Aaron Vincent

Professor Aaron Vincent of Queen's University

Aaron Vincent

Assistant Professor

Queen's Astronomy Research Group (QUARG)

The Department of Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy

aaron.vincent@queensu.ca

613-533-6000 ext. 77005

Aaron Vincent Website

Stirling Hall 208H

Astroparticle Physics, Cosmology, Dark Matter, Neutrinos, Cosmic Rays

I am a theoretical astroparticle physicist and member of the Arthur B. McDonald Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research Institute. My research encompasses many aspects of astroparticle phenomenology and cosmology, with emphasis on the particle nature of dark matter, and the search for novel ways to identify it. I am particularly interested in the effects of dark matter on stars like the Sun, along with its interactions with other messengers including neutrinos and the cosmic microwave background. Another active research area of mine is the interpretation and possible scientific uses of the high-energy astrophysical neutrinos recently seen by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory located at the South Pole.

Sarah Sadavoy

Professor Sarah Sadavoy of Queen's University

Sarah Sadavoy

Assistant Professor

Queen's Astronomy Research Group (QUARG)

The Department of Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy

sarah.sadavoy@queensu.ca

613-533-6000 ext. 32485

Sadavoy Group - Astronomy and Astrophysics

Stirling Hall 375

Star and Planet Formation Studies

My research investigates the earliest stages of star and planet formation. In particular, I study how stars are born, how they accumulate their mass, how they form disks of dust and gas around them, how those disks will eventually produce planets, and the origins of life. This research uses telescopes from all over the world in the infrared, (sub)millimeter, and radio bands to observe star-forming regions, young protostars, and their disks in dust continuum, spectral line emission, and polarimetry observations. I primarily use observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, the Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique (IRAM) 30 m telescope in Spain, the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope in Hawaii, the Jansky Very Large Array in New Mexico, the Northern Extended Millimeter Array (NOEMA) in France, and the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) in California, as well as observations from space-based telescopes such as the Spitzer Space Telescope and Herschel Space Observatory.

Joe Bramante

Professor Joe Bramante of Queen's University

Joe Bramante

Assistant Professor

Queen's Astronomy Research Group (QUARG)

The Department of Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy

joseph.bramante@queensu.ca

613-533-6000 ext. 32714

Joe Bramante Website

Stirling Hall 208D

Astroparticle Physics and Theoretical Cosmology

My theory research encompasses dark matter, astroparticle physics, astrophysical searches for new physics, and cosmology. Theoretical physics is presently confronting exciting puzzles, including the nature of dark matter, the state of our universe prior to primordial nucleosynthesis, and the present abundance of matter as compared to antimatter. It is also interesting to consider whether the mass of the Higgs boson relative to the Planck mass, the non-zero cosmological constant, and the charge-parity symmetry of quantum chromodynamics are manifestations of more fundamental physical structures. My research seeks out new explanations for these phenomena and fashions new methods to test such explanations.

Welcome!

Welcome to the Queen's / RMC University Astronomy Research Group (QUARG)! The QUARG consists of eleven faculty plus post-doctoral researchers and graduate students working on a broad array of astronomical and astrophysical research topics. The fields of interest within the group include:

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