Biography
Steven Michael Kahn, an Astrophysicist who obtained his PhD in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1980, is Professor of Physics at Stanford University (2003-present). Other institutional affiliations include University of California, Berkeley, and Columbia University. His research interests include x-ray spectroscopy cosmic sources, atomic physics measurements of highly charged ions relevant to astrophysical plasmas, and development of space and ground-based instrumentation.
Source: [About the author](https://history.aip.org/phn/11512038.html)
Source: [About the author](https://history.aip.org/phn/11512038.html)
Books by Steven Michael Kahn
Stellar astrophysics for the local group
High-Energy Spectroscopic Astrophysics
UV and X-Ray Spectroscopy of Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas
Theory of black hole accretion disks
X-ray spectroscopic laboratory
X-ray spectroscopic laboratory experiments in support of the NASA X-ray astronomy flight program
Instrumentation for large telescopes
UV and x-ray spectroscopy of a
UV and x-ray spectroscopy of astrophysical and laboratory plasmas