Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard

Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard
Born (1950-10-06) 6 October 1950
Nationality Danish
Occupation Astronomer
Known for Asteroseismology, helioseismology
Website www.phys.au.dk/~jcd/

Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard (born 6 October 1950) is a Danish astronomer at Aarhus University in Denmark. He specializes in asteroseismology and helioseismology. He has made significant contributions to both fields, including predicting the oscillation of Sun-like stars in 1983.[1] He is the head of "Rumudvalget" (the committee of space of the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation)[2] and the Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC) supported by the Danish National Research Foundation. He is co-investigator on the Kepler mission[3] and, with Hans Kjeldsen in Aarhus, leads the 500+ researchers in the Kepler Asteroseismic Science Consortium (KASC).[4] KASC is responsible for the asteroseismology component of the Kepler mission. Christensen-Dalsgaard has published several papers on this subject.[5]

He has been featured on Danish television and radio several times[6] and has given many free public lectures on astronomy and asteroseismology.[7][8][9]

Christensen-Dalsgaard obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1978, under the supervision of Douglas Gough.

Works

References

  1. Christensen-Dalsgaard, J.; Frandsen, S. (January 1983). "Stellar 5 min oscillations". Solar Physics 82: 469–486. Bibcode:1983SoPh...82..469C. doi:10.1007/BF00145588.
  2. "Videnskabsministeren nedsætter rådgivende rumudvalg — Videnskabsministeriet" (in Danish). Vtu.dk. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  3. "Kepler: Co-Investigators". Kepler.nasa.gov. 26 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  4. "Kepler: Papers on Kepler Discoveries". Kepler.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  5. "Århus Festuge 2009: Offentlige foredrag i naturvidenskab". Science.au.dk. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  6. "Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard - Forskning - Aarhus Universitet" (in Danish). Person.au.dk. Retrieved 2011-08-08.

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