Student Papers and Presentations

Students presented their research studies while at the Duke TIP Summer Field Study in Astronomy, Physics, and Astrobiology at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute on July 22, 2009

The Distribution of Dark Matter as a Function of Distance in the Milky Way

Cameron Lemley (Greensboro Day School), Hardie Cate (A.C. Flora High School), and Jaxsen Hoffman (Jackson High School)

Discrepancies in the Galactic Rotation Curve

Tripp Spivey(Cary Academy), Vincent Burns(Archbishop Hoban Highschool), Klaus Dollhopf(West Forsith High School)

The Solar Cycle

Zachary Dionise (Pine Richland High School), Stephen Koo (Palo Alto High School), Jonathan Spratley (York Comprehensive High School)

Binary Black Holes: In Depth Study of NGC 6240

Hye Min (Helen) Sohn (Singapore American School), Sara Casler (William R. Boone High School) and Laura Owczarski (Millbrook High School)

Comparing Masses and Ages of Binary Systems and Observing U Scorpii

Joseph Cariz (Shorecrest Preparatory School, St. Petersburg Florida), Rowan Sharp (Martin High School, Arlington Texas), Rachel Glade (St. Thomas Aquinas, Ft. Lauderdale Florida)

Neptune: The Mystic Planet

Emmanuel Lim [Chinese International School], Morgan Carter [North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics], and Serge Bucur [Providence High School]

The Effects of Supernova Remnants verses The Effects of Planetary Nebulae on Star Formation.

By Matthew Krogsund (Nansemond River), Tyler Reeve (Pleasant High School), and Catherine Warren (Mount Salus Christian Acadamy)

Measuring the Mass of the Galactic Center

Brooke Grubb ( Marquand/Cion R/6 , Missouri), Christina Dimos (Lexington High School, Boston), Susana Alfaro (British School of Costa Rica, San José, CR)

Is the Visible Universe Uniform? A Study Through Quasars

Kieran Skelly, Zain-Al-Abidin Kinnare, Stephen Whisman

Dark Matter in Our Solar System

Shelby Bottoms, Taylor Poulos, Mira Howard