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Gershberg Ronald Yevgenovich

General data:

Born: 12.03.1933

Place of birth: Kyiv City, Kyiv region, Ukrainian SSR

Studied in: V. V. Kuybyshev Tomsk State University (since 2010 National Research Institute of Tomsk State University, Russian Federation) (1955);

Key interests: Galaxy structure, non-stationary stars. PhD Thesis: The structure of galactic nebulae and some problems in the evolution of the interstellar medium (1962 M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University); ScD Thesis: Studies of flare-up stars like UV Cet (1970 );

Biography:

He was born on March 12, 1933 in Kyiv city of Kyiv region of Ukrainian SSR.

In 1950 he graduated from the Men's High School №12 in Kurgan city.

In 1955 he graduated from the astronomical department of the V. V. Kuibyshev Tomsk Red Banner State University with a degree in astronomy.

In 1955 he was admitted to the graduate school of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

Since 1955 he has been an employee of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, later he worked as the head of the laboratory of stellar magnetism of the Department of Visual Physics, was the chief researcher of the department. He later became head of the laboratory of stellar and galaxy physics, then returned to the position of head of the laboratory of Star Magnetism.

In 1962 he defended his dissertation "The structure of galactic nebulae and some problems of the evolution of the interstellar medium" at M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University.

In the 1960s, for the first time in the world, he obtained spectra with high temporal resolution of red dwarf star flares and traced the nature of spectral changes over time with the development of these transient processes. He put forward an almost generally accepted thesis about the physical identity of flashes of this type of stars and solar flares. Together with I. Yu. Alekseev he proposed and developed a new approach to the analysis of dwarf star spots.

In 1970 he defended his doctoral dissertation "Studies of flashing stars such as UV Cet".

In 1970 he was awarded the Lenin Jubilee Medal.

In 1998 he was awarded the Diploma of the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

In 2000, at the V Congress of the Ukrainian Astronomical Association, he was awarded the title of "Honorary Member of the UAA", and was elected to the Council of the Ukrainian Astronomical Association.

In 2012 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the III degree.

He is a member of the International Eurasian Astronomical Society.

Major works in the field of physics of nonstationary stars and the interstellar medium. He has written a long series of papers on the study of China's UV flare-up stars. He analyzed their brightness, color, spectral features during flashes and at rest. Received the first spectra of flashes with high temporal resolution. Developed in detail a chromospheric or nebular model of flares; substantiated the idea of the identity of the physical nature of flashes and activity in general on red dwarf stars and the Sun. Based on the idea developed in collaboration with SB Pickelner about the instability of astrophysical plasma to the formation of fibers, he proposed a hydrodynamic model of the emergence in the systems of interacting galaxies "tails" and jumpers.

He is the author of more than 300 scientific papers, including a number of monographs on flashing stars. Two of them are the monographs "Flashes of red dwarf stars" (1970) and "Stars of small masses that flash" (1978).

The small planet №2327 which was discovered on October 13, 1969 by B. A. Burnasheva from the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, is named after Gershberg.

R. E. Gershberg and P. V. Shcheglov (Russia) discovered supersonic outflows from hot stars, which determine the structure of the surrounding diffuse nebulae.

Main publications:
  1. Головатий В.В., Гершберг Р.Е., Мальков Ю.Ф., Проник В. И. Количественный анализ ультрафиолетовых, оптических и инфракрасных спектров небесных тел с целью определения физических параметров и химического состава излучающего диффузного вещества и межзвездного поглощения до него // Известия Крымской астрофизической обсерватории. -1999. -Т.96. -С.72-138.
  2. Low Resolution Spectropolarimeter/Gershberg R.E., Efimov Yu. S., Shakhovskoy N. M.,Ivanov Yu. S. // Abstracts NATO ASI on Photopolarimetry in Remote Sensing and Workshop on Remote Sensing Techniques and Instrumentation: International Cooperation, Yalta, Ukraine, 20 September to 4 October 2003 .-USA: ArmyReseach Laboratory, 2003,-P.35
  3. Optical monitoring of X-ray burst sources / A. N. Abramenko, R. E. Gershberg, E. P. Pavlenko et al. // Mon. Not. R. astron. Soc.- 1978.- Vol. 184, No. 1.- P. 27P - 33P.
  4. Исследование Новой Лебедя 1975 = V 1500 Cyg в Крымской астрофизической обсерватории. I. Спектральные исследования в видимом диапазоне / А. А. Боярчук, Т. С. Галкина, Р. Е. Гершберг,.. Т. М. Рачковская, Н. И. Шаховская // Астрон. журн.- 1977.- Т. 54, № 3.- С. 458 - 473.

Sources:
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