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| David S. Meier [UCLA - 2002] Phone: (575) 835-5340
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Associate Professor (Astrophysics) Physics Department 333 Workman Center New Mexico Tech 801 Leroy Place Socorro, NM 87801 |
Teaching:
**Current Classes (Spring 2026):
~See Banweb for the Schedule of Classes; Students taking the class see the NMT Canvas portal.
Physics 2251 -- Comprehensive Physics II
Physics 3028L -- Astronomy Laboratory II
Physics 5063 -- Extragalactic Astrophysics
**(Partial List) Classes Taught:
Physics 1310 -- General Physics I
Physics 2250 -- Comprehensive Physics I
Physics 2251 -- Comprehensive Physics II
Physics 3026 -- Astrophysics II
Physics 3027L -- Astronomy Laboratory I
Physics 3028L -- Astronomy Laboratory II
Physics 3034 -- Radiation & Optics
Physics 4043 -- Atomic & Nuclear Physics
Physics 5063 -- Extragalactic Astrophysics
Research:
My research focuses on the evolution of star formation and its natal fuel across galaxies.
My primarily observational program uses radio/millimeter interferometry and IR continuum/spectroscopy
of nearby star forming galaxies to image, at high spatial resolution, the physical and chemical
properties of star formation's molecular gas fuel. The radio/millimeter spectroscopy is
done using interferometers including, NRAO's Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), the Atacama
Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA), and the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA).
The IR observations are done with both ground and space-based telescopes including, the
Spitzer Space Telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope and the W. H. Keck Observatories.
Such observations illuminate the physical (temperature, density, pressure, amount and
location of heating/cooling sources), dynamical (gas motions, locations of shocked gas,
presence of outflows, feedback from pre-existing stars or supermassive black holes [AGN]),
chemical (molecular abundance, nucleosynthetic state, degree of evolution) and star
formation properties of a galaxy.
My publications can be found at:
ADS
or
Google Scholar
Useful Research Links:
A.D.S.
N.E.D.
D.S.S.
Sky-Map
Astro-ph
ApJ
AJ
A.R.A.&A.
Splatalogue
JPL molspec
Koln molspec
Lovas List
UMIST
The Astrochymist
Sky & Tel.
Astronomy Mag.
~See Banweb for the Schedule of Classes; Students taking the class see the NMT Canvas portal.
Physics 2251 -- Comprehensive Physics II
Physics 3028L -- Astronomy Laboratory II
Physics 5063 -- Extragalactic Astrophysics
**(Partial List) Classes Taught:
Physics 1310 -- General Physics I
Physics 2250 -- Comprehensive Physics I
Physics 2251 -- Comprehensive Physics II
Physics 3026 -- Astrophysics II
Physics 3027L -- Astronomy Laboratory I
Physics 3028L -- Astronomy Laboratory II
Physics 3034 -- Radiation & Optics
Physics 4043 -- Atomic & Nuclear Physics
Physics 5063 -- Extragalactic Astrophysics
Research:
My research focuses on the evolution of star formation and its natal fuel across galaxies. My primarily observational program uses radio/millimeter interferometry and IR continuum/spectroscopy of nearby star forming galaxies to image, at high spatial resolution, the physical and chemical properties of star formation's molecular gas fuel. The radio/millimeter spectroscopy is done using interferometers including, NRAO's Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA), and the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA). The IR observations are done with both ground and space-based telescopes including, the Spitzer Space Telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope and the W. H. Keck Observatories. Such observations illuminate the physical (temperature, density, pressure, amount and location of heating/cooling sources), dynamical (gas motions, locations of shocked gas, presence of outflows, feedback from pre-existing stars or supermassive black holes [AGN]), chemical (molecular abundance, nucleosynthetic state, degree of evolution) and star formation properties of a galaxy.My publications can be found at:
ADS
or
Google Scholar
Useful Research Links:
|
A.D.S. N.E.D. D.S.S. Sky-Map |
Astro-ph ApJ AJ A.R.A.&A. |
Splatalogue JPL molspec Koln molspec Lovas List |
UMIST The Astrochymist Sky & Tel. Astronomy Mag. |