Mark Whittle, Professor
Email: dmw8f@virginia.edu
Phone: (434) 924-4900
Fax: (434) 924-3104
Office: 216 Astronomy Building
Address:
Department of Astronomy
530 McCormick Road
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22904
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- Research Interests
- Active galaxies
- Normal galaxy dynamics
- Star formation in galaxies
- Galaxy Clusters
- Public Outreach
- 1) Cosmology: The History and Nature of Our Universe
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- A 36 lecture course on 6 DVDs
- 18 hours of lectures with 1700 images & animations.
- Made for "The Teaching Company"
- Order direct from the company click here.
- Released November 2008
Sale price $99, every few weeks.
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- 2) Big Bang Acoustics
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- Listen to the Big Bang !
- Follow the links below
- (or click image)
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- The sounds are .wav and most movies are Quicktime (.mov).
Your computer must recognize these to play them.
Note also: small (laptop) computer speakers miss the deep tones.
Please use & download any part. All I ask is that if
you use it publicly,
please acknowledge its source, thank you.
2c) Longer article:
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Article for "Griffith Observer": Primal Scream: Sounds from the Big Bang.
General audience; fuller article, with figures and sounds. (10 pages).
3) Web Site:
A fairly complete account of Big Bang Acoustics, in 16 sections.
Many sounds and movies to play (and download).
>>>> Click
here <<<<
Safari best, other browsers may not work as well.
4) Audio podcasts for the 2009 "365 Days of Astronomy"
Two 10-minute interviews (produced by Richard Drumm):
June 27: "Cries from the Infant Universe"
Dec 3: "When the Universe was Young"
- 3) A Brief History of Matter
Recounts of the origin of atoms, from inside stars to you and me.
Includes deeper roots in the Big Bang, and further reflections.
Web version, with figures.
PDF version (text only, no figures).
First published as three articles in India's Akashmitra (2003/4)
Prize essay in Griffith Observer Science Writing Contest (2004)
- Teaching and Course Web Pages
- Graduate Extragalactic Astronomy Astronomy 5630/40
Extensive lecture notes and other resources.
Solutions to homework problems are available to Professors on request.
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Research
My research focuses primarily on Seyfert's and other active
galaxies. For this research I use large optical telescopes, as well as
the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Three images of the Seyfert 2 active galaxy, Markarian 78. Top:
NICMOS near IR image showing the smooth starlight distribution.
Middle: WFPC [OIII] 5007 emission line image shows diffuse doubly ionized
oxygen. Bottom: VLA 3.6cm radio shows synchrotron emission
from relativistic particles ejected from the
nucleus in a jet. These images are part of our study of
jet-gas interactions in active galaxies.
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Selected Publications
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Star-Forming Galaxies in Low-redshift Clusters: Comparison of Integrated Properties of Cluster and Field Galaxies
Bretherton, C. F. James, P. A. Moss, C. & Whittle, M. 2010, A&A, 524, A24.
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The Nuclear Outflow in NGC 2110
Rosario, D. J. Whittle, M. Nelson, C. H. & Wilson, A. S. 2010, MNRAS, 408, 565-579.
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The Radio Jet Interaction in NGC 5929: Direct Detection of Shocked Gas
Rosario, D. J. Whittle, M. Nelson, C. H. & Wilson, A. S. 2010, ApJ, 711, L94-L98.
ADS
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Star-Forming Galaxies in Low-redshift Clusters: Data and Integrated Galaxy Properties
Thomas, C. F. Moss, C. James, P. A. Bennett, S. M. Aragon-Salamanca, A. & Whittle, M.   2008, A&A 486, 755-761
ADS
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Jet-driven Outflows in Seyfert Galaxies
Rosario, D. J. Whittle, M. Nelson, C. H. & Wilson, A. S.   2008, Mem.S.A.It. 79, 1217-1220
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O VI Asymmetry and an Accelerated Outflow in an Obscured Seyfert: FUSE and HST STIS Spectroscopy of Mrk 533
Shastri, P., Hutchings, J., Murthy, J. Whittle, M. & Wills, B.J.   2006, ApJ, 646, 76-84.
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Jet-Gas Interaction in Markarian 78. II. Ionization Mechanisms
Whittle, M. Rosario, D. J. Silverman, J. D. Nelson, C. H. & Wilson, A. S.   2005, AJ 129, 104-124
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An H-alpha Survey of Cluster Galaxies - V. Cluster-field Comparison for Early-type Galaxies
Moss, C. & Whittle, M.   2005, MNRAS, 357, 1337-1347.
ADS
PDF On line data
Jet-Gas Interactions in Markarian 78. I. Morphology and Kinematics
Whittle, M. & Wilson, A.S.   2004, AJ 127, 606-624
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Ionization Mechanisms in Jet-dominated Seyferts: A Detailed Case Study
Rosario, D.J. Whittle, M. Silverman, J.D. Wilson, A.S. & Nelson, C.H.   2004 IAU Symp. 222, 287-290
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Seyfert Jets: Weak, Slow and Heavy
Whittle, M. Silverman, J.D. Rosario, D.J. Wilson, A.S. & Nelson, C.H.   2004, IAU Symp. 222, 299-304
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Star Formation in Seyfert Bulges
Whittle, M. & Nelson, C.H.   2003, ASP Conf. 297, 433-435.
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Cluster Galaxy Infall and Tidally-induced Star Formation
Moss, C. & Whittle, M.   2003, ASP Conf. 297, 243-244.
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Seyfert Galaxies (Invited Review)
Whittle, M.   2000, Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, IoP, 1-12.
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An H-alpha Survey of Eight Abell Clusters: the Dependence of Tidally Induced Star Formation on Cluster Density
Moss, C. & Whittle, M.   2000, MNRAS, 317, 667-686.
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Hubble Space Telescope/Faint Object Spectrograph Spectroscopy of Spatially Resolved Narrow-Line Regions in the Seyfert 2 Galaxies NGC 2110 and NGC 5929
Ferruit, P. Wilson, A.S. Whittle, M. Simpson, C. Mulchaey, J.S. & Ferland, G.J.   1999, ApJ 523, 147-162.
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Tidally Induced Star Formation in Abell 1367
Moss, C. Whittle, M. & Pesce, J.E.   1998, MNRAS, 300, 205-220
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Tidally-Induced Star Formation in Cluster Galaxies
Moss, C. & Whittle, M.   1997, R.Mex.A.A., 6, 145-147.
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Stellar and Gaseous Kinematics of Seyfert Galaxies. II. The Role of the Bulge
Nelson, C.H. & Whittle, M.   1996, ApJ, 465, 96-114.
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Stellar and Gaseous Kinematics of Seyfert Galaxies. I. Spectroscopic Data
Nelson, C.H. & Whittle, M.   1995, ApJS, 99, 67-106.
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Radio and Emission-Line Jets in the Type 2 Seyfert Galaxy Markarian 1066 (UGC 2456)
Bower, G. Wilson, A.S. Morse, J.A. Gelderman, R. Whittle, M. & Mulchaey, J.   1995, ApJ, 454, 106-118
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Multiwavelength tests of the dusty torus model for Seyfert galaxies
Mulchaey, J.S. Koratkar, A. Ward, M.J. Wilson, A.S. Whittle, M. Antonucci, R.R.J. Kinney, A.L. & Hurt, T.   1994. ApJ, 436, 586-598.
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An optical study of compact steep-spectrum radio sources. 1: The spectroscopic data
Gelderman, R. & Whittle, M.   1994, ApJS, 91, 491-505.
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Ionized Gas Kinematics in Active and Related Galaxies (Invited Review)
Whittle, M.   1994, proc. of. Mass-Transfer Induced Activity in Galaxies,
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More Complete Bibliography: ADS.
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