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Re'em Sari

  • 2011–2012
  • Physical Sciences
  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)
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Re’em Sari is a professor of astrophysics at the Racah Institute of Physics, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He studies a variety of astrophysical phenomena, from the creation of planets in our solar system and around other suns to the mighty explosions of massive stars known as gamma-ray bursts.

At Radcliffe, Sari will study the physics of the very early stages of supernovas. When the core of a star collapses, a shock travels through its envelope. Near the stellar edge, where the density is low, the shock wave accelerates and, ultimately, the energy in the shock wave escapes. A deeper understanding of this process may reveal the nature of exploding stars and their connection with gamma-ray bursts. In addition, Sari will use theories of planet formation to address questions in our own solar system, such as the size distribution of objects in the Kuiper belt and the spin rates of asteroids.

Sari has received the Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy from the American Astronomical Society and the François Frenkiel Award for Fluid Mechanics from the American Physical Society. He has been selected as a Packard Fellow, a Sloan Research Fellow, and, recently, a Guggenheim Fellow. Sari, who earned a PhD in astrophysics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is the chairperson of the Bloomfield Science Museum Jerusalem.

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