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George B. Field | |
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 George B. Field in 1987 | |
| Born | October 25, 1929 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Died | July 31, 2024 (aged 94) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | MIT (B.S., Physics) Princeton University (Ph.D.)[1] |
| Known for | Wouthuysen–Field coupling |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrophysics |
| Institutions | Princeton University University of California, Berkeley; |
| Doctoral advisor | Lyman Spitzer |
| Doctoral students | Eric G. Blackman Sean M. Carroll Carl E. Heiles Richard Conn Henry Christopher McKee Péter Mészáros Paul R. Shapiro |
George B. Field (October 25, 1929 – July 31, 2024) was an American astrophysicist, Harvard University professor and founder director of the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. The Wouthuysen–Field coupling, a theoretical model used to study the phase transitions of the early universe, is named after him.