James Peebles

James Peebles
Física teórica, cosmologia física
Nascimento	25 de abril de 1935 (78 anos)
Local	Winnipeg,  Canadá
Actividade
Campo(s)	Física teórica, cosmologia física
Instituições	Universidade de Princeton
Alma mater	Universidade de Manitoba (BSc), Universidade de Princeton (PhD)
Conhecido(a) por	Radiação cósmica de fundo em micro-ondas
Prêmio(s)	Medalha Eddington (1981), Prêmio Dannie Heineman de Astrofísica (1982), Medalha Bruce (1995), Medalha Oskar Klein (1997), Medalha de Ouro da RAS (1998), Prêmio Gruber de Cosmologia (2000), Prémio Harvey (2001), Prêmio Shaw (2004), Prêmio Crafoord (2005)

Phillip James Edwin Peebles (Winnipeg, 25 de abril de 1935) é um físico canadense naturalizado estadunidense.

Honrarias

Prêmios

• Medalha Eddington 1981
• Prêmio Dannie Heineman de Astrofísica 1982
• Henry Norris Russell Lectureship 1993
• Medalha Bruce 1995
• Medalha Oskar Klein 1997
• Medalha de Ouro da Royal Astronomical Society 1998
• Prêmio Gruber de Cosmologia 2000
• Prémio Harvey 2001
• Prêmio Shaw 2004
• Prêmio Crafoord, com James Gunn e Martin Rees 2005

Epônimos

• Asteroide 18242 Peebles

Bibliografia

• B. Rhatra and P. J. E. Peebles, "The cosmological constant and dark energy", Rev. Mod. Phys. 75, 559 (2003) arXiv:astro-ph/0207347.
• M. Fukugita, C. J. Hogan and P. J. E. Peebles, "The cosmic baryon budget", Astrophys. J. '503, 518 (1998) arXiv:astro-ph/9712020.
• P. J. E. Peebles, Principles of Physical Cosmology (Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1993).
• B. Rhatra and P. J. E. Peebles, "Cosmology with a time-variable cosmological 'constant'", Astrophys. J. 325, L17 (1988).
• B. Rhatra and P. J. E. Peebles, "Cosmological consequences of a rolling homogeneous scalar field", Phys. Rev. D 37, 3406 (1988).
• M. Davis and P. J. E. Peebles, "A survey of galaxy redshifts. V – The two-point position and velocity correlations", Astrophys. J. 267, 465 (1983).
• P. J. E. Peebles, "Large-scale background temperature and mass fluctuations due to scale-invariant primeval perturbations", Astrophys. J. 263, L1 (1982).
• P. J. E. Peebles, The large-scale structure of the universe (Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1980).
• E. J. Groth and P. J. E. Peebles, "Statistical Analysis Of Catalogs Of Extragalactic Objects. 7. Two And Three Point Correlation Functions For The High-Resolution Shane-Wirtanen Catalog Of Galaxies", Astrophys. J. 217, 385 (1977).
• J. P. Ostriker and P. J. E. Peebles, "A Numerical Study of the Stability of Flattened Galaxies: or, can Cold Galaxies Survive?", Astrophys. J. 186, 467 (1973).
• P. J. E. Peebles, Physical Cosmology, (Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1971).
• P. J. E. Peebles and J. T. Yu, "Primeval adiabatic perturbation in an expanding universe", Astrophys. J. 162, 815 (1970).
• P. J. E. Peebles, "Origin of the Angular Momentum of Galaxies", Astrophys. J. 155, 393 (1969).
• P. J. E. Peebles and R. H. Dicke, "Origin of the Globular Star Clusters", Astrophys. J. 154, 891 (1968).
• P. J. E. Peebles, "Primordial Helium Abundance and the Primordial Fireball. II", Astrophys. J. 146, 542 (1966).
• P. J. E. Peebles, “Primordial Helium Abundance and the Primordial Fireball. I", Phys. Rev. Lett. 16, 410 (1966).
• R. H. Dicke, P. J. E. Peebles, P. G. Roll and D. T. Wilkinson, "Cosmic Black-Body Radiation", Astrophys. J. 142, 414 (1965).

Ligações externas

• Bruce Medalists
• Personal Web page at Princeton University (Photos)
• Oral History interview transcript with Jim Peebles April 4 and 5, 2002, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives
• Hu, Wayne (1994-06-28). "The Nature versus Nurture of Anisotropies". [astro-ph].