Mercedes T. Richards
born:
place: Jamaica (now a US citizen)
pre-doctoral education: B.Sc., Physics, University of the West Indies, 1977; M.Sc., Astronomy, York University, 1979
doctoral institution: Ph.D., Astronomy, University of
Toronto, 1986
current employment: Professor, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics Pennsylvania State University
url: http://www.astro.psu.edu/users/mrichards/index.html
Email: mrichards@virginia.edu
Mercedes T. Richards many publications have discussed Doppler tomography, close interacting binaries, circumstellar gas flows, optical and ultraviolet spectroscopy, and the magnetic activity of cool stars.
2002 -
: Professor, Penn State University
2000 - 2001: Visiting Scientist, Institute for Advanced
Study, Princeton
1999 - 2002: Professor, University of Virginia
1993 - 1999: Associate Professor, University of Virginia
1987 - 1993: Assistant Professor, University of Virginia
Research Interests
Close interacting binaries; Circumstellar gas flows and accretion regions; Optical and ultraviolet spectroscopy of Algols and RS CVn binaries; Magnetic activity in cool stars; Hydrodynamic simulations of mass transfer; Doppler tomography
Selected Publications
The RS Canum Venaticorum Characteristics of the Infrared Light Curves of Algol, Richards, M. T. 1990, Astrophys. J., 350, 372
Consequences of the Star-stream Interaction in Algol, Richards, M. T. 1992, Astrophys. J., 387, 329
Circumstellar Material in Algol: A Study of the Balmer Line Profiles, Richards, M. T. 1993, Astrophys. J. Suppl., 86, 255
Evidence of Magnetic Activity in Short-period Algol Binaries, Richards, M. T. & Albright, G. E. 1993, Astrophys. J. Suppl., 88, 199
Circumstellar Material in TX Ursae Majoris, Albright, G. E. & Richards, M. T. 1993, Astrophys. J., 414, 830
Doppler Tomography of the Gas Stream in Short-Period Algol Binaries, Richards, M. T., Albright, G. E., & Bowles, L. M. 1995, Astrophys. J., 438, L103
The Transient Accretion Disk in the Algol-type Binary U Sagittae, Albright, G. E. & Richards, M. T. 1995, Astrophys. J., 441, 806
Hydrodynamic Simulations of the Mass Transfer in Algol, Blondin, J. M., Richards, M. T., & Malinkowski, M. 1995, Astrophys. J., 445, 939
Doppler Tomography and S-Wave Analysis of Circumstellar Gas in Beta Persei, Richards, M. T., Jones, R. D., & Swain, M. A. 1996, Astrophys. J., 459, 249
Doppler Tomography of Accretion Disks in Algol Binaries, Albright, G. E. & Richards, M. T. 1996, Astrophys. J., 459, L99
Doppler Tomography of Chromospheres and Accretion Regions in Algol Binaries, Richards, M. T. & Albright, G. E. 1996, in Stellar Surface Structure, ed. K. Strassmeier and J. Linsky (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 493
Hydrodynamic Simulations of H-alpha Emission in Algol-type Binaries, Richards, M. T. & Ratliff, M. A. 1998, Astrophys. J., 493, 326
Dependence of Radio Flaring Activity on Orbital Phase in Archival Observations of Algol-type and RS CVn Binaries, Richards, M. T. & Russell, S. E. 1998, in Tenth Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun, eds. R.A. Donahue & J.A. Bookbinder, A.S.P. Conf. Ser., 154 (San Francisco: ASP), 1551
Doppler Tomography of Ultraviolet Spectra of HR 1099, Richards, M. T., & Rosolowsky, E. W. 1998, in Tenth Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun, eds. R.A. Donahue & J.A. Bookbinder, A.S.P. Conf. Ser., 154 (San Francisco: ASP), 2038
Flaring Activity Cycles in Beta Per and HR 1099 from a 2GHz and 8GHz Radio Survey, Richards, M. T., Waltman, E. B., Foster, R. S., & Ghigo, F. D. 1998, in Tenth Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun, eds. R.A. Donahue & J.A. Bookbinder, A.S.P. Conf. Ser., 154 (San Francisco: ASP), 1546
Analysis of the Si IV Ultraviolet Spectra of U Sagittae, Kempner, J. C., & Richards, M. T. 1999, Astrophys. J., 512, 345
Morphologies of H alpha Accretion Regions in Algol Binaries, Richards, M. T., & Albright, G. E. 1999, Astrophys. J. Suppl., 123, 537
A Multiwavelength Study of Spectral Variations in the CX Draconis Binary, Richards, M. T., Koubsky, P., Simon, V., Peters, G. J., Hirata, R., Skoda, P., & Masuda, S. 2000, Astrophys. J., 531, 1003
Doppler Tomograms of HR 1099 from Ultraviolet Spectra, Richards, M.T., & Rosolowsky, E. W. 2000, Astrophys. J., submitted
references: Fikes: From Banneker to Best: Some Stellar Careers In Astronomy and Astrophysics; Richards' web page
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