Mauri Valtonen
Mauri Valtonen (born 1945) is a Finnish astronomer and professor at the University of Turku. His fields of scientific interest include active galaxies, cosmology, and the three-body problem.
Valtonen completed a Ph.D. from Cambridge University in 1975. He served as Director of Tuorla Observatory from 1980 to 2002 and returned to this position again in 2007.
In 2008, Valtonen led a research team which argued that delay in the periodic outbursts from the nucleus of the active galaxy OJ 287 confirmed Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.[1]
References
- M. Valtonen et al. (2008), A massive binary black-hole system in OJ 287 and a test of general relativity. Nature, 452, 851-853
Books by Mauri Valtonen
- Valtonen, M. & Karttunen, H. (2006). The Three-Body Problem. 251 pages. Cambridge University Press.
- Byrd, G. G., Chernin A. D. & Valtonen M. (2007). Cosmology: Foundations and Frontiers. Moscow: URSS.
External links
- OJ 287 2005-2008 Project (Tuorla Observatory)
- A Supermassive Black Hole Pairing (Centauri Dreams)
- Mauri Valtonen's home page
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