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| Faculty Profiles |
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| Tufts University Arts, Sciences
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Kenneth Lang |
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Professor of Astronomy
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Physics & Astronomy Department
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| Degrees: |
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Ph.D. Stanford University; B.S. University of Colorado |
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Astrophysics
Radio Astronomy
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| Major Awards: |
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Danforth Fellowship, Fulbright Scholar, Distinguished Alumnus, University of Colorado |
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klang@emerald.tufts.edu
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| Other websites: |
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http://www.tufts.edu/as/physics/research.html#astronomy
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov
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| Scholarship & Research: |
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Lang, K. R.: Astrophysical Formulae. Volumes I and II. Third Edition. Springer-Verlag 1999.
Lang, K. R.: The Sun From Space. New York: Springer-Verlag 2000.
Lang, K. R.: "Radio Evidence for Non-Thermal Paticle Acceleration in Normal Stars: To be published in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Symposium 195. Highly Energetic Processes and Mechanisms for Emission from Astrophysical Plasmas. Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000
Lang, K. R. and Willson, R. F.: "VLA and Spacecraft Observations of Solar Activity" Surveys in Geophysics 19, 521-555 (1999).
Willson, R. F., et al.: "First VLA Observations of Nonthermal Metric Bursts Associated with Coronal Mass Ejections Detected by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory" Astrophysical Journal (Letters) 504, L117-L121 (1998).
We use the world's largest radio telescope, the Very Large Array, to study the Sun in collaboration with the various telescopes on the SOHO satellite. The purpose of these studies is to understand how the magnetic energy of the Sun is released and powers explosions on it.
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