- Charles Alexander Shain
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Charles Alexander Shain (February 6, 1922–February 11, 1960) was an Australian pioneer in the field of radio astronomy.
He studied physics at the University of Melbourne, graduating in 1942 with a B.Sc. Thereafter, with Australia at war, C.A. Shain joined the Second Australian Imperial Force, but was discharged in 1943 on medical grounds. Instead, he worked on radio countermeasures at the Australian C.S.I.R.O. Radiophysics Laboratory. Following the war, he entered the field of decametre radio astronomy. He was a pioneer in the study of absorption in H II regions as well as the effects of the ionosphere on radio signals. He died of cancer, leaving behind a wife and three children.[1][2]
References
- ^ "Charles Alexander Shain (obituary)". Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society 1: 244. September 1960. Bibcode 1960QJRAS...1..244..
- ^ "Shame about Shain! Early Australian radio astronomy at Hornsby Valley". ATFN News. Australia Telescope National Facility. http://www.atnf.csiro.au/news/newsletter/feb05/Shame_about_Shain.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
External links
- "Author Query: Shain, C. A.". Astrophysics Data System. SAO/NASA. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-abs_connect?author=Shain,%20C.%20A.&db_key=AST. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
Categories:- 1922 deaths
- 1960 deaths
- Australian astronomers
- Astronomer stubs
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