David J. Jeffery

PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH:

Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada; May 16, 1958

PRESENT POSITION:

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1996 -

RESEARCH AREAS:

Theoretical Astrophysics, Supernovae, Radiative Transfer

EDUCATION:

Ph.D., Physics, McMaster University, 1988

M.Sc., Physics, McMaster University, 1983

B.Sc., Physics, McMaster University, 1981

PREVIOUS POSITIONS:

Visiting Professor of Astronomy, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy and Dyer Observatory, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 1995--1996

Fellow (Becario) of Spanish Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia, Dept.~d'Astronomia i Meterologia, Facultat de Fisica, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 1994--1995

Visiting Researcher, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1993--1994

Lecturer on Astronomy, Department of Astronomy, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1993

Research Associate, Harvard College Observatory, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1991--1993

Visiting Instructor, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 1991

Visiting Researcher , Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 1990

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 1988--1990

Visiting Researcher, Institut fuer Astronomie und Astrophysik Der Universitaet Muenchen, Munich, Germany, 1988--1989

Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Physics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 1979--1987

NSERC Summer Student, Dept. of Physics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 1980

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:

Canadian Astronomical Society / Societe Canadienne d'Astronomie

PUBLICATIONS:

D.J. Jeffery, ``An Expansion Opacity Formalism for the Sobolev Method,'' Astronomy and Astrophysics, 299, 770--790 (1995).

D.J. Jeffery, ``The Sobolev Optical Depth for Time-Dependent Relativistic Systems,'' Astrophysical Journal, 440, 810--814, (1995).

D.J. Jeffery, R.P. Kirshner, P.M. Challis, C.S.J. Pun, A.V. Filippenko, T. Matheson, D. Branch, R.A. Chevalier, C. Fransson, N. Panagia, R.V. Wagoner, J.C. Wheeler, and A. Clocchiatti, ``An HST Ultraviolet Spectrum of SN 1993J,'' Astrophysical Journal (Letters), 421, L27--L30 (1994).

P. Ruiz-Lapuente, D.J. Jeffery, P.M. Challis, A.V. Filippenko, R.P. Kirshner, L.C. Ho, B.P. Schmidt, F. Sanchez, and R. Canal, ``A Possible Low-Mass Type Ia Supernova,'' Nature, 365, 728--730 (1993).

P. Ruiz-Lapuente, D.J. Jeffery, P.M. Challis, and R. Canal, ``Subluminous SNIa: Scenarios and Models,'' in Proceedings of the 7th Workshop on Nuclear Astrophysics (Ringberg Castle, Tegernsee, Germany), ed. W. Hillebrandt and E. Mueller (Garching: Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astrophysik), p. 12--17 (1993).

D.J. Jeffery, ``The Relativistic Sobolev Method Applied to Homologously Expanding Atmospheres,'' Astrophysical Journal, 415, 734--749 (1993).

R.P. Kirshner, D.J. Jeffery, B. Leibundgut, P.M. Challis, G. Sonneborn, M.M. Phillips, N.B. Suntzeff, R.C. Smith, P.F. Winkler, C. Winge, M. Hamuy, D.A. Hunter, K.C. Roth, J.C. Blades, D. Branch, R.A. Chevalier, C. Fransson, N. Panagia, R.V. Wagoner, J.C. Wheeler, and R.P. Harkness, ``SN 1992A: Ultraviolet and Optical Studies Based on HST , IUE , and CTIO Observations,'' Astrophysical Journal, 415, 589--615 (1993).

B.P. Schmidt, R.P. Kirshner, R. Schild, B. Leibundgut, D.J. Jeffery, S. Willner, R. Peletier, A.I. Zabludoff, M.M. Phillips, N.B. Suntzeff, M. Hamuy, L.A. Wells, R.C. Smith, J.A. Baldwin, W.G. Weller, M. Navarette, L. Gonzalez, A.V. Filippenko, J.C. Shields, C.C. Steidel, S. Perlmutter, C. Pennypacker, C.K. Smith, A.C. Porter, T.A. Boroson, R. Stathakis, R. Cannon, J. Peters, E. Horine, K.C. Freeman, D.S. Womble, R.P.S. Stone, L.A. Marschall, A.C. Phillips, A. Saha, and H.E. Bond, ``Photometric and Spectroscopic Observations of SN~1990E in NGC~1035: Observational Constraints for Models of Type II Supernovae,'' Astronomical Journal, 105, 2236--2250 (1993).

D.J. Jeffery, B. Leibundgut, R.P. Kirshner, S. Benetti, D. Branch, and G. Sonneborn, ``Analysis of the Photospheric Epoch Spectra of Type Ia Supernovae SN 1990N and SN 1991T,'' Astrophysical Journal, 397, 304--328 (1992).

D.J. Jeffery, ``Catalog of SN 1987A Polarimetry Corrected for Interstellar Polarization,'' Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 77, 405--415 (1991).

D.J. Jeffery, D. Branch, A.V. Filippenko, and K. Nomoto, ``The Near Maximum-Light Spectrum of the Type Ic Supernova 1987M,'' Astrophysical Journal (Letters), 377, L89--L92 (1991).

D.J. Jeffery, ``Analysis of SN 1987A Polarimetry,'' Astrophysical Journal, 375, 264--287 (1991).

D.J. Jeffery, ``Analysis of SN 1987A Polarimetry,'' in ESO/EIPC Workshop: SN 1987A and other Supernovae, ed. I.J. Danziger and K. Kjaer (Garching: European Sourthern Observatory), p. 257--263 (1991).

D. Branch, A.W.A. Pauldrach, J. Puls, D.J. Jeffery, and R.P. Kudritzki, ``NLTE Modeling of a Type Ia Supernova at Maximum Light,'' in ESO/EIPC Workshop: SN 1987A and other Supernovae, ed. I.J. Danziger and K. Kjaer (Garching: European Sourthern Observatory), p. 437--445 (1991).

D.J. Jeffery, and D. Branch, ``Analysis of Supernova Spectra'' in Jerusalem Winter School for Theoretical Physics, Vol. 6, Supernovae, ed. J.C. Wheeler, T. Piran, and S. Weinberg (Singapore: World Scientific), p. 149--247 (1990).

D.J. Jeffery, ``The Sobolev-P Method. III. The Sobolev-P Method Generalized for Three-Dimensional Systems,'' Astrophysical Journal, 352, 267--278 (1990).

D.J. Jeffery, ``The Sobolev-P Method: A Generalization of the Sobolev Method for the Treatment of the Polarization State of Radiation and the Polarizing Effect of Resonance Line Scattering,'' Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 71, 951--981 (1989).

D.J. Jeffery, ``Astronomer's Sonnet,'' Irish Astronomical Journal, 19, 88 (1989).

D. Branch, W. Drucker, and D.J. Jeffery, ``Differences Among Expansion Velocities of Type I Supernovae,'' Astrophysical Journal (Letters), 330, L117--L118 (1988).

D.J. Jeffery, ``Supernova Polarization Spectra Calculated Using the Sobolev-H Method,'' Ph.D. Thesis, McMaster University (1988).

D.J. Jeffery, ``The Polarization Spectrum of Supernova 1987a Interpreted in Terms of Shape Asymmetry,'' Nature, 329, 419--421 (1987).

D.J. Jeffery and P.G. Sutherland, ``Deflagration of White Dwarfs as a Model for Type I Supernovae,'' Astrophysics and Space Science, 109, 277--285 (1985).

D.J. Jeffery, `` Deflagrating White Dwarf Models for Type I Supernovae,'' M.Sc. Thesis, McMaster University (1983).

---

David J. Jeffery, 423-574-4707, jeffery@orph01.phy.ornl.gov

---

This file was last updated Friday, 1996-Nov-29