Hari Keshab Sen

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Hari Keshab Sen
হরিকেশব সেন
Born(1905-02-09)9 February 1905
Died1 September 1976(1976-09-01) (aged 71)
NationalityIndian
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Known forSen-Wyller magneto-ionic theory (1960)
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Hari Keshab Sen (9 February, 1905[1] - 1 September, 1976), popularly known as H. K. Sen[2] was an Indian Bengali scientist, astrophysicist. He was known for the Sen-Wyller magneto-ionic theory, which is a generalisation of the standard Appleton-Hartree formula for radio wave propagation through a weakly ionized gas in a magnetic field. The Sen-Wyller magneto-ionic theory was discoversd in 1960 by Hari Keshab Sen and A. A. Wyller.[2]

Biography[edit]

After completing his early education, H. K. Sen received his doctorate in astrophysics from Allahabad University in 1943. Then receiving an Aggasiz Research Fellowship to Harvard University in 1947 he went to US. From 1948–51, Sen was a lecturer in astronomy at the Harvard College Observatory. There he worked with Donald H. Menzel on astrophysical problems. Sen stayed from 1951-54 as a physicist at the National Bureau of Standards in Boulder. Before joining the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratory in 1955, Sen served as a senior scientist of Hughes Aircraft Co. in 1954–55. In 1959 he became a research associate at the Harvard College Observatory.[2]

Research[edit]

In the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratory, Sen associated with A. A. Wyller, and discovered the magneto-ionic theory in 1960.[3] His theory can explains the measured refraction, absorption and reflection properties of radio waves in and from the ionospheric D layers. Sen researched nonlinear oscillations of a Maxwellian plasma with Pradip M. Bakshi of Brandeis University, Massachusetts. They obtained exact non-linear wave solutions for stationary waves in a uniformly moving frame for the case of a Maxwellian electron plasma in a uniform ion background. It is found that there are no waves below a minimum wave velocity; anharmonic waves develop above a certain velocity, but only up to a maximum amplitude, depending on the wave velocity.[4]

References[edit]

  1. "Hari Keshab Sen". www.myheritage.com. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Hari Keshab Sen". Physics Today. 30 (6): 68. 1977. Bibcode:1977PhT....30f..68.. doi:10.1063/1.3037610.
  3. Bremer, J.; Singer, W. (1988). "Relations between classical and Sen-Wyller magneto-ionic theories in view of their application at checking of IRI electron density models". Advances in Space Research. 8 (4): 225–228. Bibcode:1988AdSpR...8..225B. doi:10.1016/0273-1177(88)90246-3. ISSN 0273-1177.
  4. Sen, Hari K. (1970). Nonlinear Oscillations of a Maxwellian Plasma. Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Office of Aerospace Research, United States Air Force.
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