Greg Taylor, Associate Professor and Director of the Long Wavelength Array
Research Interests:
Active galaxies emit copious amounts of radiation across the
electromagnetic
spectrum from radio to gamma rays and also produce spectacular jets
of emission.
The activity originates from supermassive black holes that are
accreting material
at the center of the host galaxy. I am engaged in detailed radio
observations to
probe the environment of these systems and to trace their evolution.
Observations
with the Long Wavelength Array (LWA), currently under construction
(see below)
will give us a new look at active galaxies, their environs, and
acceleration
mechanisms. A study currently underway is the Very Long Baseline
Array imaging and
Polarimetry Survey (VIPS) which is imaging 1000 new sources at high
resolution,
providing a wealth of information about the environments in a range
of evolutionary
stages. I am an affiliated scientist with the Gamma-Ray Large Area
Space
Telescope (GLAST) which will revolutionize our view of active
galaxies at the
highest frequencies. I'm also interested in other high-energy
astrophysical
phenomena such as those that produce gamma-ray bursts and the giant
flares from
magnetars.
Other Interests:
The Long Wavelength Array (LWA)
The LWA will explore the universe
at frequencies in the range 20-80 MHz with arcsecond level resolution
and mJy level sensitivity. Consisting of ~50 stations spread across
New Mexico, the LWA will make crucial measurements of supernova
remnants, gamma-ray bursts, active galaxies, and clusters of galaxies.
The first station, the Long Wavelength Demonstrator Array, is
currently under construction and will be located near the VLA.
The LWA is a project of the SouthWest Consortium consisting of
the University of New Mexico, the University of Texas at Austin,
the Naval Research Laboratory, and Los Alamos National Laboratory
and with assistance from NRAO and individual researchers across
the US.
Homepage:
http://www.phys.unm.edu/~gbtaylor/