Icko Iben

Icko Iben, Jr. (born 1931) is an American astronomer and a Distinguished Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received his PhD from the University of Illinois in 1958 with thesis Higher order effects in beta decay, which was jointly supervised by John David Jackson and Joseph Weneser.[1] Iben is best known for his contributions to theoretical star models, stellar evolution theory, concerning the production of planetary nebulae, red giant heavy element convection, and modelling of asymptotic branch thermal pulses.

Iben was awarded the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship in 1989 and the Eddington Medal in 1990. He is the author of the 2-volume work Stellar evolution physics (2012–2013).[2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Ph.D. and M.Sc. students supervised by John David Jackson" (PDF). www-theory.lbl.gov. 5 April 2004.
  2. ↑ Iben Jr., Icko (2013). Stellar evolution physics: Volume I. Physical processes in stellar interiors. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-01656-9; hbk
  3. ↑ Iben Jr., Icko (2013). Stellar evolution physics: Volume II. Advanced evolution of single stars. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-01657-6; hbk
  4. ↑ Ishak, B. (2016). "Review of Stellar Evolution Physics: Volume 1. Physical Processes in Stellar Interiors by Icko Iben, Jr". Contemporary Physics. 57 (1): 90–92. doi:10.1080/00107514.2015.1005679.
  5. ↑ Ishak, B. (2015). "Review of Stellar Evolution Physics: Volume 2: Advanced Evolution of Single Stars by Icko Iben, Jr". Contemporary Physics. 56 (3): 379–380. doi:10.1080/00107514.2015.1036926.


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