March 26, 1973
Recent Results Of X-Ray Astronomy
Dr. Robert P. Kraft
UC Santa Cruz, Lick Observatory
Darwin 103
3:00 PM
Award Recipient: Bruce Medal
Dr. Robert P. Kraft, Professor of Astronomy at UC Santa Cruz and Acting Director of the Lick Observatory, will describe how x-ray observations from satellites and rockets combine with ground-based optical and radio observations to prove the properties of pulsars, neutron stars, and possibly black holes.