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| DJ Kenosis |
DJ Kenosis/Thayne Currie publications
The bottom paper on radiative transfer modeling of HR 4796A was published in a conference proceedings last year, the HST white dwarf paper was accepted for publication and should be in the Astrophysical Journal Supplement in December, and the first paper is currently under review for publication. The referee didn't like the paper at first, so the response to the referee's comments from myself turned out to be nearly as long as the paper itself!
I'm also working on planet formation around millisecond pulsars. Next year I'm switching to doing more observing work, studying T Tauri disks, looking for indicators of planet formation.
Enjoy! |
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| Zild |
| Sweet! I'm doing my undergrad studies in chemistry right now but I like astrophysics too. |
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| rez |
| What sort of equipment are you using? |
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| DJ Kenosis |
| quote: | Originally posted by rez
What sort of equipment are you using? |
for observing? I would likely end up using the new Submillimeter Array on Mauna Kea or SIRTF (the Spitzer Infrared Telescope Facility, a first class instrument!). A lot of the molecular emission and absorption lines of interest are in the mid infrared.
Right now, the theory research I'm doing can be done simply by running code written in Fortran 90. |
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| Yoepus |
Cool this is just like in Star Wars!
I'm telling you that Georegy Lucas's Star Wars was way before his time. It should required viewing for anyone wanting to understand today's politics.
:p
bah, in all seriousness very cool. How long has the publishing process taken you so far? |
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| DJ Kenosis |
| quote: | Originally posted by Yoepus
Cool this is like so Star Warsy.
I'm telling you guys that Lucas guy was man hefore his years:p
bah, in all seriousness very cool. How long has the publishing process taken you so far? |
Well, I submitted the top paper for publication at the end of September. I received a response from the referee about a month later. I submitted a revised version of the paper a week ago. Hopefully this could get published before the end of the year. |
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| Yoepus |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Kenosis
Well, I submitted the top paper for publication at the end of September. I received a response from the referee about a month later. I submitted a revised version of the paper a week ago. Hopefully this could get published before the end of the year. |
wow. Very quick (about as quick as you posting and quoting my post before I can edit it quick!)
Now can you tell us a summary for laymans like me telling us what you found? |
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| DJ Kenosis |
| quote: | Originally posted by Yoepus
wow. Very quick (about as quick as you posting and quoting my post before I can edit it quick!)
Now can you tell us a summary for laymans like me telling us what you found? |
Um, it would be kind of hard to explain. Read the paper abstract. That's about as simple as it gets without sacrificing content. |
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| Yoepus |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Kenosis
Um, it would be kind of hard to explain. Read the paper abstract. That's about as simple as it gets without sacrificing content. |
Looks like ASTRO 301 didn't pay off:(
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| DJ Kenosis |
| quote: | Originally posted by Yoepus
Looks like ASTRO 301 didn't pay off:(
:p |
Well, read it and tell me what you think it means and I'll tell you if you're close. :) |
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| occrider |
| Correct me if I'm wrong, but white dwarfs are main sequence stars that are of insufficient size to collapse into a neutron star or a black hole when the pressure can no longer convert any lighter elements into heavier elements with a fusion reaction correct? If there is indeed no more nuclear reactions, why does the white dwarf have any luminosity at all, and under what conditions would it become a black dwarf? Also what is the "color" in the color-magnitude diagram? Is color the same as luminosity? |
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| rez |
| you my friend are way too learned to be on the intarnetercom. |
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