Professor

Martin Asplund

FAA

Martin Asplund
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Professor Martin Asplund is distinguished for his research on solar and stellar physics, planets outside the Milky Way, the evolution of the Milky Way and the first stars to form in the Universe. His innovative work on the atmospheres of stars provides a new level of precision in understanding the stars’ elements, because of the realistic way in which it treats convection in their atmospheres. Martin’s revisions to the solar element abundances, based on these new models, have impacted research in atomic and nuclear physics and in a wide range of astrophysics, from planetary science and stellar physics through to Galactic archaeology and cosmology.

Fields of research

51 PHYSICAL SCIENCES
  • 5101 ASTRONOMICAL SCIENCES
    • 510104 Galactic Astronomy
    • 510109 Stellar Astronomy and Planetary Systems

For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .

Expertise type

  • Astronomy
  • Physics
  • Planetary Science

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