Christopher Thompson (astronomer)

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Christopher Thompson (born 1961) is a Canadian astronomer and astrophysicist. He is a professor of astronomy at the University of Toronto Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA).^[1]

Arthur Christopher Thompson
Born	1961
Alma mater	Princeton University
Known for	Astrophysicist
Awards	Bruno Rossi Prize (2003)
Scientific career
Doctoral advisor	Jeremiah P. Ostriker

Thompson received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1988.^[1] His thesis discussed the cosmological effects of superconducting strings. His advisor was Jeremiah P. Ostriker.^[2]

He is a former faculty member of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.^[3]

In 1992, Thompson first proposed the existence of magnetars with Robert Duncan.^[4]^[5] They were awarded the Bruno Rossi Prize for their work in 2003.^[6]

In 2018, Thompson was inducted into the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science, Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences.^[7]

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^ ^a ^b "U of T Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics | Chris Thompson Faculty".
^ "AstroGen - The Astronomy Genealogy Project". astrogen.aas.org. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
^ "McGill Physics: Physical Society Colloquia". www.physics.mcgill.ca. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
^ Duncan, Robert C.; Thompson, Christopher (1992). "Formation of Very Strongly Magnetized Neutron Stars: Implications for Gamma-Ray Bursts". Astrophysical Journal Letters. 392: L9. Bibcode:1992ApJ...392L...9D. doi:10.1086/186413.
^ Habing, H. J.; Kaplan, S. R.; Thayer, W. R. (2019). The Birth of Modern Astronomy. Vol. 70. Cham, Switzerland. pp. 181–185. ISBN 978-3-319-99082-8. ISSN 0016-5085. OCLC 1090540051. PMID 2509. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ "Rossi Prize Winners 2003: Robert Duncan, Christopher Thompson, & Chryssa Kouveliotou". High Energy Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Society. Archived from the original on 2008-04-06.
^ https://rsc-src.ca/sites/default/files/Class%20of%202018.pdf

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