Stanley Peter Davis

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Pre-doctorate education: BS (Physics, Math - 1981) City College of New York; MS (Physics, Electrical Engineering - 1986) Polytechnic Institute of New York

Doctorate: Ph. D. (Physics - 1995) The Catholic University of America

current employment: Physicist, National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council; Resident Research Associate, NASA/Goddard Space Flight; Center-Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics. He is co-author of the web site: A Century of Great Discoveries http://gamma.nrl.navy.mil/dap-aps/astro/index.htm

URL: http://lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov/users/davis/
email: davis@grossc.gsfc.nasa.gov

Biography

After growing up on Long Island and attending the Long Island Lutheran High School, Stanley P. Davis continued his education in New York City, receiving a B. S. Degree from the City College of New York and a M. S. Degree from the Polytechnic Institute of New York. He then attended The Catholic University of America and earned a Ph. D. degree in physics. His research interests include high-energy astrophysics, astro-particle physics and cosmology. His Doctoral dissertation is the first of its kind on time dilation in gamma-ray bursts. Stanley P. Davis is a member of the American Physical Society, American Astronomical Society and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

In 1999, Dr. Davis was a visiting professor at Lincoln University.

Dr. Davis has an assortment of outside interests. He enjoys physical fitness: weight lifting, basketball, racquetball, running and cycling. Furthermore, he likes learning about archaeology, anthropology, paleontology and is currently working at becoming a better chess player.

Other web sites where you can learn about Dr. Davis:
On-Line Astrophysics: A Century of Great Discoveries: http://gamma.nrl.navy.mil/dap-aps/astro/index.htm
Faces: http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/faces.html
http://gamma.nrl.navy.mil/dap-aps/personnel/index_a.htm

Research

Interests, High-Energy Astrophysics, Astro-Particle Physics and Cosmology: Dr. Davis' Doctoral dissertation was the first of its kind on time dilation in gamma-ray bursts. His research interests include high-energy astrophysics, astro-particle physics and cosmology.

SELECTED PAPERS

Davis, S.P., Measurements of Time Dilation in Gamma-Ray Bursts Part II: Pulse-Intervals, Journal of Astroparticle Physics, 1997, in preparation.

Davis, S.P., Measurement of Time Dilation in Gamma-Ray Bursts Part I: Pulse-Widths, Journal of Astroparticle Physics, 1997, in preparation.

Davis, S.P., Pulse-Width, Pulse-Interval distributions and Total Counts as Indicators of Time Dilation in Gamma-Ray Bursts, P. RIKEN Review, 1997.

Norris, J.P., Nemirhoff, R.J., Bonnell, J.T., Scargle, J.D., Davis, S.P., et al. Consistency of Time Dilation in Temporal Profiles and Spectra of Gamma-ray Bursts, 1995, Adv. Space Res., Vol 15, No. 5, pp. (5)135-(5)138, COSPAR.

Davis, S. P. Measurement of Time Dilation in Pulse Widths and Intervals Between Pulses, 1994, BAAS, 26, 1508.

Norris, J.P., Nemirhoff, R.J., Davis, S.P., et al.: Exploration of Bi-Modality in Gamma-Ray Burst Duration and HardnessDistributions, AIP Conference Proceedings 307, Huntsville Gamma-Ray Burst Workshop, 1994.

Davis, S.P., Norris, J.P., et al.: Pulse Width Distributions and Total Counts as Indicators of Cosmological Time Dilation in Gamma-Ray Bursts, AIP Conference Proceedings 307, Huntsville Gamma-Ray Burst Workshop, 1994.

Norris, J.P., Davis, S.P., et al.: Measurements of Signature Consistent with Cosmological Time Dilation in Gamma-Ray Bursts, 23rd International Cosmic Ray Conference, 1993, Vol. 1, p.89.

Davis, S.P., Norris, J.P., et al.: Calibration of an Algorithm for Overlapping Pulses in Gamma-Ray Bursts, AIP Conference Proceedings 280, eds: M. Friedlander, N. Gehrels, Daryl J. Macomb, 1992, p.964.

Norris, J.P., Davis, S.P., et al.: Deconvolution of Pulses in Bright Gamma Ray-Bursts, AIP Conference Proceeding 280, eds: M. Friedlander, N. Gehrels, Daryl J. Macomb, 1992, p.959.

Davis. S. P., Norris, J.P., et al.: Deconvolution of Pulse Structures in Gamma-Ray Bursts Observed by BATSE, Bull. AAS. 23, 1323, (1992).

references: Dr. Davis web page.

 

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