Mark Birkinshaw

British physicist (1954–2023)

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Mark Birkinshaw (1954–2023) was a British physicist who held the William P. Coldrick chair in Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University of Bristol.[1] He was the first to detect the Sunyaev–Zel'dovich effect.[2] Birkinshaw died in 2023.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ Former University of Bristol profile
  2. ^ The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect
  3. ^ "R.I.P. Mark Birkinshaw (1954–2023)". In the Dark. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Prof. Mark Birkinshaw (Vice-President) has sadly passed away – Bristol Astronomical Society". 2 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Tribute to Mark Birkinshaw, 1954 – 2023". Tribute to Mark Birkinshaw, 1954 – 2023.
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