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Categories: Staff
Supervisor: Marten van Kerkwijk
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Categories: Graduate Students
Updated 9 months ago.
Professor, CITA
Interstellar matter, H2: collisional rate ceofficients, Canadian Galactic Plane Survey, infrared imaging: HiRes, MSX and SIRTF, H II regions: Orion, structure, dynamics and chemical abundances, dust: interstellar polarization.Ph.D. 1972, Cambridge
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Website: http://www.cita.utoronto.ca/~pgmartin/
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Professor
Star formation: Protostellar disks, molecular clouds, energy feedback Stellar explosions: Supernovae, gamma ray burstsPh.D. 1999, Berkeley
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I study astrophysical fluid dynamics with an emphasis on star formation, stellar feedback in the interstellar medium, accretion, and explosive transients, using analytical studies, numerical simulations, and observations. Recent projects include ways to constrain the interactions between star clusters and galaxies, models for star cluster feedback in starburst galaxies, a catalog of young giant star clusters, long-duration modeling of stellar tidal disruptions, new models for supernova shocks and the dynamics of gamma-ray bursts, simulations of massive black hole accretion, fragmentation criteria in star and planet formation, models for protostellar outflows and their interaction with molecular clouds, and models for giant molecular cloud evolution.
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Extrasolar systems, planetary dynamics
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Categories: Graduate Students
Updated 6 months ago.
Graduate Administrator
Work Phone: 416-978-6623
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Updated 9 months ago.
Associate Graduate Chair, Associate Professor, UTSC
Theoretical Astrophysics, Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, Extrasolar Planets.Ph.D. 1999, Paris
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My primary research interest in theoretical astrophysics is the study of the structure and evolution of planets, accretion discs and stars. The fluid dynamics of these objects is a topic I particularly enjoy exploring, through a combination of analytical and numerical simulation work.
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Associate Staff: IT Technologist
Work Phone: 416-978-4520
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Associate Professor, Emeritus
Binary stars, instrumentation, stellar spectroscopyPh.D. 1977, British Columbia
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Development and operation of instruments for small satellites such as BRITE Constellation. Properties and evolution of contact binary stars. Techniques for accurate computation of light curves and spectral line profiles of close binary stars, including previously neglected numerical and relativistic effects. Spectroscopy of late-type stars, their rotation and variation
Categories: Emeritus Faculty
Professor
Experimental astrophysics and astronomical instrumentation (IR and optical),compact objects (black holes, neutron stars, and X-ray binaries), supernovae and GRBs, supernova remnants, highly-obscured hard X-ray sourcesPh.D Cornell, 2004
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My research interest lies primarily in experimental astrophysics and astronomical instrumentation, along with observational studies of various objects. I’ve developed instruments, especially infrared spectrographs (e.g., WIFIS, NIRES, MOSMAS), and am interested in advancing novel devices (e.g., polarization gratings) and techniques for astronomical applications. Observationally, I am more interested in objects with high-energy phenomena, such as supernovae and supernova remnants (both stellar and gaseous), optical transients, ultra-luminous X-ray sources and massive stars.
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Professor, CITA
Non-linear dynamics, planetary dynamics, solar physics, galaxy formation, active galactic nuclei.Ph.D. 1986, Berkeley
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Website: http://www.cita.utoronto.ca/~murray/
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