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.

People

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 Dr. Monasvita Joshi photo

 

Ms. Francesca D'Arcangelo, Graduate Student

Mr. Ritaban Chatterjee, Graduate Student

         Ms. Monica Brucker, Graduate Student

 

        Brandon Harrison photo 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.