Yvonne Elsworth

Yvonne Elsworth
Fields Helioseismology
Institutions University of Birmingham
Alma mater University of Manchester (BSc, PhD)
Notable awards

Yvonne Elsworth FRS FInstP FRAS is a British physicist and Professor of Helioseismology and Poynting Professor of Physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Birmingham.[2]

Education

In 1970 Elsworth graduated with honours from the University of Manchester with a Bachelor of Science in Physics and in 1976 she was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in Michelson Interferometry by the same university for studies of the upper atmosphere of the Earth.[2][3][4][5][6]

Research

Elsworth's research interests include: helioseismology, solar physics, solar variability, asteroseismology, stellar physics and stellar variability.[7][2][8][9] Her research has been funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).[10]

Awards and honours

Elsworth was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2015 for her work on helioseismology.[1] Her certificate of election reads:

“ Professor Elsworth's pioneering work in establishing and maintaining an important scientific investigation into the internal structure of the Sun using helioseismic data from the autonomous Birmingham network of observatories complemented by extant data from modes of intermediate degree has permitted an unprecedented investigation into the inner core of the Sun where the nuclear reactions are taking place. This has led to the conclusion that the deficiency of solar neutrinos detected on Earth was an issue of nuclear or particle physics, not of solar modelling; it also established that the very centre of the Sun rotates no more rapidly than the convective envelope, a matter of serious dynamical concern.

Furthermore, Professor Elsworth has led her group to study solar-cycle-related variations in the Sun's convective envelope, providing important structural information to theorists investigating the solar dynamo. Her current extension to seismic studies of stars other than the Sun is already contributing to a transformation in our understanding of stellar evolution.[1]

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In 2011 she was awarded the Payne-Gaposchkin Medal and Prize from the Institute of Physics.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Professor Yvonne Elsworth FRS". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:
    “All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.” --Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies at the Wayback Machine (archived September 25, 2015)
  2. 1 2 3 "Professor Yvonne Elsworth BSc, PhD, FRAS, FInstP Professor of Helioseismology Poynting Professor of Physics". University of Birmingham. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  3. ↑ Hopkinson, G. R.; Elsworth, Yvonne; James, J. F. (1974). "Dust in the head of Comet Kohoutek". Nature 249 (5454): 233–234. Bibcode:1974Natur.249..233H. doi:10.1038/249233a0.
  4. ↑ Hopkinson, G. R.; Elsworth, Yvonne; James, J. F. (1974). "Photometry of the zodiacal light in the near infrared". Nature 251 (5477): 694–694. Bibcode:1974Natur.251Q.694H. doi:10.1038/251694a0.
  5. ↑ Elsworth, Y; James, J F; Sternberg, R S (1974). "A field compensated interference spectrometer for the visible region: the optical design". Journal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments 7 (10): 813–816. Bibcode:1974JPhE....7..813E. doi:10.1088/0022-3735/7/10/011.
  6. ↑ Elsworth, Y; James, J F (1973). "An optical screw with a pitch of one wavelength". Journal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments 6 (11): 1134–1136. Bibcode:1973JPhE....6.1134E. doi:10.1088/0022-3735/6/11/027.
  7. ↑ Yvonne Elsworth's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database, a service provided by Elsevier.
  8. ↑ Chaplin, W. J.; Kjeldsen, H.; Christensen-Dalsgaard, J.; Basu, S.; Miglio, A.; Appourchaux, T.; Bedding, T. R.; Elsworth, Y.; Garcia, R. A.; Gilliland, R. L.; Girardi, L.; Houdek, G.; Karoff, C.; Kawaler, S. D.; Metcalfe, T. S.; Molenda-Zakowicz, J.; Monteiro, M. J. P. F. G.; Thompson, M. J.; Verner, G. A.; Ballot, J.; Bonanno, A.; Brandao, I. M.; Broomhall, A.- M.; Bruntt, H.; Campante, T. L.; Corsaro, E.; Creevey, O. L.; Dogan, G.; Esch, L.; Gai, N.; Gaulme, P.; Hale, S. J.; Handberg, R.; Hekker, S.; Huber, D.; Jimenez, A.; Mathur, S.; Mazumdar, A.; Mosser, B.; New, R.; Pinsonneault, M. H.; Pricopi, D.; Quirion, P.- O.; Regulo, C.; Salabert, D.; Serenelli, A. M.; Aguirre, V. S.; Sousa, S. G.; Stello, D.; Stevens, I. R.; Suran, M. D.; Uytterhoeven, K.; White, T. R.; Borucki, W. J.; Brown, T. M.; Jenkins, J. M.; Kinemuchi, K.; Van Cleve, J.; Klaus, T. C. (2011). "Ensemble Asteroseismology of Solar-Type Stars with the NASA Kepler Mission". Science 332 (6026): 213–216. arXiv:1109.4723. Bibcode:2011Sci...332..213C. doi:10.1126/science.1201827. PMID 21474754.
  9. ↑ Bedding, Timothy R.; Mosser, Benoit; Huber, Daniel; Montalbán, Josefina; Beck, Paul; Christensen-Dalsgaard, Jørgen; Elsworth, Yvonne P.; García, Rafael A.; Miglio, Andrea; Stello, Dennis; White, Timothy R.; De Ridder, Joris; Hekker, Saskia; Aerts, Conny; Barban, Caroline; Belkacem, Kevin; Broomhall, Anne-Marie; Brown, Timothy M.; Buzasi, Derek L.; Carrier, Fabien; Chaplin, William J.; Di Mauro, Maria Pia; Dupret, Marc-Antoine; Frandsen, Søren; Gilliland, Ronald L.; Goupil, Marie-Jo; Jenkins, Jon M.; Kallinger, Thomas; Kawaler, Steven; Kjeldsen, Hans; Mathur, Savita; Noels, Arlette; Aguirre, Victor Silva; Ventura, Paolo (2011). "Gravity modes as a way to distinguish between hydrogen- and helium-burning red giant stars". Nature 471 (7340): 608–611. arXiv:1103.5805. Bibcode:2011Natur.471..608B. doi:10.1038/nature09935.
  10. ↑ "UK government grants awarded to Yvonne Elsworth". Swindon: Research Councils UK. Archived from the original on 2016-03-15.
  11. ↑ "2011 Payne-Gaposchkin Medal and Prize". iop.org. 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014. Payne-Gaposchkin Medal and Prize
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