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Jiehae Choi

Research/Teaching Assistant
Entered: 2006
Office: 212 Astronomy
Phone: (575)646-3000
Fax: (575)646-1602
 
E-mail: jchoi
(append "@nmsu.edu")
 
Photo
B.S. University of Oklahoma, 2004

Research

I have conducted research into the x-ray variability of active galactic nuclei (AGN). My senior thesis at the University of Oklahoma focused upon a time series analysis of an Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astronomy (ASCA) light curve for the galaxy NGC 4395. I modeled the high frequency power spectrum to determine the cutoff frequency where the slope of the power spectrum changes from flat to steep via Fourier transform, and completed a Monte Carlo simulation to account for uneven sampling in the data set. This key cutoff frequency is believed to be related to the mass of the central black hole of the galaxy.

In Summer 2007, I worked with Dr. Rene Walterbos studying gas kinematics of M33. After that, I analyzed the data of NGC 891 to study extraplanr gas of edge-on galaxies.

Meetings

Jan 2008: American Astronomical Society meeting,
Multi-long-slit Spectroscopy for Kinematic Studies I - Implementation and Demonstration
Rene A.M. Walterbos, J. Choi, S. Cisneros, M. Patterson, C. Wu

Multi-long-slit Spectroscopy for Kinematic Studies II - Initial Results for Edge-on Galaxies NGC 891 and NGC 4244
Jiehae Choi, S. Cisneros, C. Wu, M. Patterson, R. Walterbos

May 2005: American Astronomical Society meeting, XMM-Newton Observation of the Second Brightest Quasar PHL 1811
J Choi, K. M. Leighly, & C. Matsumoto

M33
SOURCE: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/browse/PIA03033.jpg

Classes

ASTR110 Lab