Ryan Foley
This is a picture of me taken in May of 2006.
If I look funny, it's because I'm in China.
Selected Publications
SN 2008ha: An Extremely Low Luminosity and Extremely Low Energy Supernova - Foley et al. (AJ, submitted)
Luminosity Indicators in the UV Spectra of Type Ia Supernovae - Foley et al. (ApJ)
Constraining Cosmic Evolution of Type Ia Supernovae - Foley et al. (ApJ)
SN 2006jc: A Wolf-Rayet Star Exploding in a Dense He-Rich Circumstellar Medium - Foley et al. (ApJL)
Observational Constraints on the Nature of the Dark Energy: First Cosmological Results from the ESSENCE Supernova Survey - Wood-Vasey et al. (ApJ)
New Hubble Space Telescope Discoveries of Type Ia Supernovae at z > 1: Narrowing Constraints on the Early Behavior of Dark Energy - Riess et al. (ApJ)
GRB 050408: An Bright Gamma-Ray Burst Probing an Atypical Galactic Environment - Foley et al. (ApJ)
Closing in on a Short-Hard Burst Progenitor: Constraints from Early-Time Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy of a Possible Host Galaxy of GRB 050509b - Bloom et al. (ApJ)
Optical Photometry and Spectroscopy of the SN 1998bw-like Type Ic Supernova 2002ap - Foley et al. (PASP)
Selected Press Releases
Massive star burps, then explodes
Astronomers hot on the trail of nature's exotic flashers
Naked carbon/oxygen stars linked to gamma-ray bursts
Research
My research currently focuses on supernovae. Simply put, supernovae are exploding stars. The image on the left shows SN 2001V getting brighter and then dimmer.
Astronomy
Since Astronomy is such a large part of my life, it's nice to have some useful links on this page. But odds are they'll be quite boring if you're not an astronomer.
Classes
During my first and second years of grad school I both taught and took courses. I was once the Head GSI for Astronomy 10 (with Alex Filippenko). But currently I'm just researching. My notes are presented in both PostScript and DVI formats. When they are complete, I'll also put them in PDF. I might never complete my 201 notes. You'll want to view the DVI files for the most up to date version, but it'll be rougher than the PostScript file.
Links
These sites give a peek into my life. Sad, isn't it?
Ryan Foley
UC Berkeley Dept of Astronomy
510.643.8593
New Hubble Space Telescope Discoveries of Type Ia Supernovae at z > 1: Narrowing Constraints on the Early Behavior of Dark Energy - Riess et al. (ApJ)
GRB 050408: An Bright Gamma-Ray Burst Probing an Atypical Galactic Environment - Foley et al. (ApJ)
Closing in on a Short-Hard Burst Progenitor: Constraints from Early-Time Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy of a Possible Host Galaxy of GRB 050509b - Bloom et al. (ApJ)
Optical Photometry and Spectroscopy of the SN 1998bw-like Type Ic Supernova 2002ap - Foley et al. (PASP)
Selected Press Releases
Massive star burps, then explodes
Astronomers hot on the trail of nature's exotic flashers
Naked carbon/oxygen stars linked to gamma-ray bursts
Research
My research currently focuses on supernovae. Simply put, supernovae are exploding stars. The image on the left shows SN 2001V getting brighter and then dimmer.
Astronomy
Since Astronomy is such a large part of my life, it's nice to have some useful links on this page. But odds are they'll be quite boring if you're not an astronomer.
Classes
During my first and second years of grad school I both taught and took courses. I was once the Head GSI for Astronomy 10 (with Alex Filippenko). But currently I'm just researching. My notes are presented in both PostScript and DVI formats. When they are complete, I'll also put them in PDF. I might never complete my 201 notes. You'll want to view the DVI files for the most up to date version, but it'll be rougher than the PostScript file.
Links
These sites give a peek into my life. Sad, isn't it?
Ryan Foley
UC Berkeley Dept of Astronomy
510.643.8593
Research
My research currently focuses on supernovae. Simply put, supernovae are exploding stars. The image on the left shows SN 2001V getting brighter and then dimmer.
Astronomy
Since Astronomy is such a large part of my life, it's nice to have some useful links on this page. But odds are they'll be quite boring if you're not an astronomer.
Classes
During my first and second years of grad school I both taught and took courses. I was once the Head GSI for Astronomy 10 (with Alex Filippenko). But currently I'm just researching. My notes are presented in both PostScript and DVI formats. When they are complete, I'll also put them in PDF. I might never complete my 201 notes. You'll want to view the DVI files for the most up to date version, but it'll be rougher than the PostScript file.
Links
These sites give a peek into my life. Sad, isn't it?
UC Berkeley Dept of Astronomy
510.643.8593