Benjamin S. P. Shen

Reese Flower Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and Astrophysics
bshen@sas.upenn.edu
(215) 222-5757

 

  • Reese Flower Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1972-96
  • (Emeritus since 1996)
  • Provost (interim), 1980-81
  • Member, National Science Board, 1990-94

 

Honors include:

 

  • Fellow, American Physical Society (1972). Fellow, AAAS.
  • Ordre des palmes académiques, France

 

Education: 

D.Sc.d’Etat, physics, University of Paris, Orsay, 1964

Research Interests: 

Astrophysics, cosmic-ray physics

Spallation reactions induced by cosmic rays; variable compact galaxies. 

Selected Publications: 

 

  • High-Energy Nuclear Reactions in Astrophysics (W.A.Benjamin, 1967)
  • Spallation Nuclear Reactions and Their Applications (Reidel, 1976)