| 词条 | James R. Houck |
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| name = James R. Houck | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1940|10|5}} | birth_place = Mobile, Alabama | death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|9|18|1940|10|5}} | residence = | death_place=Ithaca, New York | nationality = American | field = Astrophysics | known_for = Key contributions to the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) and Spitzer Space Telescope missions | workplaces = Cornell University | alma_mater = Carnegie-Mellon University, Cornell University | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | occupation = professor, lecturer | prizes = NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (1984, 2005) Joseph Weber Award for Astronomical Instrumentation (2008) }}James Richard Houck (October 5, 1940 – September 18, 2015) was the Kenneth A. Wallace Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University.[1][2] Houck pioneered infrared observational astronomy, designing detectors and spectrographs that were flown on sounding rockets in the 1960s, on airborne observatories in the 1970s, and the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) in 1984 and the Spitzer Space Telescope in 2003.[3] He also led development of Cornell's instrumentation for the Palomar Observatory Hale Telescope. Houck's research outside instrumentation has focused on the mechanisms responsible for energy generation in Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies (ULIRGs), of which he was a discoverer using the IRAS satellite.[4][5] Houck has also studied the formation of dust in the early Universe. He was married to Elaine Vezzani, with whom he had two children, until her death in 2011.[6] Honors
References1. ^CU Astronomy {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Houck, James R.}}2. ^http://www.bangsfuneralhome.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=3312249&fh_id=14255 3. ^{{cite journal|author=Weedman, Daniel|author2=Barry, Donald|author3=Soifer, Thomas|title=Obituary. James R. Houck|journal=Physics Today (Daily Edition)|date=2 October 2015|url=http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/news/10.1063/PT.5.6176}} 4. ^{{Cite journal|title = Unidentified point sources in the IRAS minisurvey|journal = The Astrophysical Journal Letters|date = 1984-03-01|issn = 0004-637X|pages = L63-L66|volume = 278|doi = 10.1086/184224|first = J. R.|last = Houck|first2 = B. T.|last2 = Soifer|first3 = G.|last3 = Neugebauer|first4 = C. A.|last4 = Beichman|first5 = H. H.|last5 = Aumann|first6 = P. E.|last6 = Clegg|first7 = F. C.|last7 = Gillett|first8 = H. J.|last8 = Habing|first9 = M. G.|last9 = Hauser|bibcode=1984ApJ...278L..63H}} 5. ^{{Cite journal|title = Unidentified IRAS sources - Ultrahigh-luminosity galaxies|journal = The Astrophysical Journal Letters|date = 1985-03-01|issn = 0004-637X|pages = L5-L8|volume = 290|doi = 10.1086/184431|first = J. R.|last = Houck|first2 = D. P.|last2 = Schneider|first3 = G. E.|last3 = Danielson|first4 = G.|last4 = Neugebauer|first5 = B. T.|last5 = Soifer|first6 = C. A.|last6 = Beichman|first7 = C. J.|last7 = Lonsdale|bibcode=1985ApJ...290L...5H}} 6. ^{{cite news|title=Elaine V. Houck Obituary|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theithacajournal/obituary.aspx?pid=150298905|accessdate=September 20, 2015|work=Ithaca Journal|issue=Legacy.com|date=April 16, 2011}} 7. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2007/08/spitzer-space-telescope-dust-busts-universe-four-years|title=Houck celebrates NASA award with colleagues|work=Cornell University News Service|publisher=Cornell University}} 8. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan08/Houck.Weber.html|title=Houck receives Weber award for career of instrument development|work=Cornell Chronicle|publisher=Cornell University}} ) 8 : 1940 births|2015 deaths|Cornell University faculty|American astrophysicists|Carnegie Mellon University alumni|Cornell University alumni|People from Mobile, Alabama|Guggenheim Fellows |
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