Scott Tremaine

Scott Duncan Tremaine ( born May 25, 1950 in Toronto ) is a Canadian astrophysicist.

Tremaine earned a bachelor's degree in 1971 from McMaster University, the master and doctorate degrees in 1973 and 1975 at Princeton University. After research at various institutes he was from 1981 to 1985 Associate Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, then a professor at the University of Toronto and since 1997 Professor at Princeton University.

Tremaine is concerned with the structure of galaxies, stellar dynamics, black holes in galactic nuclei, as well as with the emergence and dynamics of planet, rings, and comets. Together with Peter Goldreich, he examined the role of small moons in the design of ring systems around the planet. He is a member of a research group, which demonstrated using dynamic methods massive black holes in the core regions of nearby galaxies which demonstrated a relationship between the mass of the black hole and the mass of the spheroidal inner part of the galaxy.

Along with James Binney, he is the author of a textbook on the dynamics of galaxies.

Awards

The asteroid ( 3806 ) Tremaine is named after him.