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Alan Paige Lightman

Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1974
Thesis: Time-dependent accretion disks around compact objects. Theoretical frameworks for analyzing and testing gravitation theories
Advisor(s): Thorne, Kip Stephen

Students:

AGID Name University Year Degree Awarded
9559 Zdziarski, Andrzej Antoni Harvard University 1986
8532 McMillan, Stephen Lewin William "Steve" Harvard University 1983

According to our current online database, Alan Paige Lightman has 2 students and 0 mentees. We welcome any additional information.

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