Robert B. Leighton

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American astronomer (1919-1997)

United States ScientistsLived 1919 to 1997 · aged 77

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Robert Benjamin Leighton was an American experimental physicist who spent his professional career at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

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1986Rumford Prize

1986James Craig Watson Medal

1972Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award

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Jürgen MoserAlso won James Craig Watson Medal C. B. van NielAlso won Rumford Prize

Edward C. StoneAlso won Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award

James CraftsAlso won Rumford Prize

Benjamin Apthorp GouldAlso won James Craig Watson Medal Michael FisherAlso won Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award

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Robert Benjamin Leighton was an American experimental physicist who spent his professional career at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). 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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