Markov-Chain Monte Carlo Fitting of X-ray Light Curves of Active Galactic Nuclei

Miki Kurihara, “Markov-Chain Monte Carlo Fitting of X-ray Light Curves of Active Galactic Nuclei” Mentors: Sarah Vigeland & Tingting Liu, Physics Some galaxies in the Universe have a very bright region called Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) at the center. While…… Read More

STARS@UWM: The Search for Pulsars

Travis Fichtenbauer, Sparrow Roch, Claire Bolda, Natalie Meyers & Herbert De Leon, “STARS@UWM: The Search for Pulsars” Mentors: David Kaplan, Sarah Vigeland & Joseph Swiggum, Physics Pulsars are a type of evolved star that are extremely dense and rotate with…… Read More