James MacDonald
Professor
Contact Info
Office
270 Sharp Lab
Phone
(302) 831-6855
Email
Website
Current Courses
PHYS 607 Mathematical and Computer Algebra Methods in Physics
PHYS 309 Physics of the 20th and 21st Centruies
PHYS 660 Computational Methods of Physics
PHYS 211 Oscillations and Waves
PHYS 424 Quantum Mechanics I
PHYS 460 Computational Methods of Physics
PHYS 833 Astrophysics of Compact Object
Research Projects
Pre-supernova evolution of intermediate mass population III stars
Effects of rotation and magnetic fields on the structure and evolution of stars
Wolf-Rayet star pulsations
Current Research
Notable Publications
R. Jimenez, J. MacDonald, J.S. Dunlop, P. Padoan and J.A. Peacock, "Synthetic stellar populations: single stellar populations, stellar interior models and primordial protogalaxies", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 349, Issue 1, pp. 240-254, (2004).
R. Oreiro, A. Ulla, F. Pérez Hernández, R. Østensen, C. Rodríguez López and J. MacDonald, "Balloon 090100001: A bright, high amplitude sdB pulsator", Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.418, p.243-247 (2004).
T. M. Lawlor and J. MacDonald, "Sakurai's Object, V605 Aquilae, and FG Sagittae: An Evolutionary Sequence Revealed", The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 583, Issue 2, pp. 913-922, (2003).
R. Jimenez, C. Flynn, J. MacDonald and B.K. Gibson , "The Cosmic Production of Helium", Science, Volume 299, Issue 5612, pp. 1552-1555 (2003).
D. J. Mullan and J. MacDonald, "Are Magnetically Active Low-Mass M Dwarfs Completely Convective?", The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 559, Issue 1, pp. 353-371 (2001).