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Király, Péter

 


Király Péter

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part-time researcher

Professional details

Positions: 

From 1963 onwards I have been working in departments and research groups belonging to the KFKI centre. First in the Department of Mathematics, then in the Group of Theoretical Physics, and finally in the Department of Cosmic Rays/Space Physics of the KFKI Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics.

Studies: 

1958–1963: Student of physics, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
Graduated (with distinction) in 1963
 

Research experience and interest: 
  1.    Cosmic Ray (CR) physics: First High-Energy CRs (Air showers and muons), then CR Origin (galactic and intergalactic propagation, anisotropy, gamma rays, extreme energies), later Solar-Heliospheric CR studies (quiet-time solar particles, upstream ions close to the Earth magnetosphere, Voyager results in the distant Heliosphere). Close collaboration with the University of Durham (UK). Participation in the organization of several CR conferences. Between 1990 and 96 member of the IUPAP Cosmic Ray Commission. 1995-96 and 2005-2007 leader of working groups of the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern.
  2.   Space Physics: Co-PI of the HARP electron spectrometer aboard the Phobos mission, Co-I of several missions, guest investigator of the Ulysses mission.
  3.   Miscellaneous: Theory of data evaluation, historical studies on the experiments of Eötvös and on the Fifth Force hypothesis, and on possible terrestrial effects of extreme solar and astrophysical energy releases.
Members: 

Hungarian Astronautical Society

Most important publications: 

Most of my English-language publications are listed in the Astrophysics Data System (ADS) of NASA, URL: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/preprint_service.html
Further papers and conference contributions can be found in various cosmic ray conference proceedings and in Acta Physica Hungarica.
About 15 papers in Hungarian can be reached from home pages of “Fizikai Szemle” and “Természet Világa”.
 

Prizes and Awards: 

Jánossy-Award (1980)

Personal

Born, family: 

Born: 23 December 1939
Married in 1968 to Éva Török
Children: Tamás Király (1975, Durham, UK)
                Csaba Király (1977, Budapest)
 

Languages: 

English
German
French
Russian
 

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