Blazar Research at Boston University
Institute for Astrophysical Research
Above: Quasar 1317+520; false color: X-ray image from Chandra X-ray Observatory;
contours: 5 GHz radio image from the Very Large Array. Click here for more details.Research on Blazars
VLBA Images of Gamma-Ray Blazars at 43 GHz with Images, Models, & Polarization (Project beginning summer 2007, data will be available here within 3 months of each observation)Prof. Alan Marscher's presentation on Jets from Black Holes in Quasars at the Northeast Astronomy Forum on Saturday April 18, 2009 (for anyone interested in black holes & quasars)
Original Science Songs by Cosmos II (including international hit "Superluminal Lover")Interesting Research Result: Double flare in blazar BL Lac reveals inner jet emitting visible light, X-rays, and gamma-rays
Dr. Alan Marscher Dr. Svetlana Jorstad
Professor of Astronomy Senior Research Associate
A Group Portrait (taken at the May 2006 New England Regional Quasar and AGN Meeting)
Dr. Manasvita Joshi, Research Scholar
Ms. Francesca D'Arcangelo, Graduate Student
Mr. Ritaban Chatterjee, Graduate Student
Ms. Monica Brucker, Graduate Student
Mr. Brandon Harrison, 3rd-year Undergraduate Student
Alice Olmstead, & Emily Manne-Nicholas, new graduates with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Astronomy-and-Physics
Mr. Tim Blair, Briarcliff High School
If you have any questions about the BU Blazar Research Group, please send e-mail to Prof. Marscher.
