Another picture (1978)
The next generation

John Simonetti
Associate Professor of Physics
B.S.: Stony Brook , 1978.
M.S.: Cornell , 1982.
Ph.D.: Cornell , 1985.

319 Robeson Hall
540-231-8740
(fax: 540-231-7511)
jhs@vt.edu


[Astrophysics]


[VT]

[Virginia Tech Department of Physics]
Teaching 
  • Physics 1056 - Introduction to Astronomy II
  • Physics 2074 - Highlights of Contemporary Physics
  • Physics 2206 - General Physics
  • Physics 2306 - Foundations of Physics
  • Physics 3154 - Observational Astrophysics 
  • Physics 3655 - Introduction to Astrophysics I - Stars
  • Physics 3656 - Introduction to Astrophysics II - Galaxies, Cosmology, Planets

  • Sky Image Processor (SIP) - a web-based astronomical image processing system, written in Java
  • Astronomy Minor for undergraduates
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    Research 
    Virginia Tech Spectral-Line Survey (VTSS)
    A wide-field H-alpha and [SII] imaging survey of the interstellar medium in the northern hemisphere with application to understanding...
    • the general interstellar medium (warm ionized medium, bubbles, shocks, ...)
    • possible contributions of interstellar free-free emission to anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background
    • the relation between the warm ionized interstellar medium and radio wave scattering

    Eight-meter-wavelength Transient Array (ETA)
    A continuous low-frequency radio survey of nearly the entire northern hemisphere with an aim of observing the short pulse of emission (a transient) expected from...

    • exploding primordial black holes
    • gamma ray bursts
    • supernovae
    • compact object mergers
    • some pulsars (the "giant pulses")

    Other Research Interests:

    Small-scale irregularities in the interstellar medium, probed by...

    • observations of interstellar radio wave scattering 
    • observations of irregularities in interstellar Faraday rotation 
    For detailed information see the Astrophysics Research page.
    Outreach
    Virginia Tech Physics Department
    Virginia Tech

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