Ganesar Chanmugam [1991]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his original contributions on the cyclotron emission from accreting magnetic white dwarfs, the evolution of neutron-star magnetic fields and for proposing that variable white dwarfs are undergoing nonradial oscillations.
Nominated by: DAP
Alice Just Harding [1991]
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Citation: For pioneering investigation of the theory of pulsar atmospheres, including the pulsar wind and its role in accelerating particles to high energies, and for contributions to the theory of basic electromagnetic interactions in the presence of super-strong magnetic fields.
Nominated by: DAP
Steven Michael Kahn [1991]
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: For his insightful observation and interpretation of x-ray spectra of compact objects, supernova remnants, and the soft-x-ray background.
Nominated by: DAP
Bruce H. Margon [1991]
University of Washington
Citation: For observations and insight leading to the discovery of nature of the star, SS433, one of the true wonders of the present universe.
Nominated by: DAP
Bernard Sadoulet [1991]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his contribution to instrumentation and data analysis at e+e- and antiproton-proton colliders and his role in the emergence of the new field of Particle Astrophysics.
Nominated by: DAP
Gary Steigman [1991]
Ohio State University
Citation: For pioneering work in the study of the early Universe, which led tot he new interdisciplinary field of particle-cosmology.
Nominated by: DAP