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Vita for Arthur N VITA ARTHUR N. COX Position: Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellow, Feb. 1983 - present Coordinator, July 1986-July 1988; Serves on Several Fellows Committees Past Positions: Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Group P-1, Summer 1947 Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Group P-12, June 1948 to Aug. 1949 Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Group J-15, July 1953 to Nov. 1974, Group Leader 1957 to 1974 Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, J-DOT, Nov. 1974 to March 1975 Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, T-DOT, March 1975 to Feb. 1980 Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, T-6, Feb. 1980 to present Avco-Everett Research Laboratory, Nov. 1960 to May 1961, Leave from Los Alamos Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, Boulder, Colorado, Member (nonresi- dent), 1962-1973 University of California at Los Angeles, Astronomy Department, Visiting Professor, Jan. 1966 to June 1966, Leave from Los Alamos National Science Foundation, Advisor to Program Director, Stars and Stellar Evolu­ tion Program, Nov. 1973 to Nov. 1974, Assigned from Los Alamos Education: B.S. California Institute of Technology, Physics, 1948 A.M. Indiana University, Astronomy, 1952 Ph.D. Indiana University, Astronomy, 1953 D.Sc. Honorary, Indiana University, 1973 1 Awards: National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, 1952 to 1953 Harvard University, Summer 1952 NATO Senior Fellowship in Science, August/Sept. 1968 Fulbright Research Scholar in Belgium, Sept. 1968 to July 1969 Honors: Asteroid 3961 named arthurcox=1962 OB Professional Organizations: American Astronomical Society American Association for the Advancement of Science International Astronomical Union Member of Organizing Committee Commissions 12 (Radiation and Structure of the Solar Atmosphere) and 27 (Variable Stars) President Commission 35 (Stellar Constitution, India, Nov. 1985) Society of the Sigma Xi Leadership Positions: LASL Test Group Commander, 1963 to 1966 Associate Scientific Deputy, JTF-8, 1966 to 1968 Committee Positions: Chairman AEC Tamarin (Tsunami) Committee, 1963 to 1971 Chairman AEC Aircraft Use Committee, 1965 to 1969 Member JOWOG 13, 1961 to 1965 NCAR Computer Advisory Committee, 1964 to 1966 Member Nevada Test Evaluation Panel, 1971 Chairman NASA Review Panel for International Ultraviolet Explorer Proposals on Cool Stars and the Solar System, 1978 2 Consultant to Astronomy Survey Committee Panel on Theoretical and Laboratory Astrophysics, 1979 Review of Research Programs, Astronomy Research Section, National Science Foun­ dation, Jan. to Feb., 1984. Chairman, American Astronomical Society Warner/Pierce Prize Committee, 1988- 1989 Member, National Academy of Sciences, United States National Committee for the International Astronomical Union, 1990-1992 Chairman Long Term Space Astrophysics Review Panel, December, 1989 Chairman Astrophysics Theory Program Review Panel, July, 1994 Member Scientific Organizing Committees: Current Problems in Stellar Pulsation Instabilities, NASA GSFC, June 1978 Chairman, International Astronomical Union Colloquium 58, Stellar Hydrodynamics, Los Alamos, Aug. 1980 Pulsations of Classical and Cataclysmic Variables, Boulder, June 1982 International Astronomical Union Colloquium 105, Geneva, Sept. 1983 Cepheids: Theory and Observations, International Astronom ical Union Colloquium 82, Toronto, May-June 1984 President, 25th Liege International Colloquium Theoretical Problems in Stellar Sta­ bility and Oscillations, June 1984 Radiation Hydrodynamics in Stars and Compact Objects International Astronomical Union Colloquium, Copenhagen, May 1985 Advances in Helio and Asteroseismology Aarhus, Denmark, July 1986 Chairman, Scientific Organizing Committee "Stellar Pulsations- A Memorial to John P. Cox," Los Alamos, NM, Aug. 1986 Pulsating Stars and Fundamental Problems in Astronomy University of Nebraska, August 14-17, 1988 Confrontation Between Stellar Pulsation and Evolution Bologna Observatory, May 1990 3 New Perspectives on Stellar Pulsation Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, July 1992 Astrophysical Applications of Stellar Pulsation South African Astronomical Observa­ tory, Cape Town, Feb. 1995 Special Expeditions: Astronomical Observations at Pretoria, Bloemfontein, and Cape Town, Union of South Africa, 1950 to 1951 Nuclear Test Operations; Castle (1954), Teapot (1955), Redwing (1956), Plumbbob (1957), Hardtack (1958), Dominic (1962), Grapple Z (U. K. testing at Christmas Island, 1958), Milrow (Amchitka, 1969) Solar Eclipse Observations in 1955 (Ethiopia), 1965 (Samoa), 1966 (Argentina), 1970 (San Antonio), 1972 (Spokane), 1973 (Spain), 1979 (Albuquerque) Lecture Series: June Institute, University of Toronto, June 1980 Astrophysical Processes in Upper Main Sequence Stars, Saas Fee, March 1983 Research Interests: Stellar Stability and Pulsation, Stellar Opacities, Solar Eclipses, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Atmospheres, Cosmic Gamma Bursts Listed In: American Men and Women of Science Who's Who in the West Who's Who in Frontier Science and Technology 4 PUBLISHED WRITINGS by Arthur N. Cox 1. Cox, A. N. and Cousins, A. W. J. 1951, "A New Eclipsing Variable E Coronae Australis," Observatory 71, 44. 2. Cox, A. N. and Cuffey, J. 1952, "Orientation Effects in Two 1P21 Photometers," A. J. 57, 8. 3. Cox,A. N. 1952, "Transfers of the North Polar Sequence to the HarvardE Regions, "A. J. 57, 159. 4. Cox, A. N. 1953, "The Transfer of the North Polar Standards to the Southern Hemisphere," Ap. J., 117, 83. 5. Cox, A. N. and Brownlee, R. R. 1953, "Photoelectric Magnitudes and Colors in NGC 6231,"Ap. J. 118, 165. 6. Cox, A. N. and Hallam, K. L. 1953, "Photoelectric Magnitude Sequences for the Magellanic Clouds," Ap. J. 118, 314. 7. Cox,A. N. 1954, "A Study of the Galactic Cluster NGC 2287," Ap. J. 119, 188. 8. Cox,A. N. 1955, "A Study of the Galactic Cluster NGC 2516," Ap. J. 121, 628. 9. Brownlee,R.R. and Cox,A. N. 1959, "Time Dependent Stellar Models," A. J. 64, 324. 10. Cox, A. N. and Brownlee, R. R. 1960, "A Time Dependent Solar Model," Mem. Royal Soc. des Sciences, Liege, 469. 11. Cox,A. N. and Eilers, D. D. 1960, "Radiative and ConductiveOpacities for Stellar Mixtures," A. J., 65, 51. 12. Brownlee, R.R. and Cox,A. N. 1960, "Early SolarEv olution," A. J. 65, 484. 13. Cox, A. N., Bowers, D. L., and Brownlee, R.R. 1960, "A Method of Computing Stellar Interior Models," A. J. 65, 486. 14. Brownlee,R.R. and Cox,A. N. 1961, "Early SolarEvolution," Sky and Telescope 21, 252. 5 15. Cox, A. N. and Stewart, J. N. 1962, "Effects of Bound-Bound Absorption on Stellar Opacities," A. J. 67, 113. 16. Cox, A. N. and Olsen, K. H. 1963, "A Computer Program for Stellar Pulsation," A. J. 68, 276. 17. Cox, J. P., Cox, A. N., and Olsen, K. H. 1963, "Self Excited Pulsations in Stellar Envelope Models," A. J. 68, 276. 18. Cox, A. N. 1964, "Calculations of Opacities for Astrophysics," J. Quant. Spec­ trosc. Radiat. Transfer 4, 737. 19. Cox, A. N., Stewart, J. N., and Eilers, D. D. 1965, "Effects of Bound-Bound Absorption on Stellar Opacities," Ap. J. Suppl. 11, 1. 20. Cox, A. N. and Stewart, J. N. 1965, "Radiative and Conductive Opacities for Eleven Astrophysical Mixtures," Ap. J. Suppl. 11, 22. 21. Cox, A. N., Liebenberg, D. H., and Stone, S. N. 1965, "Thirty-Six Miles in the Shadow," Sky and Telescope 30, 72. 22. Cox, A. N. November 1965, "Stellar Opacities", Leaflet of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, no. 437. 23. Cox, A. N. 1965, "Stellar Absorption Coefficients and Opacities", Stars and Stellar Systems 8, Chapter 3 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press). 24. Cox, A. N. 1965, "Radiative Absorption and Opacity Calculations", Stellar Evo­ lution 123 (New York: Plenum Press). 25. Cox, A. N., Brownlee, R. R., and Eilers, D. D. 1966, "Time Dependent Method for Computation of Radiation Diffusion and Hydrodynamics," Ap. J 144, 1024. 26. Cox, J. P., Cox, A. N., Olsen, K. H., King, D. S., and Eilers, D. D. 1966, "Self Excited Radial Oscillations in Thin Stellar Envelopes I", Ap. J., 144, 1038. 27. Cox, A. N., Liebenberg, D. H., Brownlee, R. R., Rudnick, P., and Robertson, M. M. 1967, "Racing the Moon's Shadow", Sky and Telescope 33, 85. 28. Cox, A. N. and Cox, J. P. 1967, "Cepheid Pulsations", Sky and Telescope 33, 278. 29. Cox, A. N. 1967, "Review of Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics," Vol. IV, Journal of the Franklin Institute 284, 149. 6 30. Cox, A. N. 1968, "Review of Methods in Computational Physics", Vol. 7, Sky and Telescope 35, 244. 31. Cox, A. N. and Stewart, J. N. 1969, "Radiative and Conductive Opacities for Twenty-three Stellar Mixtures," ScientificInformation of the Astronomical Council, USSR Academy of Sciences 15. 32. Cox, A. N. 1969, "Progres recents clans le calcul de l'opacite stellaire," Bull. Classe. Sci., Fifth Series (Academie Royale de Belgique) 55, 771. 33. Cox, A. N. and Stewart, J. N. 1969, "Astrophysical Opacity Mixtures", IAU Commission 35 Circular. 34. Cox, A. N. and Stewart, J. N. 1970, "Rosseland Opacity Tables for Population I Compositions," Ap. J Suppl. 19, 243. 35. Cox, A. N. and Stewart, J. N. 1970, "Rosseland Opacity Tables for Population II Compositions," Ap. J. Suppl. 19, 261. 36. Cox, A. N. 1970, "Los Alamos Airborne Observations", Nature 226 1140. 37. Cox, A. N., Magee, N. H., and Merts, A. L. 1971, "New Los Alamos Opacities," B.A.A.S. 3, 483. 38. Cox, A. N. 1972, "Canadian Solar Eclipse Flight", Sky and Telescope 43, 290. 39. Cox, A. N., Merts, A. L., Magee, N. H., Mutschlecner, J. P., and Dragon, J. N. 1972, "Importance of Iron Opacities in the Solar Balloon Ultraviolet," B.A.A.S. 4, 425. 40. Cox, A. N., King, D. S., and Tabor, J. E. 1973, "Non-Pulsating Stars in the RR Lyrae and Cepheid Instability Strips," B.A.A.S. 5, 14. 41. Cox, A. N. 1973, "Pursuing the Lunar Shadow", Sky and Telescope, 45, 88. 42. Cox, A. N., King, D. S., and Tabor, J. E. 1973, "Non-Pulsating Stars and the Populations I and II Instability Strips," Ap. J., 184, 201. 43. Cox, A. N. and Liebenberg, D. H. 1973, "Airborne Studies of the African Eclipse," Sky and Telescope 46, 222.
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