Saul A. Rappaport PhD ’68

Professor of Physics, Emeritus
Interests centered on theoretical studies of the formation, evolution, and population synthesis of binary systems containing collapsed stars.
Research Areas
Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
(617) 253-7551
Office: Ronald McNair Building, 37-647
Affiliated Center(s): MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research

Research Interests

  • compact objects in binaries
  • multiple-star systems
  • exoplanets
  • disintegrating
  • ultra-short period
  • asteroids
  • exocomets

Biographical Sketch

Professor Rappaport joined the MIT Department of Physics as an Assistant Professor in 1969 and became a full Professor in 1981. From 1993-95, he was Head of the Astrophysics Division.  He retired in 2010.

He received his AB from Temple University (1963) and his PhD from MIT in 1968.

Awards & Honors

  • 1974 // Sloan Research Fellowship

Key Publications