Publications and Presentations (since 2009)

Refereed Publications

2009

8. Newly Identified Star Clusters in M33. II. Radial Hubble Space Telescope/Advanced Camera for Surveys Fields. I. San Roman, A. Sarajedini, D. Garnett, J. Holtzman. Astrophysical Journal, 699, 839 (2009). [doi] [ads] [arXiv]
7. The Detection of Inside-Out Disk Growth in M33. B. Williams, J. Dalcanton, A. Dolphin, J. Holtzman, A. Sarajedini. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 695, L15 (2009). [doi] [ads] [arXiv]
6. A Possible Period for the K-Band Brightening Episodes of GX 17+2. J. Bornak, B. McNamara, T. Harrison, M. Rupen, R. Bandyopadhyay, S. Wachter. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 701, L110 (2009). [doi] [ads] [arXiv]
5. Automated Variable Star Classification Using the Northern Sky Variability Survey. D. Hoffman, T. Harrison, B. McNamara. The Astronomical Journal. 138, 466 (2009). [doi] [ads]
4. Orbital Solutions and Absolute Elements of the Eclipsing Binary MY Cygni. R. Tucker, J. Sowell, R. Williamon, J. Coughlin. The Astronomical Journal, 137, 2949 (2009). [doi] [ads]
3. Automated detection of EUV Polar Coronal Holes during Solar Cycle 23. M.S. Kirk, W.D. Pesnell, C.A. Young, S.A. Hess Webber. Solar Physics, 257, 99 (2009). [doi] [ads]
2. Time-distance helioseismology of sunspots: A case study of NOAA Region 9787. L. Gizon, H. Schunker, C. Baldner, S. Basu, A.C. Birch, R. Bogart, D. Braun, R. Cameron, T.L. Duvall Jr., S. Hanasoge, J. Jackiewicz, M. Roth, T. Stahn, M.J. Thompson, S. Zharkov. Space Science Reviews, 144, 249 (2009). [doi] [ads]
1. Infrared Photometry and Spectroscopy of VY Aqr and EI Psc: Two Short-Period Cataclysmic Variables With Curious Secondary Stars. T. Harrison, J. Bornak, S. Howell, E. Mason, P. Szkody, R. McGurk. The Astronomical Journal, 137, 4061 (2009). [doi] [ads]

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Theses

• Automated variable star classification and the pulsation properties of eclipsing Delta Scuti stars (3Mb). Doug Hoffman, 2009.
• White Dwarfs in Close Binaries: Gravitational Waves, X-rays, and Type Ia Supernova Progenitors. Ashley Ruiter, 2009.

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Conference Proceedings

• Seismic inversion methods. J. Jackiewicz. Proceedings of Stellar Pulsation: Challenges for Theory and Observation (in press, 2009).
• Masses and Pulsational Modes of Delta Scuti Stars in Eclipsing Systems. D. Hoffman, T. Harrison, B. McNamara, J. Holtzman. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 41, 301 (2009). [ads]

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Talks and Posters

2009

• Multichannel OLA inversion for local helioseismology. J. Jackiewicz, L. Gizon, A. Birch. AAS Solar Physics Division. Boulder, CO (Jun 2009). {poster} [pdf]
• Seismic inversion methods. J. Jackiewicz. Stellar Pulsation: Challenges for Theory and Observation. Sante Fe, NM (May 2009). {poster}
• Inversions in the moat of AR9787. J. Jackiewicz. 3rd HELAS Workshop in Local Helioseismology. Berlin, Germany (May 2009). {invited talk}
• Transiting Extrasolar Planets. J. Coughlin. NMSU Graduate Research Symposium. Las Cruces, NM (Apr 2009). {talk}
• Discovering and Characterizing Transiting Extrasolar Planets. J. Coughlin. NMSU Graduate Research and Arts Symposium. Las Cruces, NM (Apr 2009). {talk}
• Solar interior seismology. J. Jackiewicz. University of New Mexico, Department of Physics and Astronomy. Albuquerque, NM (Apr 2009). {invited colloquium}
• Observing Stellar Binaries with SIM Lite. T. Harrison & J. Coughlin. Wild West in the Old West II: 14th North American Workshop on Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects. Tucson, AZ (Mar 2009). {poster}
• The nearest star, our Sun. J. Jackiewicz. NMSU Tombaugh Observatory Open House. Las Cruces, NM (2009). {public talk} [pdf]
• Parameter Variations in the Transits of Gliese 436b. J. Coughlin, G. Stringfellow, A. Becker, M. Lopez-Morales, T. Krajci, F. Mezzalira, & E. Algol. American Astronomical Society Meeting. Long Beach, CA (Jan 2009). {poster}