Robert B. Leighton
American astronomer (1919-1997) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 77
Robert Benjamin Leighton was an American experimental physicist who spent his professional career at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
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His work over the years spanned solid state physics, cosmic ray physics, the beginnings of modern particle physics, solar physics, the planets, infrared astronomy, and millimeter- and submillimeter-wave astronomy. In the latter four fields, his pioneering work opened up entirely new areas of research that subsequently developed into vigorous scientific communities.
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