Alexey Vikhlinin
Alexey Vikhlinin (born September 17, 1970) is a Russian-American astrophysicist notable for achievements in the astrophysics of high energy phenomenon, namely galaxy cluster cosmology and the design of space-based X-ray observatories. He is currently a senior astrophysicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, part of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was recently the Science and Technology Definition Team (STDT) Community Co-chair (along with Feryal Özel) for the Lynx X-ray Observatory, a NASA-funded Large Mission Concept Study under consideration by the 2020 Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Alexey Vikhlinin | |
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| Born | September 17, 1970 Ryazan, Russia |
| Occupation | Astrophysicist |
| Employer | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory |
| Known for | X-ray Astronomy, Cosmology, Lynx X-ray Observatory |
| Website | https://hea-www.harvard.edu/~alexey/about.html |
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