Carol Jones, Professor

Contact Information
Office: PAB 202Tel: 519 661-2111 ext 86709
E-mail: cejones@uwo.ca
Personal web page
Research Areas
Circumstellar Disk-like Distributions of MaterialComputational Astrophysics
Emission-line stars
Be stars
Research Interests
The study of disks surrounding massive stars offers a wonderful test-bed of physics that can teach us about many different phenomena.
Currently, my research focuses on the physical conditions in these disks to understand how they form and on the effects these systems have on their surroundings.
Publications
- "On the Intrinsic Continuum Linear Polarization of Classical Be Stars: The Effects of Metallicity and One-armed Density Perturbations", Halonen , R.J. & Jones, C. E. 2013ApJS..208....3H
- "Using Photometry to Probe the Circumstellar Environment of δ Scorpii", Jones, C. E., Wiegert, P. A., Tycner, C., Henry, G. W., Cyr, R. P., Halonen, R. J., Muterspaugh, M. W. 2013AJ....145..142J
- "On the Intrinsic Continuum Linear Polarization of Classical Be Stars during Disk Growth and Dissipation", Halonen , R.J. & Jones, C. E. 2013ApJ...765...17H
- "Computing the Continuum Polarization from Thomson Scattering in Gaseous Circumstellar Disks", Halonen, R. J., Mackay, F. E. & Jones, C. E. 2013ApJS..204...11H
- "Modeling Circumstellar Disks of B-type Stars with Observations from the Palomar Testbed Interferometer", Grzenia, B. J., Tycner, C., Jones, C. E., Rinehart, S. A., van Belle, G. T., Sigut, T. A. A. 2013AJ....145..141G
- "The Effect of Density on the Thermal Structure of Gravitationally Darkened Be Star Disks", McGill, M. A., Sigut, T. A. A. & Jones, C. E. 2013ApJS..204....2M
Teaching
Undergraduate:
Astronomy 1021: Introductory Astronomy
Introductory Physics 1301/1032
Graduate
Astronomy 9606: Radiative Processes in Astrophysics
Pedagogical Reading Group in Science
Awards
- 2010 Faculty of Science Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
- Faculty of Science Outreach Award, 2010 (awarded to entire Astronomy group)
Professional Activities
- Chair of Div. G / Comm. 27-29-42 / WG – Active B Stars
- Canadian Astronomical Society (full member)
- American Astronomical Society (full member)