Finding aid for the John N. Bahcall Papers
FAC.BAHCALL

Summary Information

Repository
Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center
Creator
Bahcall, John N.
Title
John N. Bahcall papers
ID
FAC.BAHCALL
Date [bulk]
Bulk, 1971-2005
Date [inclusive]
1955-2005
Extent
46.0 linear feet 87 document boxes, 3 audiovisual recordings boxes, and 1 oversize scrapbook
Language
English
Abstract
John Norris Bahcall was a world renowned astrophysicist who served on the faculty of the Institute for Advanced Study from 1971 to 2005. Bahcall's pioneering work on solar neutrinos and the establishment of the Standard Solar Model was crucial to the understanding of the sun. His theoretical predictions, combined with experimental solar neutrino work proved how the sun shines, and resulted in the unexpected discovery that neutrinos have mass, thus requiring new physics. He was a leading force in the development of the Hubble Space Telescope. He was also a leader in the astronomical community and served as President of the American Astronomical Society, Vice President of the American Physical Society, and Chair of the Decadel Survey in Astronomy. The collection includes research files and calculations related to solar neutrinos, the Hubble Space Telescope and other scientific topics, handwritten notebooks, professional correspondence, Bahcall's scientific papers, files from his tenure as president of the American Astronomical Society, and recordings of some of his appearances on radio and television.

Preferred Citation note

The suggested citation for the material is "[item], John N. Bahcall papers, Box [box number], From the Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, USA."

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Biographical/Historical note

John Norris Bahcall was born on December 30, 1934, in Shreveport, Louisiana. Although initially intending to study philosophy and possibly become a rabbi, his interests turned to science and he received his A.B. in Physics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1956. He went on to receive an M.S. from the University of Chicago in 1957, and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1961, both in physics. He was a Research Fellow in Physics at Indiana University from 1960-1962. He then went to the California Institute of Technology, where he first served as a Research Fellow, then as an Assistant and Associate Professor of Physics from 1962-1970.

Bahcall first came to the Institute for Advanced Study as a Member in the second term of 1968-1969. He continued as a Member in 1969-1970 and was soon asked to join the Faculty of the School of Natural Sciences. He served as Professor from 1971-1997, when he was named the Richard Black Professor in the School of Natural Sciences, a post which he held until his death in August 2005. Throughout his tenure at the Institute, Bahcall was also a visiting lecturer at Princeton University, with the rank of Professor.

Bahcall's pioneering work with solar neutrinos and the establishment of the Standard Solar Model were crucial to the understanding of how the sun shines. His theoretical predictions, combined with experimental solar neutrino work, resulted in the important discovery that neutrinos have mass, thus requiring new physics.

At the Institute for Advanced Study created a top-level astrophysics group, which he led for 35 years. During this period he mentored over 200 outstanding young scientists.

With Lyman Spitzer, Jr., Bahcall led the development of the Hubble Space Telescope, which was first launched in 1990 and has led to many scientific discoveries about space and the universe. His tireless advocacy and work with lawmakers and the public ensured the future of the project. As chair of the National Academy Decade Survey Committee for Astronomy and Astrophysics in the 1990s, he helped set priorities for scientific research. He was a leader of the astronomical community and served the community in various high-level activities. He was president of the American Astronomical Society from 1990-1992 and president-elect of the American Physical Society at the time of his death.

Bahcall received many honors and awards, among which were the NASA Distinguished Service Medal (1992), the National Medal of Science (1998), the Hans Bethe Prize from the American Physical Society (1998), the Dan David Prize (2003), the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics (2003), and the Fermi Medal (2004). He received honorary degrees from a number of universities, including the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago, and Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was a fellow of the American Philosophical Society and the National Academy of Science. Though he never won the Nobel Prize himself (though he was considered a well-deserving candidate for it), his collaboration with Raymond Davis is widely credited with contributing to his Nobel Prize-winning work. Bahcall was a prolific scientist, and authored nearly 500 scientific publications and authored or edited nine books. Bahcall's books include Neutrino Astrophysics (Cambridge University Press, 1989),  Solar Neutrinos: The First Thirty Years (ed., Addison-Wesley, 1994), and  The Redshift Controversy (Addison-Wesley, 1973).

Bahcall married Neta, a fellow astrophysicist whom he met in Israel and who went on to become a Professor of Astrophysics at Princeton University, in 1966. They had three children, Safi, Dan, and Orli.

John Bahcall died on August 17, 2005, from a rare blood disorder.

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Arrangement note

For the most part, the material has been kept in the original order from John Bahcall's office. Becuase of this, material on a given topic, such as solar neutrinos, can be found across multiple series.

The collection is comprised of 16 series:

Desk Drawer 2

Solar Neutrinos, 1960-1980

Solar Neutrinos, 1980-1990

Solar Neutrinos, 1990s-2005

Hubble Space Telescope

HST Observations of Quasars

Other Scientific Topics

Distinguished Scientists

Bahcall Notebooks

Bahcall Binders and Viewgraphs

Bahcall Scientific Papers

Bahcall Correspondence

American Astronomical Society

Additional Materials Received

Bahcall Interviews and Other Audiovisual Materials

Electronic Files

Additionally there is one series of Institute administrative files, which, according to Institute policy, are closed for 30 years from the date of creation.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center September 2009

Historical Studies-Social Science Library
Einstein Drive
Princeton
NJ, 08540
609-734-8375
archives@ias.edu

Conditions Governing Access note

Institute administrative records are restricted for 30 years from the date of creation. Letters of recommendation are closed until the death of both the recommender and recommendee. Because only minimal arrangement was done at the time of processing, files will be reviewed at the time of request for these materials.

Conditions Governing Use note

Photocopying from the material will be done for a copy fee from the Archives staff. Researchers are responsible for obtaining copyright permission to use the material from the collection for publication.

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

At the time of John Bahcall's death, the papers that remained in his office were packed up and given to the Institute by his family. Several small accessions were received since then. The Solar Neutrinos, 1990s-2005 series was transferred to the Archives in 2009.

Processing Information note

The materials were inventoried at the time of receipt, then rehoused into acid-free boxes and folders. For the most part, materials are in their original order as found in John Bahcall's office. In the interest of making the collection available in a timely fashion, no further arrangement has been attempted.

Appraisal note

With the exception of removing the original folders, the contents of the collection as received from Bahcall's office are intact. No further appraisal has been done.

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Related Materials

Related Archival Materials note

John Bahcall's website includes much information about the science, publications, viewgraphs, photos, and more. It is located at http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jnb John Bahcall's electronic files from his office were also transferred to the Institute for Advanced Study after his death. They are currently being processed.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • American Astronomical Society.
  • Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft).
  • Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.). School of Natural Sciences.

Personal Name(s)

  • Bahcall, Neta
  • Davis, Raymond, 1914-2006

Subject(s)

  • Astrophysics
  • Physicists
  • Solar neutrinos--Research.

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Collection Inventory

Desk Drawer 2 

Scope and Contents note

The Desk Drawer 2 series consists of miscellaneous files found in Bahcall's office desk.
Box

Hans Bethe 

General note

includes publications, 5 handwritten pages of calculations, letter to Bahcall from Hans Bethe dated 15 May 2003

 1

Grants from National Science Foundation, Keck foundation, Sloan Foundation, GTO grant, etc 10/18/2004-2006 
Box

NSF, Keck, etc 

 1

Sloan Summit 

 1

GTO (Grant to date) 

 1

School of Natural Sciences - Campaign for Memberships 1996-1999 

 1

National Science Foundation 

 1
Box

Galactic model 1998 

General note

contains several publications and calculations dated earlier

 1

SIM (Space Interferometric Mission) 2000 

General note

contains materials relating to Space Interferometry Mission dated 2000 including grant proposal and letter to Steven Majewski.

 1

HST Supernova 1/14/99-7/17/99 

General note

Proposal for Hubble Space Telescope observations and related materials

 1

History 

General note

folder containing a single annotated offprint by Eddington “Address to the Mathematical and physical science section” 1920, Section A, unpaged.

 1

Old Calendar 1983-2002 

General note

contains Bahcall's calendars for 1983-2002

 1

Various 

General note

contains letters by Senator Barbara Milkulski relating to the cancelled service mission for the Hubble Space Telescope 3/5/2004. Also in the folder is a letter regarding the Crafoord Prize 2005 in which Bahcall was proposed as a nominator of candidates

 1

Ice Cube Project 

General note

contains 2002 correspondence relating to Ice Cube Project and brochures

 1

Alpha Variation 2000-2004 

General note

Offprint by Bahcall and others, letters, and calculations
Box

Folder 1-2 

 1

Folder 3 

 2
Box

Congressional: APS (American Physical Society) 

General note

contains memo from Francis Slakey (undated), draft minutes of an APS Council meeting 4/4/2003 and related documents, letter to Bahcall from Judy Franz telling him of his election in 9/2003 as Vice President of the APS

 2

Aldo 

General note

contains corrected copy of paper by John Bahcall and Aldo Serenlli and documents dating to 2004 as well as other publications

 2

Basel Analysis (Basel Star Catalog) 
Box

Referee’s Report folder 1985 

 2

Correspondence 1984-1985 

 2

Hubble Space Telescope observations of Quasars -- PG 0953 
Box

Spectra 

General note

contains charts

 2

Working papers 3/4/1992 

General note

relating to the charts above “Jason line lists”

 2

Charts including one with the legend "plots marked by John, Don, and Buell." 

 2

Mkn 205 
Box

Working papers February 1992 

 2

Literature 1991 

General note

publications on Mrk 205

 2

Material relating to MrK 205 Manuscript of Bahcall including editorial email on the revised draft 1992 

 2

H1821 & 643 
Box

Literature 1991 

General note

offprints, etc.

 2

Correspondence 1991 

General note

progress report on the analysis of H1821 & 643

 2

Working papers 1992 

 2

H1821 3/11/92 reduction 

 2

0405-12 
Box

Correspondence 1992 

 2

Calculations 

 2

Texts 

 2
Box

S4 1435 + 63 (Handwritten calculations and problems related to S4 1435 +63) 

 3

Quasars Hubble Space Telescope Key Project: Science 93 
Box

Catalog2 tables 1993-1995 

 3

PG 1352 +011; observations July 1993 

 3

PKS 0122-00 1993 

 3

TON153 1993 

 3

Key Project: z ~1 objects 1994 

 3

Calculations 1993-1994 

 3

Response to the referee 1994-1995 

 3

PG1634, GTO cycle 1 1993 

 3

Small Redshift systems ‘93 
Box

PKS 1424 1994 

 3

PKS 1136 1994 

 3

NGC 2841 1994 

 3

3rd catalog line lists 1993 

 3

calculations 1994 

 3

PKS 2300 1994 

 3

PG 0953 1994 

 3

PG 1049 1993-1994 

 3

3 C 334 1994 

 3

PKS 0637 1993-1994 

 3

PKS 2352 1993-1994 

 3

PG 1333 1993-1994 

 3
Box

3C 273 JET (1994) 1994-1995 

 3

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Solar Neutrinos, 1960-1980 

Scope and Contents note

The Solar Neutrinos, 1960-1980, series contains correspondence, notes, calculations, publications, lectures, and other documentation related to Bahcall's work on neutrinos during this period. Additional material on Solar Neutrinos during this period can be found in other series, including Bahcall Correspondence, Bahcall Notebooks, Bahcall Binders and Viewgraphs, Bahcall Scientific Papers, and Other Scientific Topics.
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Mass of muon neutrino 1960-1961 

 3

Continuum Electron Capture 1961-1963 

 4

Bound-State Beta-Decay 1961-1963 

 4

Overlap & Exchange affects Bound-State Beta-Decay 1961-1962 

 4

7Be Electron Capture 1962 

 4

Exchange and Overlap Effects in Nuclear Beta-Decay 1962-1963 

 4

pp chain (pp chain = Proton-Proton chain) 1963 

 5

Neutrino Opacity and neutrino astronomy 1964 

 5

Solar Neutrinos 1963-1964 

General note

contains also a summary of computer routine

 5

N+n --> p+e¯ + v¯ Neutron Star Cooling 1964-1965 

 5

Talks on Solar Neutrinos 1963-1965 

 5

p-p and PEP reactions 1964, 1968 

General note

contains documents with other dates as well

 6

Solar Neutrinos (2 folders) 1966 

 6

8B +  37Cl 1966, 1977 

 6

Solar Neutrinos 1971-1972 

 7

Neutrino Stability 1972 

 7

Non-radial hydrostatic instabilities, with M. Rosenbluth 1972 

 7

Solar Neutrinos 1970-1971 

 7

Solar Neutrinos 1972-1973 

 7

Solar Neutrinos 1973-1974 

 7

Tests for evolution 1972 

 7

Solar Neutrinos with new LANL opacities 1972-1973 

 7

Radiative transfer 1974 

General note

never submitted

 8

Chlorine experiment pictures and article 1974 

General note

includes handwritten outline for solar neutrino article for the New Scientist along with many photographs

 8

Letter to Ray Davis regarding the 37Cl experiment 1975 

General note

this folder is connected to the 1974 Chlorine experiment folder and also contains letters to and from Roger Ulrich. (UCLA)

 8

Solar Neutrinos 1975-1976 

 8

v e to v  _  e and  37Cl 1977 

 8

Solar Neutrinos Electron Capture, 71Ga 1977-1978 
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Absorption cross sections 1986-1987 

 8

Documents relating to 1977 publication and draft on 71Ga in which Dostrovsky wrote the chemical part. Other documents included date to 1979, etc.) 

 9

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Solar Neutrinos, 1980-1990 

Scope and Contents note

The Solar Neutrinos, 1980-1990, series contains correspondence, notes, calculations, publications, lectures, and other documentation related to Bahcall's work on neutrinos during this period. Additional material on Solar Neutrinos during this period can be found in other series, including Bahcall Correspondence, Bahcall Notebooks, Bahcall Binders and Viewgraphs, Bahcall Scientific Papers, and Other Scientific Topics.
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Ga consortium meeting 9/12/80 Brookhaven 

 9

Ga (Proposal for Ga Solar Neutrino experiment) 1980 

 9

Gallium Solar Neutrino Experiment NSF 

General note

April 26, 1983, includes documents relating to the Gallium collaboration (1984) and other document dating to 1980
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Correspondence 

 9

Gallium Solar Neutrino Experiment NSF 

 9

Gallium Proposal Xerox 

 9

Gallium Proposal Brookhaven 

 9

Proposal for Gallium Solar Neutrino Experiment: Seaborg Committee 

 9

Proposal to the National Science Foundation 

 9

Gallium Solar Neutrino Experiment 1983-1985 
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Gallium proposal to the NSF 1983 

 10

Soviet Gallium 1983-1984 

 10

Seaborg Committee 1981 

 10

Memoranda to collaborators re: Gallium 1980-1984 

 10

Publication “Proposal for a fundamental test of the theory of nuclear fusion in the sun with a Gallium solar neutrino detector.” 

General note

Brookhaven, April 15, 1981

 10

Gallium June 1984 
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Gallium paper 1984 

 10

Correspondence 1984-1985 

 10

Los Alamos 1985 

General note

1985 correspondence

 10

Vandenbosch Review 1985 

 10

Calculations, computer program & calculations 1984-1985 

 10

Gallium experiment June 1984 
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Science & engineering 1980-1982 

 11

Collaboration agreements & progress reports 1979-1983 

 11

(p,n) experiments 1982-1989 
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205Tl 1986 

 11

71Ga (p,n) 1984-1995 

 11

Correspondence 1982-1985 

 11

Nuclear model: Mathews/Bloom ν + 71Ga to e ` +  71Ga 1985 

 11

98MO/  115In 1984-1989 

 11

81Br 1981-1987 

 11
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Gallium 1984 

 11

Solar Nuclear reactions 1978-1981 

 11

Solar Neutrino History (Bahcall-Davis) 1979-1980 

 11

Br Neutrino Detection 1981 

 12

Neutrino Uncertainties: I: Review Modern Physics 1982 
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Error estimates 1978-1981 

 12

Composition 1981 

 12

Correspondence (2 folders) 1978-1982   2.0 folders

 12

Hawaii Conference Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics 1981 

 12

Neutrino Uncertainties: II: Rewview Modern Physics 1982 
Box

Standard model undated 

 12

Manuscripts 1981 

 12

8B Spectrum 1985-1986 
Box

Programs 1985-1986 

 13

Correspondence 1985-1986 

 13

8B Spectrum 

 13

Non-Adiabatic MSW 
Box

Assorted documents 1990-1992 

 13

Materials relating to a manuscript (2 folders) 1990   2.0 folders

 13

Non-Adiabatic MSW 1990 

 13

40Ar (Icarus) 1986 
Box

Calculations, programs 1985-1986 

 13

Phys. Rev. Letters 1986 

General note

Paper, correspondence

 13

Correspondence 1985-1993 

 13
Box

electron-neutrino Decay 1986 

 14

Neutron Electron Scattering 1986 

General note

Scattering paper

 14

Gamow 1986 

General note

Relating to publication of Gamow Penetration Factor paper

 14

Resonant oscillations: uncertainties 1986-1988 
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Literature Mikheyev and Smirnov papers 

 14

Correspondence, letters primarily from James Gelb 

 14

Calculations 

 14

MSW: with Wick Haxton 1988 

General note

observations and email

 14

Deuterium 1987-1988 
Box

Calculations 

 14

Correspondence 

General note

letters and email from Nozawa, Kuniharu, Satoshi, Kubodera, etc.

 14

Standard Solar Models 1987-1988 

General note

Mostly calculations
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Uncertainties 

 14

General Calculations (not for cross-sections) 

 14

Rates 

 14

Muon Calibrations 

 14

Standard Solar Models 1986-1988 

General note

Mostly correspondence
Box

BITNET notes and correspondence 

 15

Standard models 

 15
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Diffusion Equations 1989 

General note

related to a publication with a letter from Helmut Abt, editor of the Astrophysical Journal

 15

LMC Neutrinos: SN 1987A 

General note

LMC=Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy ; SN 1987A = Supernova 1987A
Box

Correspondence 1987 

General note

correspondence Sato, Hay Boon, Ohta

 15

Correspondence related to slides sent to Bahcall from Space Telescope Science Institute showing large Magellanic Cloud and supernova 

 15
Box

Line Neutrinos 1989 

General note

calculations

 15

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Solar Neutrinos, 1990s-2005 

Scope and Contents note

The Solar Neutrinos, 1990s-2005, series contains correspondence, notes, calculations, publications, lectures, and other documentation related to Bahcall's work on neutrinos during this period. (They were held back from the original transfer of files for use in updating one of Bahcall's books.) Additional material on Solar Neutrinos during this period can ben found in other series, including Bahcall Correspondence, Bahcall Notebooks, Bahcall Binders and Viewgraphs, Bahcall Scientific Papers, and Other Scientific Topics.
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Geological Neutrinos 

 77

Neutrino Spectrum Shapes, 1990 

 77

SNU's vs. Spots 1990 

 77

New Physics? 1992 

 77

Bahcall-Pinsonneault: Review Modern Physics 1992 
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Programs 

 77

Turck-Chieze 

 77

Yale Collaboration: Programs and Literature 
Box

Calculations 

 77

Correspondence 

 77
Box

g-models, δT/T 1992 

 78

Υ Oscillations: Incoherence 

 78

Solar Neutrino Phenomenology 1994-1996 

 78

SNO Tests of Flavor Conservation, 1996 

 78

8B Spectrum 1995 
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Literature 

 78

Correspondence 1995 

 78

Programs 1995 

 78

Calculations 

 78
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Historical Simulation 

 78

High Energy Cosmic Rays 1995 

 78

Solar Density Perturbations 

 78

Unsolved Problems 1995 

 78

Indeterminacies of the neutrino fluxes; CNO Model 1995 

 78

7Be 

 78

Dar and Shaviv 

 79

Solar Reaction Rates, 1993 - Objections 

 79

Radiative Corrections 1986-1996 

 79

7Be 1996-1997 

 79

p-p Reaction 1997 

 79

Regeneration Effect 1996-1997 

 79

NRC Neutrino Panel: 1994: Text Drafts 

 79

Beamline: upsilons 1994 

 79

ν+e: radiative corrections 1993 

 80

Solar Neutrinos: ASTRA 1993-1994 

 80

One-Zone Model 1995 

 80

Equivalence Principle and Solar Neutrinos 1993 

 80

Neutrino Lines 1996 

 80

"Physics Today" article 1996 
Box

Photos from "Nature", 375, No. 6526, 5/4/95 

 80

Solar Neutrino Pictures: Superkamiokande 

 80

Gallium 1997 
Box

Literature 

 80

Manuscripts 

 80

Calculations 

 80

7Be Neutrino Line 1993 
Box

Calculations 

 80

Literature and Correspondence 

 81
Box

ICARUS (2 folders) 

 81

Book: Solar Neutrinos, The First Thirty Years 
Box

Reprint Volume Introductions 

 81

Correspondence (2 folders) 

 81

Solar Monte Carlo Simulations 
Box

Calculations 

 81

Literature and Correspondence 

 81
Box

Bahcall-Serenelli 2005 

 81

Composition Uncertainties 
Box

Calculations 

 82

Literature 

 82
Box

Neon Abundance 

 82

Bahcall-Pinsonneault 2004 
Box

Bahcall-Pinsonneault, 2003 calculations 

 82

Literature, especially composition 

 82
Box

Convective Zone/Opacity 

 82

Double Beta Decay 

 82

Bahcall-Pinsonneault 2000 

 82

Luminosity Constraint 
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folder 1 

 82

folder 2 

 83
Box

Helioseismology 

 83

Nuclear Reaction Workshop 1997 

 83

Solar Neutrino Reprints (3 folders) 

 83

History 
Box

folder 1 

 83

folder 2 

 84
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How the Sun Shines 

 84

Sun Lab 

 84

7Li 

 84

8B flux determination 

 84

How many sigmas? 

 84

SNO Show 1999-2000 

 84

Solar Models 1997-1999 
Box

Figures 

 84

Calculations 

 84

Correspondence 

 84
Box

CPT 

 85

Gamma Ray Bursts Neutrinos 

 85

Robust Bound 

 85

FAME 

 85

Screening 2000 

 85

Electron Screening (includes p-p Reaction) 

 85

Solar 1999 

 85

Bahcall-Pinsonneault 1995: Standard Models 
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Solar Age 

 85

Paper 1994 

 85

Unmarked 

 85

Solar Luminosity 

 85

Opacity and Abundances 

 85

Calculations 

 86

Solar Monte Carlo 1995- 
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"Localized Helioseismic Constraints on Solar Structure" 

 86

Helioseismology 1996 

 86
Box

Just So Neutrinos 

 86

Underground Laboratory 

 86

Underground Lab: Interest 

 86

Helioseismology: systematic uncertainties 

 86

High Energy Cosmic Rays 

 86

SuperKplus 1998 
Box

Calculations 

 86

hep 

 86

Drafts 

 87

Literature 

 87
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General Introductory, Nuclear Physics, 7Be+p, Solar Models, Spectra, Helioseismology, History, Tributes (2 folders)   

 41

Experiments, MSW, How the Sun Shines, High Energy Chlorine, SuperKamiokande, KamLAND, Conclusions (2 folders)   

 42

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Hubble Space Telescope 

Scope and Contents note

The Hubble Space Telescope series contains observations and research, as well as administrative files related to this effort. Additional material related to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) can be found in other series, including HST Key Project Observations of Quasars, Bahcall Correspondence, Bahcall Notebooks, Bahcall Binders and Viewgraphs, and Bahcall Scientific Papers.
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HST Working Group on Quasar and AGN 1984-1985 

General note

Active Galactic Nuclei, Bahcall was the Chair of this working group, materials date back to 1984, the first meeting was at IAS

 15

HST Snapshot Survey: 1989 (2 folders) 1989-1990   

 15

GTO’S (Guaranteed Time Observers) 
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Augmentation 1992 

General note

request for HST Guaranteed Time Observer Augmentation for a project on Galaxies and Clusters

 16

Submittal Forms 1989 

General note

including technical assistant contact information

 16

Correspondence and observations 

 16

Observing time worksheets 1989-1992 

General note

GTO observation log tables & other docs

 16

Agreements 1985-1991 

 16

Dividing up the universe 1985 

General note

meeting in Jan. 1985 to help determine priorities for use of the ST (Space Telescope), to resolve priority and collaboration for ST use rather than leave it to NASA. All researchers who attended need to have written copies of their proposed observing programs. This is a copy of the organizational materials, rules, letter of invitation, attendees… etc

 16
Box

General Observers Cycle 2 1990-1991 

General note

GO=General Observers

 16

HST GO Proposals 
Box

Documents pertaining to 1985 GTO meeting 1985 

 16

Cycle 8 1999 

 16

PKS 2349 Director Discretionary Time (DDT) Proposal 1995 

General note

DDT=Director Discretionary Time

 16

Proposal budget summary 

 16

Cycle 7 (1996) 1996-1997 

 16

HST Proposals 1992-1998 

 16

STScI 1992 

General note

includes HST problem reports & HST proposal information, STSci=Space Telescope Science Institute

 16
Box

Future HST Proposals 

General note

contains two sheets, a graph and star sheet

 16

PKS 2349-014 (Quasars) 
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Various documents including an offprint and photographs of stars dated 1995 

 17

Measurements and calculations 1995 

 17

Manuscript 

General note

contains two sheets which may have been used for his publication

 17

HST: PHL 909/PG 0052 1995 
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Literature 1994-1995 

General note

1994 publication by Duc and Mirabel and a series of emails dated to 1995

 17

PHL 909/PG 0052 

General note

related to Bahcall’s publication

 17

HST Snapshot Survey: 3034 1992-1994 
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STScI 1990-1992 

General note

correspondence regarding Space Telescope Science Institute

 17

Snapshot Survey : Data distribution (tapes) 1990-1992 

 17

Snapshot Survey: Observatory performance 1990-1991 

 17

Snapshot Survey: Miscellaneous 1991-1992 

 17

Snapshot Survey: Reports 1990 

 17

Texts 1991 

 17

Science 1991-1992 

 17

Snapshot Survey: Proposal submissions 1990-1991 

 17

Snapshot Survey: 1208 &1011 1991-1992 

 17

HST Globular Clusters 
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Various documents relating to 1990 HST cycle 2 proposal 

 17

Luminosity Functions 1986 

General note

Bahcall-Soneira PopII LF information

 17

Calculations 1986 

 17

Literature 1990 

 17

Gravitational lens 
Box

Scientific problems and calculations 

 17

Various documents, some dated 1979 including) Report on Paper B12621 (Bahcall and Draine) 

 17
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HST Star Counts: Stars 1995-1997 

 18

Quasar Images: Catalog 1995-1996 

 18

Globular Clusters 1975-1990 

 18

HST K-Giant Stars 1990 

 18

HST/EROS (Early Release Oberservations) 1990 

 18

Huchra’s Lens Proposal #3068 1990-1991 

 18

Globular Cluster M15 #3040 1990-1991 

 18

3C 273 #3088 (Quasar) 
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Texts 1991 

 18

3C 273 #3088 Proposal Correspondence 1990-1993 

 18

Proposals 1990-1992 

 18

Working Papers 1991 

 18

Literature 1993 

 18

HST Cycle 5 #5849 
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Correspondence relating to 1995 grant to IAS for Bahcall’s project “Host Galaxies of Luminous Nearby Quasars” 1995 

 18

STScI Documents 1995 

 18

General Observer Proposal: “Host Galaxies of Luminous Nearby Quasars” Bahcall et al. 8/12/1994 

 18

HST Cycle 5 GO Time 1994-1995 

 18

Key Project (HST; Quasars) 
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Memo undated 

 19

General Administration 1991-1996 

 19

Observing Programs 1985-1992 

 19

Team Meeting 1991 

 19

HST Observations 1991 

 19

Original Organization 1985-1991 

 19

Budgets 1990-1992 

 19

Ground-based observations 1988-1992 

General note

1991-1992 with 1988 publications

 19

Guidelines 1991-1992 

 19

Proposals 1985-1992 

 19

STScI 1989-1992 

 19

Key Project: Science (Paper I) (HST Quasars) 1991-1992 
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Agreements: Science 

 20
Box

Key Projects : Line Identifications 1992-1993   2.0 folders 

 20
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Instruments 

 20

Quasar Images: STScI 
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Proposal ID# 5343 1994 

 20

STScI QSO Images 1994 

 20

Proposals 1994 

 20

Imaging of Bright Quasars #5099 1994 

 20

Image Bright Quasars #5343 #5099 
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Raw data 1995 

 20

Manuscript: Paper I 1994 

 20

8 Quasar Images 1994-1995 

 20

Calculations 1994 

 20

Calibration Cycle 4: #5651 1994 

 20

Quasar Images II 
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Correspondence 1995 

 21

Manuscript: Quasar Images II 1994-1995 

 21
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STScI Reports: Quasar Images (2 folders) 1994-1995   

 21

HST Book 

General note

“Prepared for the April ’95 Bethe Symposium” listing of slides

 21

Binder on HST: proposals imaging 

 42

Binder on HST: proposals spectroscopy 

 42

Hubble Space Telescope (HST) 
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HST Launch April 7-12, 1990 

 72

ABC Daily (Spanish) 

 72

"Air and Space" 

 72

Astronomy Now 

 72

Audioview Phone Interview (audiocassette moved to Box 76) July 25, 1990 

 72

The Chronicle of Higher Education 

 72

Baltimore Sun 

 72

BBC TV 

 72

Discover Magazine 

 72

Encyclopedia Americana (Bahcall on Advisory Board) 

 72

Encyclopedia of Physics 

 72

Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (McGraw Hill) 

 72

Final Frontier 

 73

MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour 

 73

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia/Encyclopedia of Astronomy, 2nd edition 

 73

Mercury 

 73

Monitor Radio 

 73

Nature Magazine 

 73

New Scientist 

 73
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John Campbell letters 1990 

 89

Clippings and Press Releases (2 folders) 1990-1994 

 89

Congressional Testimony July 13, 1990 

 89

Correspondence 1989-1990 

 89

Correspondence 1990 

 89

Correspondence 1991-1992 

 90

Huchra's Lens 1991 

 90

Launch Talk at Cape Canaveral April 1990 

 90

Pictures 1990-1992 

 90

Space Telescope printed materials 1974-1978 

 90

Special Reports 1975-1980 

 90

Talk 1992 

 90

Miscellaneous 1991-1993 

 90

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HST Key Project Observations of Quasars 

Scope and Contents note

The HST Key Project Observations of Quasars series contains binders with viewgraphs, as well as correspondence, research, and administrative files related to the Key Project. Additional material on this topic can be found in other series, including Hubble Space Telescope, Bahcall Notebooks, Bahcall Corresondence, abd Bahcall Scientific Papers.
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HST Key Project: Quasar Absorption Line Team (mailing with viewgraphs) (2 folders)   

 42

KP (Key Project) lists 

 43

KP Proposal 8/15/1991 

 43

KP Guidelines 

 43

Key Project 1994 

 43

KP Correspondence 1993 

 43

KP Correspondence 1992 

 43

KP Correspondence 1991 

 43

KP Correspondence 1990 

 44

KP Correspondence 1989 

 44

KP Correspondence 1985-1988 

 44

KP Team Meeting 2/25/1994-2/26/1994 
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Lists 

 44

Key Project Report 

 44

KP Team Meeting 10/28/1993-10/29/1993 
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IAS 

 44

Tabs 

 44

KP Team Meeting 10/12/1992-10/13/1992 

 44

KP Team Meeting 4/13/1992-4/14/1992 

 44

KP Team Meeting 11/21/1991-11/22/1991 

 44

KP Paper I&II mailing to team 10/20/1992 

 44

KP Paper III, B. Savage 

 45

KP Paper IV, D. Turnshek 

 45

KP Paper VII, J. Bahcall, mailed to team 12/15/1993 

 45

Sofia’s Paper 

 45

Alec’s Paper 

 45

KP Budget 

 45

Key Project Viewgraphs 

 45

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Other Scientific Topics 

Scope and Contents note

The Other Scientific Topics series contains information related to a variety of scientific research that Bahcall worked on, including The Galaxy, Quasars, Quasar Absorption Lines, Dark Matter, Massive Black Holes, Stars, Star Binaries, Globular Clusters, Hz-Hercules, Rotation Curves, and more.
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Time-Dependence of Emission lines (2 folders) 1968-1970   

 6

Galaxy Halos: optical traces 1970s 

 7

Absorption lines 1971-1973 

 7

Cyg x-1 circa 1973-1975 

General note

Cygnus x-1 correspondence and notes. Including page 2 of a letter from Tom Bolton (not sure where page 1 is). There are other letters from Bolton as well

 7

3U-7 Fields 1974 

 8

Collapsing stars? 1974 

 8

Halo velocity splittings 1975 

 8

Massive black holes in globular clusters? 1975 

 8

Quasar Absorption lines 1966-1969 
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Absorption lines (observations and “rubbish runs”) 1966-1967 

 21

ToN 1530 1968 

 21

Emission line models (Strömgren spheres) 1967 

 21

PKS 0237-23 1967-1968 

 21
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Observing at Mitzpeh Ramon, Israel 1970-1973 

 21

VLBI (Calculations) & Superluminal sources (2 folders) 1978-1979   

 22

Variable V/V MAX 1979 

 22

Israeli telescope 1970-1972 

 22

Galaxy Paper (Ap. J. Supp.) 1980 

 22

Giant Halos vs. Little Cloud 1979-1980 

 22

5 Field Comparisons Manuscript 1983 

 22

Star Binaries 1981-1987 

General note

Star Binaries
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Weistrop Binaries 

 22

Lick Wide Binaries 

 23

Mass limit on DT’s 

 23

Correspondence 

 23
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Next Generation Galaxy Models 1981-1984 

 23

Dust Lanes 1981-1986 

 23

Dark Matter NGC 891 / NGC 3198 1982 

 23

Oort Limit F-Stars 1982-1983 
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Literature and correspondence 

 23

Calculations 

 23
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Gravitational waves vs. neutrinos 1982 

 23

Halo effect on disk 1982-1983 

 24

Tritton–Morton Field 1982-1983 

 24

Orbit simulations: Oort Limit 1984 

 24

Galactic Velocity Dispersions 1983 

 24

KGiant File: K Giant Folder 1988-1989 

 24

Kgiant 1989 
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Computations 

 24

Correspondence 

 24

Literature 1982-1988 

 24

Kgiants 1984-1990 

 24

Galaxy Model 1984-1985 

 26

The Galaxy - offprints 

 26

Bright Star Catalog 1986 

 27

Fine-Structure Transitions 1966-1967 

 27

Quasar Absorption Lines 1966 

 27

Phenomenological limits on Absorbing regions in QSS 1966 

 27

21cm Absorption lines 1968 

 27

Emission lines (undated with correspondence and problems) 

 27

HZ Hercules 1972 

General note

First paper of Bahcall and Bahcall (though they had previous papers with other collaborators)

 27

Multiple Star Systems & X-Ray sources 1974 

General note

1974 Bahcall note to Freeman Dyson

 27

Travel 1977-1979 

General note

including travel reports

 27

Shock waves undated 

General note

handwritten

 27

X-Ray absorption 1978-1979 

 27

Neutral currents & stellar cooling 1974 

 27

Review articles 

General note

including Hubble’s biographical entry in Biographical Memoirs by Mayall

 27

Observing 1971-1972 

General note

incl. Observing Request for 48’ Schmidt Telescope

 28

Cosmological Models 1971-1972 

 28

Bahcall Launch talk (HST) circa 1988 

 28

HST Science verification 

General note

1991 Schneider/Blades letter with technical report on SV 3068

 28

Compact galaxies & lagging cores 1971-1972 

General note

letter and paper

 28

Warner Prize lecture 1970 

General note

John’s outline and paper “Multiple absorption redshifts in quasars”

 28

Radio sources evolution 1970-1971 

 28

Gaps in the Giant Branch 1971-1972 

 28

Time dependence of quasar counts undated 

 28

Local supercluster 1975 

 28

Quarks in cosmology 1971-1972 

 28

4CO5-34 1971 

General note

documents relating to observations and publication on 4CO5-34

 28

Brown Dwarfs 1983-1990 

General note

offprints and correspondence

 28

1973 HZ Herc Paper (10 authors) 1974 

 29

Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei Working Group 1984-1990 

 29

Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei Working Group - Quasar Group 

 29

HST Pre-flight simulations 1990 

General note

includes color photographs

 29

Steady energy source in Her X-1 1973 

 29

Sirius 3042 1990-1991 

 29

Sun’s vertical motion period (with Safi) 1985 

 29

Quasars 1964-1969 

General note

offprints and handwritten notes

 29

Quasar Functions 1970 

 29

Quasar Groups 1986 

 29

Bahcall-Soneira Galaxy Code 1984-1986   2.0 folders 

 30

Referee’s reports for Israel 1977 

General note

“On the distinction between density and luminosity evolution”

 30

Fake 3U X-Ray catalogs 1975 

 30

Globular clusters X-Ray source 1975-1976 

 30

The Hubble Diagram for the Brightest Quasars 1971-1976 

 30

Galactic Spheroid 1980-1982 

 31

High Galactic Latitude X-Ray sources 1975-1976 

 31

Jerusalem Winter School on Dark Matter 1986 

 31

Quasars: Luminosity vs. Density Evolutions 1977 

 31

Weizmann Institute of Science visits 1976, 1977-1978 

 31

Mass models 1981-1982 

 31

Quasars & Bright Galaxies 1971 

 31

Shape of Population II 1984 

 31

Talks (Manuscripts & notes) 1970-1979 

General note

Neutrino observations of the Solar Interior, and other talks

 31

X-Ray clusters Galaxies 1975-1976 

General note

1976 thesis of P.B. Cushman and correspondence, 1975-1976

 32

Massive Black Holes : Equal Star Masses 1975-1976 

 32

MBH (Massive Black Holes): Multiple-Mass models (2 folders) 1976-1977   

General note

photos, notes and correspondence

 32

MBH Correspondence & Computer Instructions ’76 1975-1977 

 32

Mass Estimates 1979-1981 

 33

Wide Binaries 

 87

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Distinguished Scientists 

Scope and Contents note

The Distinguished Scientists series contains offprints of various individuals, as well as some correspondence. (Additional professional correspondence is located in the Correspondence series and throughout the collection.)
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Oort, J. H. 

 25

Davis, Ray (3 folders) 1955-2001   

General note

correspondence, offprints, CV, etc.

 25

Dyson, Freeman 

General note

containing photocopy of a handwritten paper, various offprints, and phone lists

 25

Osterbrock, Donald E. 

General note

offprints

 25

Sandage, Allan 

General note

offprints and correspondence

 26

Salpeter, Edwin E. 

General note

offprints

 26

Schmidt, Maarten 

General note

offprints

 26

Schwarzschild, Martin (2 folders)   

General note

offprints and correspondence

 26

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr. 

General note

offprints and correspondence, including obituary by Bahcall

 26

Shvartsman, V. F. 

General note

offprints and correspondence

 26

Sunyaev, R. A., Shvartsman, V. F. et al. 1974-1976 

General note

correspondence mainly and offprint

 26

Oort Limit 

General note

offprints

 27

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Bahcall Notebooks 

Scope and Contents note

The Bahcall Notebooks series contains spiral bound notebooks, including the chronologically marked Vol. 1 to 22 (1965-2005), handwritten by Bahcall and containing notes, calculations, scientific comments, new ideas, and more. Most cover a specified time period; others are more topical in nature.

Scientific diary notebooks 
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v.1 QSS (Quasi Stellar Sources (Quasars)) & Cosmology 1965 

 62

v.2 Mainly QSS. (California Institute of Technology) 1965-1966 

 62

v.3 10/1965-10/1967 

 63

v.4 1/1968-10/1968 

 63

v.5 11/1968-9/1969 

 63

v.6 10/11/1969-4/11/1970 

 63

v.7 3/1970-6/1971 

 63

v. 8 5/1971-3/1972 

 63

v. 9 1/1972-9/1973 

 63

v. 10 9/1973-1/1975 

 63

v. 11 1/1975-1/1976 

 64

v. 12 3/14/1976-3/20/1977 

 64

v. 13 3/24/1977-10/31/1978 

 64

v. 14 12/8/1978-10/21/1980 

 64

v. 15 2/1981-3/1984 

 64

v. 17 6/7/1989-9/1992 

General note

note on cover “vol. 16 was lost”

 64

v. 18 9/1992-12/1996 

 64

v. 19 12/30/1996-3/19/1998 

 65

v. 20 3/21/1998-8/10/2001 

 65

v. 21 8/10/2001-9/28/2004 

 65

v. 22 11/24/2004-(5/2005) 

 65
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Notebook 8/2/1972-10/16/1972 

 33

Notebook, mainly on gallium? G40 8/8/1982 

 33

Topics in extragalactic astronomy 218C at Berkeley Spring ’72 (Notebook) 1972 

 33

Binney & Tremaine ’84 (notebook– unsure of the exact title) 1984 

 33

LST (Large Space Telescope notebook) 6/11/1973-5/30/1974 

 33

Summer School Lectures by Bahcall at Tel Aviv Univ. Summer 1966, John Bahcall lectures, Physics Department (notebook, exact title from cover) 1966 

General note

On September 21, 1966, John married Neta in Tel Aviv, Israel

 34

National Academy of Sciences, Astronomy Survey Committee, John Bahcall chair (notebook) 1/12/1989-6/30/1990 

 34

Solar Neutrinos 6/28/1994 

General note

has slight water damage to ink script, appears to be related to the Neutrino ’94 conference. Includes remarks on Ray Davis)

 62

Seattle visit et al. dated May 7, 1992 

General note

6 leaves used

 62

Computing 8/6/1994 to June 22-27, 1996 

General note

17 leaves used in notebook

 62

Observational notebook 

 62

Observational & scientific calculations May 1970-circa 7/31/73 

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Bahcall Binders and Viewgraphs 

Scope and Contents note

The Bahcall Binders and Viewgraphs series contains talks by Bahcall with viewgraphs and other research, notes, calculations, and comments.
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Quasar Images Viewgraphs - Quasar Images - Secondary 

 34

Quasar Images Viewgraphs 

General note

Host and companion galaxies of luminous, nearby quasars 2000 & quasar images

 34

Decade Survey Viewgraphs 

General note

Decade survey for the 1990s, National Academy of Sciences (John Bahcall, Chair)

 34

Binney & Tremaine Textbook Chapters 6-8 

General note

notes and science problems

 34

Binney & Tremaine Textbook Chapters 12-14 

General note

notes and science problems

 34

Quantum Mechanics class taught by Bahcall in 1969 at CalTech 1969 

 34

Viewgraphs 

General note

Solar neutrinos and UNNO, SNO theoretical predictions, Astrophysical Neutrinos)
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Marcel Grossman IX 

 35

SNO ((Sudbury Neutrino Observatory) 

 35
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HST Quasar images 

 35

Key Project Meetings November 21-22, 1991 

 35

Key Project Viewgraphs 

 35

Key Project Meeting April 12-14, 1992 

 35

(Unlabeled green binder with computer routine may be from 1993) 1993 

 35

Bahcall.STOBS.Keyproject.Analysis Zsearch.for 1994 

General note

Computer routine

 35

Several brochures relating to Hubble Space Telescope 

 35

(Folder with Hubble Space Telescope News) 1996-1999 

 36

(Nuclear burning viewgraphs with other assorted material) 

 36

Miscellaneous talks 1993 

 36

Various documents including various publications by Bahcall on HST, color photographs of planets, HST news releases 

 36

Gallium solar neutrinos viewgraphs (last binder) 

 36

Various documents on neutrino scenario, slides, VHS tape “SIRTF: exploring the Infrared Frontier” by BDM International, Inc. and finally several letters, including two from James D. Wolfensohn 1994-1995 

 36

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Bahcall Scientific Papers 

Scope and Contents note

The Bahcall Scientific Papers series contains copies of Bahcall's scientific publications, including his technical papers, books, and popular articles. (Bahcall authored nearly 500 scientific publications and authored or edited nine books.) There is also information from binders on the Hubble Space Telescope and solar neutrino viewgraphs.

While many of his publications are available here, Bahcall's complete bibliography is available at http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jnb/Biblio/biblio/biblio.pdf.
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Binder 1: Bahcall Books authored and edited 

 37

Binder 2: Popular articles and talks 1-16 

 37

Binder 3: Popular articles and talks 17- 

 37

Binder 4-24: Technical papers (433) 1961-2000 
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1961-1965   2.0 folders 

 37

1966-1969   2.0 folders 

 37

1969-1971 

 38

1971-1973 

 38

1973-1974 

 38

1975-1978 

 38

1978-1980 

 39

1981-1983 

 39

1983-1985 

 39

1986-1987 

 39

1987-1991 

 40

1991-1992 

 40

1992 

 40

1992-1993 

 40

1993-1994 

 40

1994-1995   2.0 folders 

 40

1995-1996 

 41

1996-1997 

 41

1997-1998 

 41

1999-2000 

 41

Solar neutrino viewgraphs (secondary) (2 folders) 

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Bahcall Correspondence 

Scope and Contents note

The Bahcall Correspondence series contains Bahcall's professional correspondence. Most is arranged by year, and there are some folders specifically for Hubble Space Telescope correspondence and Solar Neutrino correspondence. (Bahcall's Institute correspondence is often mixed with his non-Institute professional correspondence. Folders will be reviewed at the time of request for materials that meet the criteria for the Archives restriction policy.)

General Correspondence 1979-1993 

General note

arranged alphabetically, 28 folders
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A 

 45

B 

 45

Notes/Bahcall Nomination 

 45

C 

 45

D 

 45

E 

 45

F 

 45

G 

 45

H 

 45

IAS 

 46

I 

 46

J 

 46

K 

 46

L 

 46

M 

 46

Milestones 

 46

Mc 

 46

N 

 46

O 

 46

P 

 46

R 

 46

S 

 46

Bahcall Schedule of Events 

 46

T 

 46

U 

 46

V 

 46

W 

 47

Y 

 47

Z 

 47

Correspondence, 1960-1996 
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Correspondence 1960-1962 

 47

Correspondence 1963-1966 

 47

Correspondence 1967-1969 

 47

Correspondence 1970 

 47

Correspondence 1971 

 47

Correspondence 1972 

 47

Correspondence 1973 

 47

Correspondence 1974 

 47

Correspondence 1975 

 48

Correspondence 1976   2.0 folders 

 48

Large Space Telescope Correspondence 1973 

 48

Large Space Telescope Correspondence 1974 

 48

Large Space Telescope Correspondence 1975 

 48

Large Space Telescope Correspondence 1976 

 48

Large Space Telescope Correspondence 1977 

 49

Large Space Telescope Congressional Campaign 1976-1977 

 49

Large Space Telescope Congressional Reports 1977 

 49

Large Space Telescope Correspondence 1978 

 49

Bright Stars & Guide Stars for Space Telescope   2.0 folders 

 49

Space Telescope Deep Photographs 

 49

NASA Advisory Committee 

 49

Space Telescope Pamphlets 

 50

Correspondence 1977 

 50

Correspondence 1978 

 50

Correspondence 1979   2.0 folders 

 50

Correspondence 1980 

 51

Correspondence 1981 

 51

Correspondence 1982 

 51

Correspondence 1983 

 51

Correspondence 1984   3.0 folders 

 52

Correspondence 1985 
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folder 1 

 52

folder 2 

 53
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Correspondence 1986 

 53

Correspondence 1987 

 53

Correspondence 1988   2.0 folders 

 53

Correspondence 1989   2.0 folders 

 54

Correspondence 1990 
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folder 1 

 54

folder 2 

 55

Correspondence 1991 
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folders 1-3 

 55

folders 4-6 

 56

Correspondence 1992 
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folders 1-2 

 56

folder 3 

 57
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Correspondence 1993   2.0 folders 

 57

Correspondence 1994   3.0 folders 

 58

Correspondence 1995   2.0 folders 

 59

Solar Neutrino Correspondence, 1961-1996 

Vol. I: Solar-Neutrino Correspondence 1961-1979 
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folder 1 

 59

folders 2-3 

 60
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Vol II: Solar-Neutrino Correspondence 1980-1983   2.0 folders 

 60

Vol III: Solar-Neutrino Correspondence 1984-1985 
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folder 1 

 60

folder 2 

 61
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Vol IV: Solar-Neutrino Correspondence 1986-1990 

 61

Vol V: Solar-Neutrino Correspondence 1991-1993   2.0 folders 

 61

Vol VI: Solar-Neutrino Correspondence 1994-1995 

 61

Vol VII: Solar-Neutrino Correspondence 1996- 

 62

Awards 

 62

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American Astronomical Society 

Scope and Contents note

The American Astronomical Society series contains correspondence, reports, minutes, and other information from John Bahcall's tenure as President of the Society from 1990-1992.
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AAS Office Location 

 67

AAS on AIP Governing Board 

 67

AAS Presidential Candidacy 1989 

 67

Ambartsumian 

 67

American Institute of Physics 

 67

Annual Report for BAAS 

 67

Appointment Committee 

 67

Astronomy and Public Policy Committee 

 67

Ballots 

 67

R. A. Bell 

 67

Bob Brown's Report 

 67

Budget Committee (financial reports) 

 67

Committees (General) 

 67

Copernicus Astronomical Center 

 67

Council 

 67

Council Education Committee 

 67

Chronological Correspondence   2.0 folders 

 67

Divisions (General) 

 68

Education Advisory Committee 

 68

Education Prize Committee 

 68

Executive Office Administrative Committee 

 68

Executive Officer 

 68

Fang Lizhi 

 68

Funding Crisis in Astronomy 

 68

Historical Preservation 

 68

Honorary Members 

 68

Hotel Rooms (AAS Meetings) 

 68

IAUI Incident (AAS Women) 

 68

Jordan Problem 

 68

Journal Editors 

 68

Light Pollution, Radio Interference and Space Debris Committee 

 68

Max Planck Society Institutes 

 68

Meetings January 1991 

 68

Meetings May 1991 

 68

Meetings January 1992 

 69

Meetings June 1992 

 69

Meetings (future) 

 69

Membership Survey 

 69

Miscellaneous 

 69

National Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics 

 69

Nominating Committee 

 69

Observatory Reports 

 69

C. R. O'Dell 

 69

PBS Program (Scientific Lives) 

 69

Press Officer 

 69

Prize and Award Committee 

 69

Publications Board 

 69

Rules for Government Scientists 

 69

Soviet Aid 

 69

Space Billboard 

 69

Stamp Support 

 69

Status of Women Committee 

 69

Summer Meetings (AAS) 

 69

USNC-IAU Committee 

 69

Working Group on Astronomical Software 

 69

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Additional Materials Received 

Scope and Contents note

The Additional Materials Received series contains miscellaneous files received after the initial accession.
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Lyman Spitzer 

 70

The Scientific Enterprise: Infinite Horizons, Finite Resources (transcript of talk for the National Academy President's Circle, June 6-8, 1991) 

 70

Bahcall-Soneira Galaxy Model - HST Predicted Pictures/Negatives   2 folders

 70

Galaxy Model Correspondence 

 70

Gallium Solar Neutrino Experiment (including proposal to the Department of Energy) September 1985 

 70

Underground Lab Letters of Support 

 70

Underground Lab Letters - Institute for Nuclear Theory Ad Hoc Committee 

 71

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory 

 71

Space Telescope Science Institute (STSI)   3 folders

 71

Space Telescope Science Working Group 

 71

Proposal as an Interdisciplinary Scientist for the Space Telescope Mission (NASA) 1977-1978 
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Russian Trip 

 72
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Russian Trip 

 72

Cancelled Travel 1989 

 72

Russian Names and Addresses 

 72

Correspondence and Documentation 1982-1983 

 72

Danz Lectures 
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Transcribing of Danz Lectures MS 

 72

Audiotapes (moved to Box 76) 
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General Files (including correspondence to Ray Davis regarding research) 

 72

Nevada Medal Award (oversize scrapbook) 1994 

Media 
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General 1990-1992 

 88

New York Times 1990-1992 

 88

Physical Review Letters 1991-1992 

 88

Physics Today 1989-1992 

 88

Physics World 1992 

 88

Princeton Packet 1990-1992 

 88

Reader's Digest 1989 

 88

Science Magazine 1990-1993 

 88

Science News 1991-1992 

 88

Scientific American 1988-1992 

 88

The Scientist 1991-1992 

 88

Sky and Telescope 1990-1992 

 88

Star Ledger 1993 

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Time Magazine 1990 

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Trenton Times 1992 

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USA Today 1992 

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U.S.News and World Report 1990 

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Washington Post 1991-1992 

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Bahcall Interviews and Other Audiovisual Materials 

Scope and Contents note

The Bahcall Interviews and Other Audiovisual Materials series contains copies of Bahcall's appearances on television and radio shows, as well as some privately recorded events. The series also includes a four-DVD set of Bahcall's Institute memorial service and several online videos.
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CBS News Up to the Minutes, Space Round Table undated 

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Telequest, Interview: J. Bahcall, Tome Boles, Vladamir Gavrin, Andre Gruzinov (PAL) 

 74

Telequest, Interview: J. Bahcall, Tome Boles, Vladamir Gavrin, Andre Gruzinov (NTSC) 

 74

CNN Science & Technology Week Segment 3/26/1996 

 74

Hubble Space Telescope (tape from NASA) 

 74

STS-31 Hubble HST Science, P. Cleggett-Haleim, Weller & Boggess, Bahcall 4/8/1990 

General note

2 copies

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Smithsonian World, Program on H. S.T. (home recorded) 

 74

Eye on the Sky, MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour (home recorded) 4/0/90 

 75

PBS video MacNeil Lehrer Newshour MLNQ811 57 min. 12/0/93 

 75

New Light on Dark Matter, TRT 49:41 2/25/1992 

 75

McNeil-Lehrer, NBC Today Show 4/9/1990 

 75

Notre Dame honorary degree for John Bahcall, together with President George W. Bush 5/20/2001 

General note

quality?

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John Bahcall interview during HST Service Mission Fall 1993 

 75

BDM “Exploring the Infrared Frontier” 

General note

Musifex video
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First Cut 7/16/1991 

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Running Time 9:06 

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HST Program on Quasars with J. N. Bahcall Nov-96 

 75

MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour - J. Bahcall Hubble Segment 4/11/1995 

 75

Hubble Space Telescope Repair, John and Neta on MacNeil Lehrer and CBS News 12/2/1993 

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NPR’s Science Friday Unanswered Questions in Science (audiocassette) 8/28/1998 

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Audioview 1990 

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Broadcast 12/8/1993 

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Hubble Interview: NPR's Morning Edition 

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John Danz Lecture Series 

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5/13/1992 

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5/18/1992 

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5/20/1992 

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Bahcall Enrico Fermi Award Acceptance Talk 2003   1.0 DVD

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NOVA Program "The Ghost Particle" 2006   1.0 DVD

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NASA Medal of Exceptional Scientific Achievement January 2006   1.0 DVD

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Dr. Steven Weinberg - Comments about John Bahcall for October 2005 Tribute 2005   1.0 DVD

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A Celebration of the Life and Work of John Norris Bahcall (4 DVDs) October 29, 2005   4.0 DVD


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Moving Images   76
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Mixed materials   76

Unlabeled, but likely Hubble Space Telescope Launch, CBS 1990   1.0 VHS


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Mixed materials   76
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Slideshow for memorial event 2005   2.0 DVD

Slideshow for memorial event, 2005

[http://cdm.itg.ias.edu/cdm/ref/collection/coll4/id/549]

Interviews for Big Ideas 

Neutrinos   1.0 DVD

Exploring the Cosmos   1.0 DVD

Additional clips   1.0 DVD
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Short presentation prepared in conjunction with Bahcall receiving the National Medal of Science 1998   1.0 DVD

Short presentation prepared in conjunction with Bahcall receiving the National Medal of Science, 1998

[http://cdm.itg.ias.edu/cdm/ref/collection/coll4/id/547] 		76

Introduction and Bahcall remarks for Enrico Fermi Award ceremony 2003   1.0 DVD

Introduction and Bahcall remarks for Enrico Fermi Award ceremony, 2003

[http://cdm.itg.ias.edu/cdm/ref/collection/coll4/id/550]
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2 slides, one unlabeled, the second with Howk and Savage 1997, NGC 891 

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Electronic Files 1980s-2005   31,017 files (8.31 GB)

Appraisal note

It appears that some files, likely those containing sensitive personal information, were removed prior to the transfer of the files to the archives. No further appraisal was done in the archives.

Scope and Contents note

The Electronic Files series contains files from Bahcall's home and office computers near the time of his death. Some files were added by others after his death. The files were received in four subseries: Book, Home, Laptop, and Work. Files are not currently available online; please contact the Archives for more information and access.

Book 

Scope and Contents note

The Book subseries of the Electronic Files series includes information about the first edition of Bahcall's Neutrino Astrophysics (Cambridge University Press, 1989), and his work on a planned revised edition, which was still in progress in 2002. The electronic files include drafts and final versions of chapters and other parts of the book, technical notes about the process of writing, editing, and publishing the book, and correspondence with the publisher and others. It appears that an email address (book@sns.ias.edu) was created specifically for correspondence regarding the planned revision of the book, though relatively few email messages are included in the subseries. Most of the book files were created using LaTex and remain in that format.

Home 

Scope and Contents note

The Home subseries of the Electronic Files subseries includes a mix of professional and personal files, including messages from Bahcall's IAS email account. Non-email files include articles, talks, and papers related to the Hubble Space Telescope as well as other scientific projects with which Bahcall was involved. Email appears to span 1995-2005 and includes messages related to Bahcall's IAS administrative activities, in addition to his scientific and research activities. There is also extensive family and personal correspondence. The subseries includes some digital photos, mainly of Bahcall and his family. The subseries also includes files for Bahcall's professional website, some of which were created after his death. File formats include LaTex, Microsoft Office, postscript and PDF, HTML, and JPG.

Laptop 

Scope and Contents note

The Laptop subseries of the Electronic Files subseries includes a mix of professional and personal files. Professional files include articles, talks, and papers related to scientific projects with which Bahcall was involved, including the Hubble Space Telescope. Some files may duplicate professional material in other subseries, including Book and Home. There is some reference material related to topics in which Bahcall was interested. The subseries includes extensive digital photos, mainly of Bahcall and his family. Some files were created after Bahcall's death. File formats include LaTex, Microsoft Office, postscript and PDF, and JPG.

Work 

Scope and Contents note

The Work subseries of the Electronic Files subseries includes professional files related to several scientific and research activities in which Bahcall was involved, including Monte Carlo simulations. File formats include LaTex, postscript and PDF.

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