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Canizares, Claude R. |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Primary Field
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Astronomy |
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Physics |
 Election Citation
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Canizares is a pioneer in the development of methods for high-resolution astronomical X-ray spectroscopy and its applications to the analysis of galactic and extragalactic plasmas. Canizares has made fundamental contributions to the understanding of supernova remnants and the cooling flows in clusters of galaxies. |
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Research Interests
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Research interests are X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray instrumentation, plasma diagnostics, supernova remnants, galaxies, clusters of galaxies, quasars and active galactic nuclei, cosmology. |
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