David Schramm | |
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| Born | October 25, 1945 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | December 19, 1997 (aged 52) Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Cosmology, Nucleosynthesis, Dark matter |
| Awards | Robert J. Trumpler Award Lilienfeld Prize (1993) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrophysics |
| Doctoral students | Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille, Katherine Freese,Keith Olive |
David Norman Schramm (October 25, 1945 – December 19, 1997) was an American astrophysicist and educator, and one of the world's foremost experts on the Big Bang theory. Schramm was a pioneer in establishing particle astrophysics as a vibrant research field. He was particularly well known for the study of Big Bang nucleosynthesis and its use as a probe of dark matter (both baryonic and non-baryonic) and of neutrinos. He also made important contributions to the study of cosmic rays, supernova explosions, heavy-element nucleosynthesis, and nuclear astrophysics generally.[1][2]
- ^ Olinto, Angela V.; Truran, James W.; Turner, Michael S. (July 1998). "Obituary: David Norman Schramm". Physics Today. 51 (7): 81–82. Bibcode:1998PhT....51g..81O. doi:10.1063/1.2805880.
- ^ Kolb, Edward W.; Turner, Michael S. (29 January 1998). "Obituary: David N. Schramm (1945–97)". Nature. 391 (6666): 444. Bibcode:1998Natur.391..444K. doi:10.1038/35044.