Rudolph Schild Explained

Rudolph E. Schild (born 10 January 1940) is an astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, who has been active since the mid-1960s.[1] He has authored or contributed to over 250 papers, of which 150 are in refereed journals.[2]

Career

Schild's research in the 1980's and 90's was focused on using gravitational lensing to determine the age of the universe and the Hubble constant.[3] [4] The investigation into quasar images also, in 1994, suggested the existence of a binary pair of stars within a few light years of Earth.[5] He also published in 1996 his findings on rogue planets identified through analysis of Hubble Space Telescope images.[6] [7] Then, in the 2000's, he began focusing on the double galaxy CSL-1 and superstring theory, which was noted as a possible step toward uncovering the theory of everything.[8] He is a member of a group of researchers who have published frequently on the claim that photos on Mars from various NASA rover missions have shown evidence of fossilized life.[9] He is a proponent of "magnetospheric eternally collapsing objects" (MECOs),[10] an alternative to black holes.[11] These results are most often published in Journal of Cosmology, a fringe astronomy journal edited by Schild himself,[12] while his other research is published in mainstream astronomy journals such as MNRAS and the Astronomical Journal.[2]

Personal life

Schild is married to mezzo-soprano Jane Struss, who teaches voice at Longy School of Music.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rudy's Personal Statement.
  2. Web site: Nasa/Ads.
  3. News: Erickson . Jim . March 28, 1991 . Tracking the age of the universe . . September 2, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  4. News: Holden . Constance . November 8, 1996 . Firming up a hubble constant . . September 2, 2023 . . ProQuest.
  5. News: Reddy . Francis . October 2005 . The Double Quasar . . September 2, 2023 . ProQuest.
  6. News: . April 21, 1996 . Hubble telescope findings indicate possibility of rogue planets . . September 2, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  7. News: Catalano . Peter . December 1997 . On the trail of rogue planets . . September 2, 2023 . ProQuest.
  8. News: Chown . Marcus . March 2, 2005 . Strung up . . September 2, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  9. News: Knapton . Sarah . March 6, 2023 . Fossil samples may be evidence of life on Mars . . September 2, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  10. R.E. Schild . D.J. Leiter . S.L. Robertson . 2006 . Observations Supporting the Existence of an Intrinsic Magnetic Moment inside the Central Compact Object within the Quasar Q0957+56 . . 132 . 1 . 420–432 . astro-ph/0505518 . 2006AJ....132..420S . 10.1086/504898 . 119355221.
  11. Web site: I. Sample . 30 July 2006 . US team's quasar probe sinks black hole theory . . September 2, 2023.
  12. http://thejournalofcosmology.com/About.html Journal of Cosmology