Thomas R. Ayres

Teaching Interests:

• ASTR 5730: Stellar Atmosphere and Radiative Transfer (Fall 2005)
• Stellar atmospheres and radiative transfer
• Introductory astronomy
• Internal processes (in gases and plasmas)
• Scale model solar system displays

Research Interests:

• High-energy stellar astrophysics
• Chromospheres, coronae, and winds
• Infrared solar astronomy
• Stellar atmospheres modeling
• Solar-stellar connection
• Ultraviolet spectroscopy
• Spacecraft instrumentation
• Image processing and visualization
• Atomic and molecular processes

Recent Publications (2007 - 2009):

• Ayres, T. 2009, "The Cycles of a Centauri," Ap.J., 696, 1931-1949.


• Ayres, T. 2008, "Solar Forbidden Oxygen, Revisited," Ap.J., 686, 731-740.


• Ayres, T. 2008, "Chandra's Darkest Bright Star: not so Dark after All?," A.J., 136, 1810-1814.


• Ayres, T. 2008, "The Deep Lamp Project: An Investigation of the Precision and Accuracy of the Echelle Wavelength Scales of Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph," Ap.J.Suppl., 177, 626-644.


• Ayres, T., Judge, P., Saar, S., and Schmitt, J. 2008, “The Fainting of Alpha Centauri A, Resolved,” Ap.J.Lett., 678, L121-124.


• Caffau, E., et al., (Ayres, T.), et al. 2008, "The Photospheric Solar Oxygen Project. I. Abundance Analysis of Atomic Lines and Influence of Atmospheric Models,", A&A, 488, 1031-1046.


• Ayres, T., Brown, A., and Harper, G. 2007, “a TrA Junior,” Ap.J.Lett., 658, L107-L110.


• Ayres, T., Hodges-Kluck, E., and Brown, A. 2007, “X-ray and Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Intermediate-Mass, First Crossing Giants,” Ap.J.S., 171, 304-330.

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