Basilis Xanthopoulos | |
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| Born | April 8, 1951 |
| Died | November 27, 1990 (aged 39) |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Known for | Gravitational Waves |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematical Physics |
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| Doctoral advisor | Robert Geroch |
Basilis C. Xanthopoulos (also Vasilis; Greek: Βασίλης Κ. Ξανθόπουλος; 8 April 1951 – 27 November 1990) was a Greek theoretical physicist, well known in the field of general relativity for his contributions to the study of colliding plane waves.