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James M. Moran

Donald H. Menzel Professor of Astrophysics, Chair 
Department of Astronomy
Harvard University

Senior Radio Astronomer
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO)
Radio and Geoastronomy Division
Harvard-SmithsonianCenter for Astrophysics


Contact Information

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden St.,MS 42
Cambridge, MA  02138

Office: M-336, Phone: (617) 495-7477, Fax: (617) 496-7736
jmoran@cfa.harvard.edu


Curriculum Vitae

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Recent Courses

Fall 2007:   Astronomy 218

Spring 2007:   Astronomy 193
    

Research Areas

Radio Astronomy
Supermassive Black Holes
Massive Star Formation
Active Galactic Nuclei
Extragalactic Distance Scale
Cosmic Masers
Instrumentation:  Astronomical Detectors and Telescopes
Very Long Baseline Interferometers

Research includes the use of the VLA and various VLBI networks

Publications

LANL:  Astro-ph Preprint Archive
ADS:   Astrophysics Data System



Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy, 2nd Edition
A. Richard Thompson, James M. Moran, and
   George W. Swenson, Jr.
© 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
ISBN: 0-471-25492-4

For supplemental materials refer to Richard Thompson, NRAO

Preface (ps, pdf)

Projects

Sgr A* and the Galactic Center Region: Results from the Submillimeter Array


The Water Maser Cosmology Project  

Presentations

Sept. 9, 2005    Revealing the Molecular Universe -- One Telescope is Never Enough
                         PDF    PowerPoint

Sept. 29, 2005  Mauna Kea Observatories Users and Directors meeting
                         PDF    PowerPoint
    

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