Monique Christine Aller

Winter 2007: Astronomy 127 - 2 Sections (MW 2-3 PM and MW 3-4 PM) - see C-TOOLS website for course

Syllabus

Please attend the first meeting of your scheduled/desired section to ensure your place in the class.

Fall 2006: Astronomy 102 - 2 Discussion Sections - Professor H.D. Aller & Professor R.A. Bernstein

Spring 2006: Astronomy 112 - 2 Lab Sections - Dr. Hughes

Winter 2004: Astronomy 101 - 2 Discussion Sections - Professor Sears

Winter 2001: Astronomy 101 - 2 Discussion Sections - Professor Sears

Fall 2000: Astronomy 125 - 2 Lab Sections - Dr. Paglione

Winter 2000: Astronomy 102 - 4 Discussion Sections - Professor G. Bernstein

Fall 1999: Astronomy 101 - 4 Discussion Sections - Professor Cowley

I work with Dr. Richstone and other members of the Nuker Team studying the supermassive black holes located in the centers of galaxies.

Doctoral Dissertation Projects:

A determination of the Cosmic Mass Density of Supermassive Black Holes based on a combination of the Mbh-sigma relationship, a Faber-Jackson relation between velocity dispersion and luminosity, and a luminosity function for galaxies.

IN PROGRESS: A search for Host Galaxy Bulge Predictors of Supermassive Black Hole Mass, in particular examining multivariate predictors of black hole mass, and the success of using the gravitational binding energy of the bulge to predict the black hole mass. (AAS presentation)

IN PROGRESS: An Observational Determination of the Number Density of Galaxies as a Function of Galaxy Bulge Velocity Dispersion, which, in combination with the Mbh-sigma relationship, will allow for a better constraint on the cosmic mass density of supermassive black holes. This project involves a combination of long-slit spectroscopy data from the MDM 2.4-meter and the Magellan 6.5-meter telescopes and SDSS velocity dispersions.