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Dr. John H Wise


Astrophysics Science Division
NASA/GSFC
Code 665, Observational Cosmology
Greenbelt, MD 20771

tel: 301-286-3201
fax: 301-286-1753
e-mail: john.h.wise@nasa.gov


Present Position

NASA Postdoctoral Fellow

Brief Bio

Educational Background

Stanford University, Ph.D., 2007
Thesis: "Resolving the Formation of Protogalaxies"
Advisor: Tom Abel

Research Interests

Galaxy formation
Population III star formation and feedback
Radiation transport
Numerical Relativity
Reionization

Current Projects

Sub-millimeter and 21 cm Observations of High-redshift Galaxies
Computational cosmology - Dwarf galaxy formation ab initio

Selected Publications

Wise, J. H. & Cen, R. 2008, "Ionizing Photon Escape Fractions from High Redshift Dwarf Galaxies", ApJ, submitted
Wise, J. H. & Abel, T. 2008, "How Very Massive Metal-Free Stars Start Cosmological Reionization", ApJ, 684, 1
Wise, J. H. & Abel, T. 2008, "Resolving the Formation of Protogalaxies. III. Feedback from the First Stars", ApJ, 685, 40
Wise, J. H. & Abel, T. 2008, "Resolving the Formation of Protogalaxies. II. Central Gravitational Collapse, ApJ, 682, 745
Wise, J. H. & Abel, T. 2007, "Resolving the Formation of Protogalaxies. I. Virialization", ApJ, 665, 899
Wise, J. H. & Abel, T. 2007, "Suppression of H2 Cooling in the Ultraviolet Background", ApJ, 671, 1559
Wise, J. H. & Abel, T. 2005, "The Number of Supernovae from Primordial Stars in the Universe", ApJ, 629, 615

Publications at the ADS website.


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