[Cover of Sullivan's book 2009, Cosmic Noise]
Sullivan's Cosmic Noise, Cambridge University Press, 2009


NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY ARCHIVES

Papers of Woodruff T. Sullivan III: Tapes Series

Interviewee: Kevin C. Westfold

Kevin C. Westfold, 1921-2001. Interviewed 13 March 1978 by telephone from Sydney to Monash University, Victoria, length of interview: 60 minutes.

Sullivan's brief summary of topics: ~1949+ equation of transfer, etc. of radio waves in sun; theory of solar bursts; role as a theorist in Radiophysics; 100-MHz galactic background survey with Bolton and its interpretation; collisional and polarization effects in a plasma; 1957-58 at Cal Tech.

Sullivan's files include: Publications card, Sullivan's notes, archival material, correspondence with Sullivan, photo.


Modified on Wednesday, 21-Sep-2011 09:09:43 EDT by Ellen Bouton, Archivist (Questions or feedback)