Abstract
Wesemael was an expert in stellar-atmosphere theory as applied to very hot, high-gravity stars, publishing important works on the properties of white dwarfs. His honors included the Herzberg Medal and the Rutherford Memorial Medal in Physics.
Highlights
François Wesemael was born in Vietnam on January
He became an expert in stellar-atmosphere theory as applied to very hot, highgravity stars, and he developed intimate familiarity with the spectra of hydrogen and helium under these conditions. He subsequently applied these abilities to the analysis of spectra obtained from the Voyager, IUE, and FUSE spacecraft. He was part of a group that produced a definitive analysis of the white dwarf Sirius
The observational results demonstrated that these two white dwarfs have well-understood physical properties
Summary
François Wesemael was born in Vietnam on January ,. In the fall of that year, he entered the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Rochester as a graduate student. He was part of a group that produced a definitive analysis of the white dwarf Sirius
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