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Henry Warren Moos | |
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 H. Warren Moos in the 1950s | |
| Born | (1936-03-26)March 26, 1936 (age 89) |
| Spouse | Doris Elaine McClure (1934-2023) |
| Children | 4Janet Louise b.1959;Paul Edwardb.1961;Daniel John b.1966;David Frederick b.1968 |
Henry Warren Moos [b. March 26, 1936 - Brooklyn, New York] Astrophysicist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, US, was the Principal Investigator of theFar Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer that launched June 24, 1999 and operated until October 18, 2007.FUSE was designed to study the universe using high-resolution spectroscopy in the far-ultraviolet spectral region, with a primary focus on the origin and evolution of the lightest elements and the forces involved in galactic, stellar, and planetary system evolution.[1]
Warren Moos received a BS in physics from Brown University in 1957 and a PhD in physics from the University of Michigan in 1962. He also served as postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University from 1961-1963. In 1964 Dr. Moos joined the Johns Hopkins Department of Physics and was instrumental in creating the combined Department of Physics and Astronomy, a department that he eventually chaired and where he also directed the Center for Astrophysical Sciences and was instrumental in establishing the Space Telescope at the Johns Hopkins University.[2][3]
He has authored or co-authored over 400 research papers.
Moos's major research experiences include:
His most high-profile project, theFar Ultraviolet Light Explorer, has had a profound impact on the field of astrophysics and understanding of the universe. According to "A Brief History of theFUSE Mission" by H. W. Moos and G. Sonneborn,FUSE's contribution includes the fact that astrophysically important species, such as D I, O VI, and H₂, have key transitions in this spectral range. Hot subdwarf spectra often include unidentified lines due to missing atomic data.FUSE offers greater sensitivity than Copernicus, enabling studies of stars, nearby galaxies, Active Galactic Nuclei, and interstellar gas. "Copernicus explored the local neighborhood -FUSE is exploring the Universe."[5]
In assessing his long career in a 2020 interview with David Zierler, Moos answers the question of what kind of physicist he is by saying, "Probably an opportunist . . . . I would say in my early years I was involved on the edge of quantum electronics with a big emphasis on atomic physics. That flavor went through my early faculty years when I was doing solid state physics, but it was still atoms in a cage. I mean it was the same kind of thing. In the late '60s continuing into the early '70s, I started to move into astrophysics. It was an evolution in which I moved away from physics related to quantum electronics. Along the way I did some plasma physics . . . . So how do I characterize myself? I think as an experimental scientist."[6]
Although Moos's professional trajectory is scientific, he also has show-business connections through his second cousin, once removed,Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., musical comedy director and producer and founder ofThe Ziegfeld Follies.
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