Michael P. Rupen Scientist National Radio Astronomy Observatory 1003 Lopezville Road Socorro, NM 87801 Office: (505) 835-7248 Fax: (505) 835-7027 e-mail: mrupen@aoc.nrao.edu

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Meet the other half of the two-body problem

Latest nifty result: the youngest black hole/neutron star! (published in Science, 10jun04)

Scientific Interests

• X-ray binaries

  Principal collaborators: Amy Mioduszewski and Vivek Dhawan (NRAO/Socorro)
   
  
  • SS433
     
    

    See the fabulous VLBA movie (animated GIF) covering a quarter precession period (39 observations over 42 days)

  
   
  
  • VLA observations of X-ray transients & black hole binaries
  • Renewed radio flaring in V4641 Sgr
  • Radio counterpart of XTE J0929-314 detected!
  • Latest radio results on V445 Puppis



• Supernovae

  Principal collaborators: Norbert Bartel and Michael Bietenholz (York Univ.)
   
  

  SN 1993J in M81 See the fabulous VLBI movie! (mpg) (as published in ApJ)


 


• The interstellar medium (Galactic and extragalactic)

  • NRAO/NMT Conference on Gas and Galaxy Evolution, 21-24 May 2000
  • The HI Rogues Gallery

Observatory Duties

• The Very Large Array

  • General contact for VLA observers, particularly spectral line observers and those visiting the AOC



• The VLA Expansion Project

  • General scientific support, including developing and presenting the EVLA science case
  • EVLA Planning Workshop: Defining the Second Phase 23-25 August 2001
  • Scientific liaison for the WIDAR correlator

Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy

• Committee member, 2001-2004
• Co-editor of AASWomen, the CSWA's weekly electronic-mail newsletter

Astronomical Web Sites for the General Public

A list of sites that seem interesting for the general public. Not exhaustive by any means -- these are ones I know of, that seem particularly spiffy. Let me know if you find this useful, or if one of your Top Ten is missing!

Concerts and Plays in New Mexico