Chris Fassnacht
Professor
Department of Physics, UC Davis
University of California
One Shields Avenue
Davis, California 95616
U.S.A.
Phone : +1 530-754-0831
Research Interests:
- The investigation of substructure associated with moderate-redshift
galaxies. The latest paper can be found
here.
- Measurement of cosmological parameters with gravitational lenses,
in particular the Hubble Constant. The latest paper can be found
here.
- Searches for strong lenses:
- Using ALMA follow-up of South Pole Telescope data. See the
latest paper
here.
- The HST Archive Galaxy-scale Gravitational Lens Survey
(
HAGGLeS). See a related paper on the lens search in the
AEGIS field
here.
- By deep imaging of fields containing a previously-known strong
lens system. The paper can be found
here.
- The Cosmic Lens All-Sky Survey (CLASS),
a search for lenses with the VLA. The latest paper can be found
here.
- A search for strong lenses in the
GOODS data.
See the candidates found in the first GOODS lens search
here. The related paper can be found
here.
- Further investigations of the properties of known lens systems: I
was the PI of the UC Davis node of the Astrophysics Network for Galaxy
LEnsing Studies
(ANGLES - Now completed.)
- Investigation of galaxy groups associated with gravitational lenses.
The latest paper can be found
here
- Moderate-redshift galaxy groups in general.
The latest paper can be found
here
- High-resolution radio imaging and polarimetry of active galactic
nuclei, via
VIPS: The VLBA Imaging and Polarimetry Survey.
The latest paper can be found
here.
Courses:
Students: Go to
smartsite.ucdavis.edu if you
are taking one of these classes now.
-
Astronomy 10G - Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe
(Last taught in Fall 2008)
-
Astronomy 10S - The Solar System
(Last taught in Spring 2013)
-
Astronomy 25 - Modern Astronomy
(Last taught in Fall 2012)
-
Physics 153 - Extragalactic Astrophysics
(Last taught in Winter 2010)
-
Physics 266 - Data Analysis in Astrophysics
(Last taught in Winter 2013)
Some Links:
UC Davis Cosmology Group page.
UC Davis Physics Department page.
UC Davis main home page.
page by Chris Fassnacht,
cdfassnacht [at] ucdavis [dot] edu.