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Bolometric Luminosities of Peculiar Type II-P Supernovae
(2018-08-02)
In this work, I analyze the bolometric luminosities of several peculiar Type II-P supernovae which are thought to originate from the same class of blue supergiant progenitor stars as the famous SN 1987A. This analysis is ...
PLANETARY REMNANTS AROUND WHITE DWARF STARS
(2015-05-08)
In this dissertation we present the results of four separate searches for infrared excess emission at white dwarf stars. Using spectra from the IRTF and photometry from PAIRITEL, MMT+SWIRC, Gemini+NIRI, and Spitzer+IRAC ...
Hot Electrons and Radial Transport in Saturn’s Inner Magnetosphere: Modeling the Effects on Ion Chemistry
(2012)
The E-ring of Saturn, located just beyond the main rings at four Saturn radii, was known to be made mostly of water and its by-products before the Cassini spacecraft arrived at Saturn in 2005. Since then, Cassini has ...
Spectrum Formation at Late Times in Type Ia Supernovae
(2015-05-08)
I present a study of radiative transfer effects in type Ia supernovae ranging from 3-4 months to nearly 2 years post-maximum light. I explore several components of spectrum formation, beginning with a semi-analytic model ...
COSMOLOGY WITH TYPE IA SUPERNOVAE: ROBUST TECHNIQUES FOR DATA ANALYSIS AND PHOTOMETRIC CLASSIFICATION
(2017-05)
Since the accelerating expansion of the Universe was discovered by observing distant Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), SNe Ia have been playing an important role in constraining the unknown cause behind the observed cosmic ...
Co-Spatial UV-Optical HST/STIS Spectra of Seven Galactic Planetary Nebulae: Nebular and Stellar Properties
(2017)
This project had two main goals: (1) to investigate to what extent planetary nebulae (PNe) are chemically homogeneous; and (2) to provide physical constraints on the central star properties of each PN. The first goal was ...