James A. Rose
General Information
- Title: Professor
- Address: Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Phillips Hall, CB3255, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255
- email: jim@physics.unc.edu
- Phone: 919-962-7170
- Fax: 919-962-0480
Research Interests
My primary research interest concerns the evolution of galaxies and
clusters of galaxies. Specifically, my research over the past
few years has emphasized:
- Observational studies of the integrated light of early-type
galaxies
- Studies of starburst and post-starburst early-type galaxies in
nearby rich clusters of galaxies
- Dynamical studies of substructure in clusters of galaxies
- A long-term investigation of the vertical structure of our Milky Way
Galaxy based on objective prism spectroscopy with the Curtis Schmidt
telescope at CTIO
The Milky Way investigation has been carried out in collaboration with Jurgen
Stock (CIDA-Merida)
and Rui Agostinho
(Lisbon). The other projects
have been carried out primarily in collaboration with Nelson
Caldwell (SAO), but also with Richard Bower (Durham), Kristi Concannon (UNC), Richard
Ellis (IoA-Cambridge), Andy Leonardi (UNC), and Ray Sharples (Durham).
Teaching
While at UNC I have taught the following courses:
- Astro 31 -- Introductory Astronomy; a mostly descriptive introduction
to astronomy, intended for non-science majors
- Astro 137 -- Observational Astronomy; a course for advanced undergrads
(and graduate students), which involves lectures on telescopes, spectrographs,
detectors, observational techniques (i.e., photometry and spectroscopy), and
data analysis. It also involves night-time use of the 24" reflector of the
Morehead Observatory
- Astro 143 -- Astrophysics II; a course for advanced undergraduates on
physical processes in the diffuse interstellar medium in galaxies
- Astro 244 -- Galactic Structure; a graduate course on the structure and
evolution of the Milky Way Galaxy
- Astro 245 -- Extragalactic Astronomy; a graduate course on cosmology and
the structure and evolution of galaxies