Basilis C. Xanthopoulos

Basilis Xanthopoulos
Basilis Xanthopoulos
Born	April 8, 1951; Drama, Greece
Died	November 27, 1990 (aged 39); Heraklion, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Known for	Gravitational Waves
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematical Physics
Institutions	University of Thessaloniki; University of Chicago; University of Crete;
Doctoral advisor	Robert Geroch

Basilis C. Xanthopoulos (also Vasilis; Greek: Βασίλης Κ. Ξανθόπουλος; 8 April 1951 – 27 November 1990) was a Greek theoretical physicist, well known in the field of general relativity for his contributions to the study of colliding plane waves.

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