Craig L. Sarazin, W. H. Vanderbilt Professor

Email: cls7i@virginia.edu
Phone: (434) 924-4903
Fax: (434) 924-3104
Office Hours: MWF 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Office: 238 Astronomy Building
Address:
Department of Astronomy
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400325
530 McCormick Road
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4325

Chandra Image of E6 Galaxy NGC 4697

The adaptively smoothed Chandra X-ray image of the central region of the X-ray-faint elliptical galaxy NGC 4697. The image shows that most of the X-ray emission is resolved by Chandra into about 80 Low Mass X-ray Binary (LMXB) star systems, which contain accreting massive black holes and neutron stars (Sarazin, Irwin, & Bregman 2000, 2001)

Research interests:

High Energy Astrophysics
X-Ray Astronomy
Clusters of Galaxies
Elliptical Galaxies
X-ray Binaries
Gamma-Ray Bursts
Supernova Remnants
Interstellar Medium

Curriculum Vitae:

BS, Physics, California Institute of Technology, 1972.
Ph.D., Physics, Princeton University, 1975.
Member, School of Natural Science, Institute for Advanced Study, 1975-1977.

Presently:
W. H. Vanderbilt Professor, University of Virginia

More Informtion:
Complete Resume as an Acrobat PDF file.
- Last Modified: April 26, 2012
Complete Publication List as an Acrobat PDF file.
- Last Modified: April 26, 2012

Hydra A Chandra Image

Chandra X-ray image of the central region of the cluster of galaxies (Abell 780) surrounding the radio galaxy Hydra A. This image shows a radio (green and maroon) overlay on the Chandra X-ray (pink and blue) image of Hydra A. It shows that the radio lobes are displacing and being confined by the 40 million degree X-ray gas in the cluster (McNamara et al. 2000).

Courses taught:

: Astronomy 1210 (121): Introduction to the Sky and the Solar System
Astronomy 1220 (124): Introduction to the Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe
Astronomy 2110 (211): Introduction to Astrophysics I
Astronomy 2120 (212): Introduction to Astrophysics II
Astronomy 4993 (395): Tutorial: Clusters of Galaxies
Astronomy 4993 (395): Tutorial: X-ray Binaries
Astronomy 4993 (395): Tutorial: X-ray Astronomy
Astronomy 4998 (498): Senior Thesis
Astronomy 5420 (542): The Interstellar Medium
Astronomy 5450 (545): High Energy Astrophysics
Astronomy 6210 (571): Fundamental Concepts in Astronomy: The Sky and the Solar System
Astronomy 6220 (572): Fundamental Concepts in Astronomy: Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe

This semester (Spring 2013):

Astronomy 2120: Introduction to Astrophysics II

Publications:

My book: "X-ray Emission from Clusters of Galaxies," C. L. Sarazin, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), i-x,1-252 (1988), is now available on-line at

Web version of book

Many thanks to Barry Madore and all of the other people at NED/IPAC and to Simon Mitton and the Cambridge University Press for making this possible!

My review paper (on which the book is based) "X-ray Emission from Clusters of Galaxies," C. L. Sarazin, Reviews of Modern Physics, 58, 1-115 (1986), is given here

A list of my publications and archived preprints is available at the ADS

Education and Public Outreach Activities

Space Travels, A New Component on X-ray Astronomy for The Science Museum of Virginia's Traveling Exhibition and Program for Schools and Communities, ongoing since 2004
Black Holes: Seeing the Unseeable, A Planetarium Show at the Science Museum of Virginia, Febuary - June 2004
The Largest Structures in the Universe, exhibit at the McCormick Observatory, May 2005 - January 2006
Stella Returns! The Evolution of Stars, A Planetarium Show at the Science Museum of Virginia, September 2005 - September 2006
Globular Clusters, A Planetarium Show at the Science Museum of Virginia, May 2009 - December 2009 (in production)
CLUSTER - Chandra: Loaning UvaS Telescopes to EducatoRs. Addressing the Nature of Science Through a Telescope Loaner Program for Teachers (program renewed with second EPO grant)
Addressing the Science Education of Elementary School Students in Rural Albemarle County With a Mobile Planetarium

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