Victoria M Kaspi and Chryssa Kouveliotou Receive the 2021 Shaw Prize in Astronomy (IMAGE)
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The Shaw Prize in Astronomy 2021 is shared equally by Victoria M. Kaspi, Professor of Physics and Director of McGill Space Institute, McGill University, Canada and Chryssa Kouveliotou, Professor and Chair, Department of Physics at George Washington University, USA for their contributions to our understanding of magnetars, a class of highly magnetised neutron stars that are linked to a wide range of spectacular, transient astrophysical phenomena.
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The Shaw Prize/Victoria M. Kaspi/Chryssa Kouveliotou/IAU
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