Robert Edmonds
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| Teaching Assistant |
| Entered: | 2008 |
| Office: | 107 Astronomy |
| Phone: | (575)646-4934 |
| Fax: | (575)646-1602 |
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| E-mail: | redmonds |
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| B.S. | University of New Mexico, | 2008 |
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Research
I began my graduate studies in
August 2008. Since then I have done a large shift in research focus
from my undergraduate days. In the past, most of my research was in the
field of radio astronomy. My interests however have now led me to
atmospheric modeling. I am now working with Jim Murphy examining the
atmosphere of Mars, usually via modeling. I am presently involved in
several projects modeling gravity waves, non-LTE, and Mars Pathfinder
data. On the side though, I also play with some terrestrial “mesoscale”
models that I have been developing.
As an undergraduate I worked
with Dr. Ylva Philstrom on studying the far infrared-radio
correlation for active galactic nuclei (AGN), utilizing both radio and
Spitzer
data sets, and on using the Very Large Array (VLA) to observe OH masers
near
to the Galactic Center.
I spent two summers working as
a research assistant at the National Radio
Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), and also at the Netherlands Foundation
for
Research in Astronomy (ASTRON).
I worked with Dr. Lorant Sjouwerman to evaluate 43 GHz SiO masers as
potential calibrators for the VLBI Exploration of Radio Astronomy (VERA) project to study the Galactic Center. We
analyzed
thousands (it seemed like millions!) of image planes, and identified
two
viable candidates for follow-up observations.
I also assisted with a search for exoplanets around white dwarfs, and
in
Dwingaloo analyzed images of the Whirlpool Galaxy via Faraday rotation
measure
synthesis.
I spent Summer 2008 at NRAO in Socorro again, working with Dr. Jeff
Wagg and
Dr. Chris Carilli on the nature of the high-redshift tail of the
submillimeter
galaxy population.
One of my hobbies is
meteorology, particularly storm chasing.
If you have further interest
in my academic activities, you are welcome to visit my department webpage.
Papers
The Westerbork SINGS Survey II.
Polarization, Faraday Rotation, and Magnetic Fields
Heald, G., Braun, R. &
Edmonds, R. 2009, A&A, Accepted.
An Expanded Very Large Array Search
for Water Megamaser Emission in the Submm Galaxy SMM J16359+6612 at z =
2.5
Edmonds, R., Wagg, J.,
Momjian, E., Carilli, C. L., Wilner, D. J., Humphreys, E. M. L.,
Menten, K. M. & Hughes, D. H. 2009, AJ, 137, 3293
Meetings
January 2008: American
Astronomical Society meeting,
Monitoring of 1720 MHz OH Masers in the Galactic
Center
Robert Edmonds, Y. Pihlstrom & L. Sjouwerman
January 2007: American
Astronomical Society meeting,
43 GHz SiO Masers for Phase Calibration with VERA in
the Galactic Center
Robert Edmonds, L. Sjouwerman & Y. Pihlstrom
