Dr.
Alan Paul Boss
Carnegie Institution for Science
Astrophysicist; Research organization staff member
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Earth Sciences
Elected
2003
Research Staff Member. Astrophysical theorist in the area of star and planet formation. Demonstrated that binary star formation can be a common outcome of the fragmentation that accompanies the collapse of an interstellar molecular cloud. Revived and developed the hypothesis that Jupiter-mass planets form from gravitational instabilities in the circumstellar nebular disk.
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