Robert Duncan (physicist)

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Robert Duncan is an astrophysicist at the University of Texas at Austin. With Christopher Thompson, he formed the theory around magnetars,[1] and was awarded the Bruno Rossi Prize for this work in 2003.[2]

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  1. ^ Robert C. Duncan and Christopher Thompson (June 10, 1992). "Formation of Very Strongly Magnetized Neutron Stars: Implications for Gamma-Ray Bursts". Astronomical Journal 392 (1): pp. L9–L13. 
  2. ^ Rossi Prize Winners 2003: Robert Duncan, Christopher Thompson, & Chryssa Kouveliotou. High Energy Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Society.


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