Britton Smith's CV

Education

2007, PhD, Astronomy & Astrophysics
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Thesis: The Transition from Pop III to Pop II Star Formation in the Early Universe [ADS]
Thesis Advisor: Steinn Sigurdsson

2001, B.S., Astronomy, Mathematics, Physics
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Professional

2007 - Present, Postdoctoral Researcher
Center for Astrophysics & Space Astronomy
Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
University of Colorado, Boulder
Supervisor: Mike Shull

2001 - 2007, Research/Teaching Assistant
Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Supervisor: Steinn Sigurdsson

1998 - 2001, Laboratory Assistant
Department of Physics
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Supervisor: Dan McCammon

Teaching

University of Colorado, Boulder

Astronomy 6000: Graduate Seminar in Astrophysics - The First Stars

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Astronomy 011: Introductory Astronomy Lab, Instructor
Astronomy 197A: Special Topics in Astronomy: Black Holes, Grader
Astronomy 451: Techniques in Observation and Data Analysis, Grader
Astronomy 452: Techniques in Observation and Data Analysis Lab, Lab Supervisor
Astronomy 475W: Stars and Galaxies, Grader, Substitute Lecturer
Astronomy 497A: Extrasolar Planets: Grader

Refereed Publications

The Santa Fe Light Cone Simulation Project: II. The Prospects for Direct Detection of the WHIM with SZE Surveys [ADS]
Hallman, E. J., O'Shea, B. W., Smith, B. D., Burns, J. O., Norman, M. L., 2009, ApJ, accepted.
The Effect of Photo-ionization on the Cooling Rates of Enriched, Astrophysical Plasmas [ADS]
Wiersma, R.P.C., Schaye, J., Smith, B.D., 2009, MNRAS, 393, 99.
Three Modes of Metal-Enriched Star Formation in the Early Universe [ADS]
Smith, B.D., Turk, M.J., Sigurdsson, S., O'Shea, B.W., Norman, M. L., 2009, ApJ, 691, 441.
Metal Cooling in Simulations of Cosmic Structure Formation [ADS]
Smith, B.D., Sigurdsson, S., and Abel,T., 2008, MNRAS, 385, 1443.
Modeling of Emission Signatures of Massive Black Hole Binaries. I. Methods [ADS]
Bogdanovic, T., Smith, B.D., Sigurdsson, S., Eracleous, M., 2008, ApJS, 174, 455.
The Transition from the First Stars to the Second Stars in the Early Universe [ADS]
Smith, B.D. and Sigurdsson, S., 2007, ApJ, 661, L5.
1/f Noise and Hot Electron Effects in Variable Range Hopping Conduction [ADS]
McCammon, D., Galeazzi, M., Liu, D., Sanders, W. T., Smith, B., Tan, P., Boyce, K. R., Brekosky, R., Gygax, J. D., Kelley, R., Mott, D. B., Porter, F. S., Stahle, C. K., Stahle, C. M., Szymkowiak, A. E., 2002, Physica Status Solidi (B), Basic Research.

Submitted Papers

Conference Proceedings

Three Modes of Metal-Enriched Star Formation at High Redshift [ADS] [PDF] [read instead]
Smith, B.D., Turk, M.J., Sigurdsson, S., O'Shea, B.W., Norman, M., 2008, IAU Symposium 255: Low-Metallicity Star Formation: From the First Stars to Dwarf Galaxies.
The Role of the First Metals in Forming the Second Stars [ADS] [PDF] [read instead]
Smith, B.D., Sigurdsson, S., O'Shea, B.W., Norman, M., 2008, First Stars III.
Electromagnetic Signatures of Black Hole Binaries [ADS]
Bogdanovic, T., Smith, B.D., Eracleous, M., and Sigurdsson, S., 2006, Lisa 6 Symposium.
Hot-electron model in doped silicon thermistors [ADS]
Liu, D., Galeazzi, M., McCammon, D., Sanders, W. T., Smith, B., Tan, P., Boyce, K. R., Brekosky, R., Gygax, J. D., Kelley, R., Mott, D. B., Porter, F. S., Stahle, C. K., Stahle, C. M., Szymkowiak, A. E., 2002, Low Temperature Detectors: Ninth International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors.

Posters

Three Modes of Star Formation in the Early Universe [ADS] [PDF]
Smith, B.D., Sigurdsson, S., O'Shea, B.W., Norman, M., 2007, American Astronomical Society Meeting 211.
The Role of the First Metals in Forming the Second Stars [ADS] [PDF]
Smith, B.D., Sigurdsson, S., O'Shea, B.W., Norman, M., 2007, First Stars III.
Metallicity-Induced Fragmentation and the Transition from Pop III to Pop II
Smith, B.D., Sigurdsson, S., 2006, Radiation Backgrounds from the First Stars, Galaxies and Black Holes, 17th Annual October Astrophysics Conference in Maryland.
Observational Signatures of Massive Black Hole Binaries [ADS]
Sigurdsson, S., Bogdanovic, T., Eracleous, M., Smith, B.D., 2006, American Astronomical Society, HEAD Meeting 9.
Metal Cooling and Fragmentation in Simulations of Star Formation
Smith, B.D., Sigurdsson, S., 2006, Massive Stars: From Pop III and GRBs to the Milky Way, Space Telescope Science Institute May Symposium.

Recent Talks

Three Modes of Metal-Enriched Star Formation at High Redshift
Smith, B.D., Turk, M.J., Sigurdsson, S., O'Shea, B.W., Norman, M., IAU Symposium 255: Low-Metallicity Star Formation: From the First Stars to Dwarf Galaxies, June 19, 2008.
Low Metallicity Star Formation at Very High Redshift
Smith, B.D., Turk, M.J., Sigurdsson, S., O'Shea, B.W., Norman, M., Astrophysical Institut Potsdam Colloquium, June 11, 2008.
Simulating the Transition from the First Stars to the Second Stars
Smith, B.D., Sigurdsson, S., O'Shea, B.W., Norman, M., 2008 Winter Conference on Astrophysics: The First 2 Billion Years of Galaxy Formation: The Reionization Epoch and Beyond, February 15, 2008.
Simulating the Transition from the First Stars to the Second Stars
Smith, B.D., Sigurdsson, S., O'Shea, B.W., Norman, M., JILA Astrophysics Lunch Seminar, November 30, 2007.
The Future of the Second Stars
Smith, B.D., Sigurdsson, S., Looking Beyond the First Stars, Yale University, June 6, 2007.
The Role of the First Metals in Forming the Second Stars
Smith, B.D., Sigurdsson, S., Yale Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics Seminar, Yale University, June 5, 2007.
Metallicity-Induced Fragmentation and the Transition from Pop III to Pop II [ADS]
Smith, B.D., Sigurdsson, S., American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, January 8, 2007.

Britton Devon Smith - cv