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| '''Kyongae Chang''' ({{ko-hhrm|hangul=장경애}}, born September 5, 1946) is a |
'''Kyongae Chang''' ({{ko-hhrm|hangul=장경애}}, born September 5, 1946) is a South Korean ]. She is best known for her work on ], including the ]. | ||
| Chang was born in ]. She worked as a research associate on ] ] with Professors ] and ] at ] from 1969 till 1971. From 1975 until 1980 she worked on a ] at ], graduating with her work on the Chang-Refsdal lens.<ref name="Sterne">{{cite book|title=Sterne über Hamburg |last=Schramm |first=Jochen |isbn=978-3-9811271-8-8 |publisher=Kultur- und Geschichtskontor |location=Hamburg |year=2010 |language=German}}</ref> The main result was published in '']'' in 1979 immediately after the discovery of the first gravitational lens.<ref name="Sterne" /><ref>{{cite journal|title=Flux variations of QSO 0957+561 A, B and image splitting by stars near the light path |first=K. |last=Chang |first2=S. |last2=Refsdal |journal=] |volume=282 |issue=5739 |date=December 6, 1979 |pages=561–564|bibcode = 1979Natur.282..561C |doi = 10.1038/282561a0 }}</ref> | Chang was born in ]. She worked as a research associate on ] ] with Professors ] and ] at ] from 1969 till 1971. From 1975 until 1980 she worked on a ] at ], graduating with her work on the Chang-Refsdal lens.<ref name="Sterne">{{cite book|title=Sterne über Hamburg |last=Schramm |first=Jochen |isbn=978-3-9811271-8-8 |publisher=Kultur- und Geschichtskontor |location=Hamburg |year=2010 |language=German}}</ref> The main result was published in '']'' in 1979 immediately after the discovery of the first gravitational lens.<ref name="Sterne" /><ref>{{cite journal|title=Flux variations of QSO 0957+561 A, B and image splitting by stars near the light path |first=K. |last=Chang |first2=S. |last2=Refsdal |journal=] |volume=282 |issue=5739 |date=December 6, 1979 |pages=561–564|bibcode = 1979Natur.282..561C |doi = 10.1038/282561a0 }}</ref> | ||
| She returned to Korea in 1985 and became a professor at ].{{ |
She returned to Korea in 1985 and became a professor at ].{{Citation needed|date=September 2016}} | ||
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South Korean astrophysicistKyongae Chang (Korean: 장경애, born September 5, 1946) is a South Korean astrophysicist. She is best known for her work on gravitational lensing, including the Chang-Refsdal lens.
Chang was born in Seoul. She worked as a research associate on astrometric binaries with Professors van de Kamp and Heintz at Sproul Observatory from 1969 till 1971. From 1975 until 1980 she worked on a Dr. rer. nat. at Hamburg University, graduating with her work on the Chang-Refsdal lens. The main result was published in Nature in 1979 immediately after the discovery of the first gravitational lens.
She returned to Korea in 1985 and became a professor at Cheongju University.
References
- ^ Schramm, Jochen (2010). Sterne über Hamburg (in German). Hamburg: Kultur- und Geschichtskontor. ISBN 978-3-9811271-8-8.
- Chang, K.; Refsdal, S. (December 6, 1979). "Flux variations of QSO 0957+561 A, B and image splitting by stars near the light path". Nature. 282 (5739): 561–564. Bibcode:1979Natur.282..561C. doi:10.1038/282561a0.
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