W. David Arnett
Arnett in 2008
Born	1940 (age 85–86)
Alma mater	Yale University
Known for	nuclear astrophysics supernovae
Awards	Hans Bethe Prize(2009) Henry Norris Russell Lectureship
Scientific career
Fields	Astrophysics
Institutions	University of Chicago University of Arizona
Doctoral advisor	Alastair G. W. Cameron

William David Arnett (born 1940) is a Regents Professor of Astrophysics atSteward Observatory,University of Arizona,^[1] known for his research onsupernova explosions, the formation ofneutron stars orblack holes by gravitational collapse, and thesynthesis of elements in stars; he is author of the monographSupernovae and Nucleosynthesis which deals with these topics.^[2]Arnett pioneered the application of supercomputers to astrophysical problems, including neutrino radiation hydrodynamics,^[3][4] nuclear reaction networks,^[5] instabilities and explosions,^[6][7][8] supernova light curves,^[9][10] and turbulent convective flow in two^[11] and three dimensions.^[12]

Arnett received his BS degree from theUniversity of Kentucky in 1961 and his MS and PhD degrees in physics fromYale University in 1963 and 1965, advised byA. G. W. Cameron. After postdoctoral work withW. A. Fowler at theCalifornia Institute of Technology andFred Hoyle at the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy (nowInstitute of Astronomy) ofCambridge University, he served briefly on the faculties ofRice University (working withDonald Clayton),University of Texas andUniversity of Illinois before becoming the B. and E. Sunny Distinguished Service Professor at theUniversity of Chicago and then Regents Professor^[13] at theUniversity of Arizona.

• Henry Norris Russell Lectureship^[14] of theAmerican Astronomical Society, 2012.
• Marcel Grossmann Award, International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics (ICRA), 2012^[15]
• Hans Bethe Prize^[16] of theAmerican Physical Society, 2009

• S. Chandrasekhar Lecturer,S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India, 2007
• Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1987^[17]
• Member,National Academy of Sciences, 1985
• Member,American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1985
• Alexander vonHumboldt Prize (senior scientist), 1981
• Yale University Distinguished Graduate Award in Physical Sciences and Engineering (with J. W. Truran), 1980
• University of Kentucky Honorary Doctorate of Sciences, 2016
• Fellow of theAmerican Astronomical Society, 2020

• 1940 births
• Living people
• American astrophysicists
• University of Kentucky alumni
• Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
• Rice University faculty
• University of Texas at Austin faculty
• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty
• University of Chicago faculty
• University of Arizona faculty
• Fellows of the American Physical Society
• Fellows of the American Astronomical Society

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