Ramón
Enrique Gaviola Fornes, Argentine optical
physicist and astronomer (Rivadavia,
Mendoza Province 31 August 1900 – Mendoza 07 August 1989) Authored
over 60 scientific works ACHIEVEMENTS Atomic Physics Built the first phase-shift fluorimeter and performed the first successfully direct measurements of fluorescence lifetimes Ein
fluorimeter. Apparat zur Messung von Fluoreszenzabllingungszeiten. Zeit. F.
Physik 42:1853-61, 1927 Established concept of lifetime of excited atoms With Lawrence Hafstad and Merle Tuve built a precursor of modern particle accelerators (1928) Authored the first experimental work about stimulated atomic emission An
experimental test of Schrödinger’s theory. Nature, 1928 Optics Developed Strong-Gaviola method, a differential method for covering surfaces with localized depositions With J.
Strong. On the figuring and correcting of mirrors by controlled deposition of
aluminum. JOSA 26:153, 1936 Described the procedure for quantitative application of the knife-edge setup On the quantitative
use of the Foucault knife-edge test. JOSA 26:163, 1936 A new
method for testing Cassegrain mirrors. J. Opt. Soc. America 29:480, 1939 Developed Gaviola-Platzeck caustic test With R. Platzeck. On the
errors of testing and a new method for surveying optical surfaces and systems.
Journal of the Optical Society of America 29:484-500, 1939 Introduced
concept of quality in analysis of covering material on telescopic surfaces Introduced
differential technology in configuration of reflecting surfaces for telescopic
mirrors Proposed
adaptative optics of telescopes With R. Platzeck designed
the first all-reflection optics spectrograph known as Platzeck-Gaviola spectrograph
(1943) Developed Platzeck Non-focal Method With A. Maiztegui & R.
Platzeck. Non-focal methods for determining 2nd and 3rd
contacts in total-center and angular solar eclipses. Veroff.Finn.Geod.Inst.
36:191-208, 1949 Developed methods for measuring curvature radii in mirror surfaces Astronomy Named
Homunculus to a nebula region around star Eta Carinae (1945). Published in Rev.
Astronomica 18:25, 1946 Demonstrated
that Northern Chile have sky of very high quality and proposed the building of
an international observatory (1956) Proposed
Gaviola observation method for eclipses HONORS Asteroid Gaviola 2504 |
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