• Physics (Ph.D., BS, or Minor in Astronomy)
• Applied Physics (Ph.D. or MS)
• Electrical Engineering (Ph.D., MS, Engr, or BS)

Church Group

Observational cosmology:  Cosmic Microwave Background(CMB) anisotropies, CMB bolometry, Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect

Petrosian Group

Theoretical high-energy astrophysics:  solar and stellar flares, gamma-ray bursts, accretion disks

Cosmology:  gravitational lensing, evolution of galaxies

Romani Group

Theoretical and observational astrophysics:  neutron star physics, origin, evolution, and timing of radio pulsars, compact object physics

Cosmology:  structure formation, high redshift matter

Wagoner Group

Gravitational astrophysics:  accretion disks, gravitational radiation (theories and detection)

The Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC)

Focusing on recent developments in astrophysics, high-energy physics, and cosmology, a collaborative Institute between the Departments of Physics and Applied Physics and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)

Tom Abel

Primordial star formation, cosmological structure formation and reionization, astrophysical fluid dynamics and radiative transfer.

X-ray Astronomy and Observational Cosmology Group (Steve Allen)

Confronting cosmological models with observation; X-ray studies of galaxy clusters and active galactic nuclei; physics of intracluster plasmas and accretion

Astro-Gamma Group

High energy astrophysics at SLAC/KIPAC, including X-ray, hard X-ray, gamma-ray, and particle astrophysics. Broad expertise in observations, instrument development, and phenomenological model building.

SLAC Group K, Elliott Bloom

Particle astrophysics at SLAC, including timing data on black holes and neutron stars, gamma-ray burst data, X-ray timing and spectroscopy, as well as development of GLAST

Scherrer Group

Observational solar physics:  solar oscillations, helioseismology, magnetic fields

Sturrock Group

Solar theory:  solar neutrinos, solar cycle mechanism, coronal heating, via data analysis, numerical computation, and analytical theory

Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS)

Direct-detection search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) as cold dark matter. CDMS at Stanford takes place within the Cabrera Group.

The Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST)

Part of NASA's Office of Space and Science Strategic Plan; aims to understand the mechanisms of astrophysical particle acceleration, resolve the gamma-ray sky, determine behavior of gamma-ray bursts, and probe dark matter and the early Universe.

Gravity Probe B (GP-B)

Satellite gyroscope experiment to test Einstein's general theory of relativity by sensitively measuring the curvature of space-time and how space-time is dragged about a rotating massive body

Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST)

A proposed ground-based large-field telescope to continually image faint objects across the entire sky.

Space, Telecommunications, and Radio Science (STARLab)

Study and use of electromagnetic wave phenomena: planetary atmospheres, ionospheres, surfaces, and ring systems

The Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET)

Part of the Compton GRO Gamma-Ray Telescope, EGRET has made the first all-sky survey of the gamma-ray sky

Hobby-Eberly Telescope

At the McDonald Observatory in Texas; Stanford University is a member of the operating consortium. Local AO forms are available.

Stanford Student Observatory

Teaching observatory near the Stanford campus

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Daily "pretty picture", with archives; each picture accompanied by a brief explanatory caption with useful and interesting reference links

Hubble Space Telescope Public Pictures

Press releases and high-res JPG and PDF format pictures

Imagine the Universe

An excellent general-interest astronomy education site

Stanford Astronomical Society

Amateur astronomy club at Stanford; no physics or telescope required!

Stanford SOLAR Center

An accessible, public-interest educational site about the Sun, including its magnetic fields, its turbulent surface, and what happens deep in its interior

Upcoming Scientific Conferences

Thanks to Pat Nolan, a compilation of upcoming conferences (in particular, of interest to GLAST scientists, but also linking to a number of other lists of meetings).

Useful Research Links

A primer of useful resources for papers in astronomy & astrophysics, for undergraduates and new graduate students.

Prof. Vahé Petrosian                          Dana Volponi
Chair, Astronomy Program                      Administrative Associate
Varian Room 342                               Varian Room 340
Stanford University                           Stanford University
Stanford, CA  94305-4060                      Stanford, CA  94305-4060
Phone:  (650) 723-1435                        Phone:  (650) 723-1439
Fax:    (650) 723-4840                        Fax:    (650) 723-4840

Last updated 25 July, 2012

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