Steven Michael Kahn

1954

Steven Michael Kahn, an Astrophysicist who obtained his PhD in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1980, is Professor of Physics at Stanford University (2003-present). Other institutional affiliations include University of California, Berkeley, and Columbia University. His research interests include x-ray spectroscopy cosmic sources, atomic physics measurements of highly charged ions relevant to astrophysical plasmas, and development of space and ground-based instrumentation. Source: [About the author](https://history.aip.org/phn/11512038.html)

• High-Energy Spectroscopic Astrophysics
• High-energy spectroscopic astrophysics
• High-Energy Spectroscopic Astrophysics
• Instrumentation for large telescopes
• Stellar astrophysics for the local group
• Theory of black hole accretion disks
• UV and X-Ray Spectroscopy of Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas
• UV and x-ray spectroscopy of astrophysical and laboratory plasmas
• X-ray spectroscopic laboratory experiments in support of the NASA X-ray astronomy flight program