Aaron J. BarthAssociate Professor, Physics & Astronomy |
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Research Interests |
Observational astronomy, quasars and active galactic nuclei, black holes, galaxy structure and dynamics, astronomical polarimetry | |
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Hubble Fellowship, 2001-2004, California Institute of Technology CfA Fellowship, 1998-2001, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
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Research Abstract |
Over the past decade, observations have shown that giant black holes, millions to billions of times more massive than the Sun, exist in the centers of galaxies. Most of my research is focused on understanding the properties of these black holes and their connection to the galaxies that they inhabit. This research includes measurements of the masses of individual black holes and studies of the demographic properties of black holes in active galaxies. This work is carried out using observational data from the Keck Observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and other facilities. I am also participating in a major survey of the structure and dynamics of nearby galaxies at Las Campanas Observatory. | |
| Publications | "Dynamical Constraints on the Masses of the Nuclear Star Cluster and Black Hole in the Late-Type Spiral Galaxy NGC 3621." A.J. Barth, L.E. Strigari, M.C. Bentz, J.E. Greene, L. C. Ho. 2009, The Astrophysical Journal 690, 1031. | |
| "First Results from the Lick AGN Monitoring Project: The Mass of the Black Hole in Arp 151." M.C. Bentz, J.L. Walsh, A.J. Barth, et al. 2008, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 689, L21. | ||
| "Dwarf Seyfert 1 Nuclei and the Low-Mass End of the M-sigma Relation." A.J. Barth, J.E. Greene, & L.C. Ho. 2005, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 619, L151. | ||
| Grant | NSF CAREER Award, 2006 | |
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Professional Societies |
American Astronomical Society International Astronomical Union |
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| Link to this profile | http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5138 | |
| Last updated | 07/01/2009 | |