership citation states, "As leader of the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) mission, Bennett has helped quantify, with unprecedented precision and accuracy, many key properties of the universe, including its age, the dark and baryonic matter content, the cosmological constant, and the Hubble constant."[2] Membership is a great honor bestowed upon the most distinguished scholars in engineering and the sciences.[3]

He was awarded the National Academy of Sciences Henry Draper Medal in 2005 [4] and the Comstock Prize in Physics in 2009,[5] both for his leadership of WMAP. Bennett received the Harvey Prize in 2006 for, "the precise determination of the age, composition and curvature of the universe."[6] Bennett shared the 2010 Shaw Prize in astronomy with Lyman A. Page, Jr. and David N. Spergel, both of Princeton University, for their work on WMAP.[7] The 2012 Gruber Cosmology Prize was awarded to "Charles L. Bennett and the WMAP Team" for "transforming our current paradigm of structure formation from appealing scenario into precise science." "By observing the relic radiation from the early universe, Charles L. Bennett and the WMAP team established the Standard Cosmological Model."[8] Bennett was named the 2013 Karl G. Jansky Prize Lecturer.[9]

In 2015 Bennett was awarded the Caterina Tomassoni and Felice Pietro Chisesi Prize "For Dr. Bennett's leadership in two experiments on the Cosmic Microwave Background that literally changed our view of the Universe: COBE-DMR, leading to the discovery of primordial spatial fluctuations in the CMB, and WMAP, leading to precise measurements of the cosmological parameters and establishing -de facto- the Standard Cosmological Model".[10] Bennett was named for the 2017 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize: "Professor Charles L Bennett, the leader of the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), has had a transformative effect in cosmology. WMAP has, through its incredibly precise measurements of temperature fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background (CMB), revolutionized our understanding of the universe. It transformed cosmology from an order-of-magnitude game to a precision experimental science."[11] The American Academy of Arts & Sciences (AAAS) awarded its 2021 Rumford Prize to Dr. Bennett "For his contributions to the field of cosmology."  AAAS President, David Oxtoby, said, “Professor Bennett’s spectacular work helped transform cosmology into an integral component in the quest for the fundamental laws of physics. His trailblazing work gives us an unprecedented, precise view of the universe, and more importantly, reminds us of the joys and possibilities of scientific discovery.”[12]

Bennett is a Fellow of both the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Physical Society.[1] In 2002, ISI named him the most Highly Cited Researcher in space science worldwide.[1] He is an author of the top two "Super Hot Papers in Science" published since 2003.[13] In 2004, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[14]

Before leading WMAP, Bennett was the Deputy Principal Investigator for the Differential Microwave Radiometers (DMR) instrument on the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) mission that discovered the anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation. Bennett led the effort to rebuild the radiometer front-end microwave components that succeeded in significantly enhancing the sensitivity of the DMR instrument. The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) Science Team also precisely measured the spectrum of the cosmic microwave background radiation.

Prior to 2005, Bennett was a Senior Scientist for Experimental Cosmology, Goddard Senior Fellow, and Infrared Astrophysics Branch Head at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.[1] Bennett was at the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism during the summers from 1976 to 1978.[1]


Awards


Bennett's awards include:[1]


Education


Bennett received his B.S. from University of Maryland, College Park in physics and astronomy cum laude with High Honors in astronomy, which is part of the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences.[1]

1984 Ph.D. in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology[1]


Publications


Bennett has more than 91,000 citations in Google Scholar and an h-index of 80.[17]

Highly Cited Articles (more than 2000 citations)

Bibliography



References


  1. "Brief Biography of Charles L. Bennett". Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  2. "Charles L. Bennett, Johns Hopkins University". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  3. "National Academies members". National Academies. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  4. "Henry Draper Medal". National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  5. "Comstock Prize in Physics". National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  6. "Harvey Prize Winners". Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  7. "Announcement and Citation - Astronomy - 2010". Shaw Prize. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  8. "2012 Gruber Cosmology Prize Press Release". The Gruber Foundation. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  9. "Jansky Prize". National Radio Astronomy Observatory. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  10. "Tommasoni Prizes". Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  11. "2017 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics awards > International Medal. Institute of Physics. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  12. "Pioneering Astrophysicist Charles L. Bennett Receives Rumford Prize". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  13. "Super Hot Papers in Science Published Since 2003". The Thomson Corporation. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  14. "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
  15. "NASA and COBE Scientists Win Top Cosmology Prize". NASA. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  16. "Charles Bennett". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  17. "Charles L. Bennett". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2021-05-11.



На других языках

[de] Charles L. Bennett

Charles Leonard Bennett (* 16. November 1956 in New Brunswick, New Jersey) ist ein US-amerikanischer Astrophysiker und Professor für Physik und Astrophysik an der Johns Hopkins University.
- [en] Charles L. Bennett

[ru] Беннетт, Чарльз (астрофизик)

Чарльз Л. Беннетт (род. 16 ноября 1956 (1956-11-16)) — американский астрофизик-наблюдатель, профессор физики и астрономии Университета Джонса Хопкинса. Научный руководитель одного из самых успешных проектов НАСА по изучению реликтового излучения — WMAP.[5] Член Национальной Академии наук США, Американской ассоциации содействия развитию науки, Американского физического общества, Американской академии искусств и наук .[5]


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