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Generating Light Curves From Simulated Active Galactic Nuclei Data, William Yuan
Generating Light Curves From Simulated Active Galactic Nuclei Data, William Yuan
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Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are growing supermassive black holes found at the centers of massive galaxies. My research involves gathering data by simulating the light emitted by AGN, and then plotting the simulated light in the form of light curves.
Development Of High-Resolution Meteor Spectra Analysis, Zhangqing Yang
Development Of High-Resolution Meteor Spectra Analysis, Zhangqing Yang
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Meteoroids are often billions of years old and as they ablate and ionize in the atmosphere, they give off light leaving us clues to the history of our solar system. In addition, their presence imposes serious risks to our equipment and astronauts in space. My research deals with analyzing High-Resolution Meteor Spectra, which are obtained by separating the light Meteors give off through a Diffraction Grating. Firstly, as the Meteor’s speed during ablation affects its spectrum, the position, speed, and trajectory of 40 well-tracked Meteors (picked from over 500) were determined using the programs Metal and Mirfit. Then, the spectra …
Where Are The Habitable Planets In Our Local Group Of Galaxies?, William C. Windsor
Where Are The Habitable Planets In Our Local Group Of Galaxies?, William C. Windsor
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Developing A Bytownite Calibration Curve As A Lunar Analogue, Trevor W. Matterson
Developing A Bytownite Calibration Curve As A Lunar Analogue, Trevor W. Matterson
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Planetary analogue materials are useful to help interpret and predict planetary processes on other planetary bodies that we cannot observe directly. Lunar analogue materials include terrestrial rocks and minerals with compositions and textures like those on the moon. This project investigates the lunar analogue mineral bytownite to quantify shock effects on the moon using strain related mosaicity determined through micro x-ray diffraction (µXRD). Calibrating strain information as a function of shock pressure for these minerals will enable us to extract peak shock pressures (in GPa) from naturally shocked materials, such as lunar meteorites and Apollo samples, using µXRD