Bruce Peterson (astronomer)

Bruce Peterson
Bruce Peterson
Born	1941
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology; California Institute of Technology ;
Occupation	Astronomer, researcher
Employer	Australian National University ;

Bruce Alrick Peterson is a cosmologist based at Mount Stromlo Observatory of the Australian National University. Peterson and James Gunn predicted the Gunn–Peterson trough, the absorption effect of neutral hydrogen on the spectra of quasars. His research includes studies of quasars, dark matter and the large-scale structure of the unvierse.

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