Paul L. Schechter

Si Paul L. Schechter (namundag Mayo 30, 1948) sarong Amerikanong  astronomo asin paramasid na kosmologo.  Siya an William A. M. Burden Professor of Astrophysics, Emeritus, sa MIT.

Si Schechter naresibe saiyang bachelor's degree sa Cornell kan 1968, asin saiyang Ph.D. degree sa Caltech kan 1975.  Siya nagkapot nin mga pwestong postdoktoral sa Institute for Advanced Study asin sa  University of Arizona, dangan nagdakit sa Harvard bilang assistant na propesor. Siya nagbalyo sa presenteng posisyon niya sa MIT kan 1988.MIT Faculty Profile at http://web.mit.edu/physics/people/faculty/schechter_paul.html  Schechter was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2003.

Si Schechter midbid na gayo kan saiyang trabaho sa pagdiskubre kan inapod ma Schechter luminosity function para sa mga galaxies, asin  kan saiyang trabaho katuwang si William Press sa ngonyan inaapod na Press–Schechter formalism. Siya man nakahaman nin bagong metodong eksakto sa pagkwenta kan velocidad sa pagwarak kan mga galaxies, pag'ugid kan Virgocentric infall, asin pag'ugid nin butingtingon kan gravitational lenses.U.S. National Academy of Sciences election citation at 

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