Fred Adams

Fred Adams
Fred Adams
Born	1961
Alma mater	Iowa State University; University of California, Berkeley
Awards	Robert J. Trumpler Award (1991); Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy (1996); Fellow of the American Physical Society (2013)
	Scientific career
Fields	Astrophysics
Institutions	Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; University of Michigan

Fred C. Adams (born 1961) is an American astrophysicist who has made contributions to the study of physical cosmology.

Fred Adams is the Ta-You Wu Collegiate Professor of Physics at the University of Michigan, where his main field of research is astrophysics theory focusing on star formation, planet formation, and dynamics. His seminal work on the radiative signature of star formation^[1] has provided a foundation for further studies in star formation. In more recent years, he has studied the formation and evolution of planetary systems, including the effect of the stellar birth cluster environment.^[2]

^ Adams, Fred C.; Lada, Charles J.; Shu, Frank H. (1987). "Spectral evolution of young stellar objects". The Astrophysical Journal. 312: 788. Bibcode:1987ApJ...312..788A. doi:10.1086/164924. hdl:2060/19870005633.
^ Adams, Fred C. (2010). "The Birth Environment of the Solar System". Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics. 48: 47–85. arXiv:1001.5444. Bibcode:2010ARA&A..48...47A. doi:10.1146/annurev-astro-081309-130830. S2CID 119281082.

[1] Adams, Fred C.; Lada, Charles J.; Shu, Frank H. (1987). "Spectral evolution of young stellar objects". The Astrophysical Journal. 312: 788. Bibcode:1987ApJ...312..788A. doi:10.1086/164924. hdl:2060/19870005633.

[2] Adams, Fred C. (2010). "The Birth Environment of the Solar System". Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics. 48: 47–85. arXiv:1001.5444. Bibcode:2010ARA&A..48...47A. doi:10.1146/annurev-astro-081309-130830. S2CID 119281082.

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