WSU Physics Department

DR. BRADLEY W. CARROLL

(Painting of Z Chamaeleontis by Prof. Dale W. Bryner, WSU Dept. of Visual Arts)

This is my personal homepage. Any ideas and opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of the Physics Department or Weber State University.

Should you need to contact me, I can be reached at the following address:

Bradley W. Carroll
Professor, Department of Physics
Weber State University
2508 University Circle
Ogden, UT 84408-2508
FAX: (801) 626-7445
Phone: (801) 626-7921
e-mail: bcarroll@weber.edu

If you have questions or comments about

An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics, 2nd Ed, Bradley W. Carroll and Dale A. Ostlie, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 2007
or
An Introduction to Modern Stellar Astrophysics, 2nd Ed, Dale A. Ostlie and Bradley W. Carroll, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 2007
or
An Introduction to Modern Galactic Astrophysics and Cosmology, 2nd Ed, Bradley W. Carroll and Dale A. Ostlie, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 2007
or
Instructor Solutions Manual for An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics, 2nd Ed, Bradley W. Carroll and Dale A. Ostlie, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 2007,
please e-mail them to modastro@weber.edu

Here is the Amazon webpage with reviews of our text.

Here is a PC version of the Modern Astrophysics Galaxy program to download, or you can run it here using the free Shockwave player.

A List of Links

Activities for Elementary School Teachers! This pdf file require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. (1.06 Mb)

Sailing under Greek Skies - a talk for the 2008 Greek Festival on September 23, 2008

Good Vibrations and Stellar Pulsations - presented at BYU on April 11, 2007 (Powerpoint 11 Mb)

The Hot Chocolate Effect - presented at the Winter 2007 joint meeting of the AAS/AAPT (Powerpoint 1.8 Mb)

Building Bridges: Physics and the Arts - presented at the Spring 2003 meeting of the Idaho-Utah section of the AAPT (Powerpoint, 2.6 Mb)

The "Out" in Outreach at Weber State University - a talk for the Austin meeting of the AAPT (Powerpoint, 4.6 Mb)

Photos from my YCC physics demonstrations

I spoke about Five Remarkable Women at the Crossroads of Astronomy at ALCON 2002, the national meeting of the Astronomical League held in Salt Lake City.

This talk is Eureka! The Achievements of Archimedes.

Here is the talk I gave on The Beginnings of Science in Early Greece.

Here is another talk I gave, An Invitation to Wonder.

Bringing Pulsating Stars into the Physics Classroom is a talk I gave at the joint meeting of the American Astronomical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers in San Diego (January 2001). Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.

This talk on The Incredible Expanding Universe was presented for the S4 (Science Seminars for Superior Students) program at Weber State.

E³: Exploring Europa's Environment was presented to the Utah Science Teachers' Association.

See the amazing Punkin Chunkin' Physics Majors and the Incredible Curling Physicists!

Course Website:

Honors PS1500: Physics in the Plays of Tom Stoppard (Spring 2014)

Some Favorites:

Read what the rest of the world thinks in World Press.

Ogden Sangha Yoga always gives me a great yoga practice and peace of mind. Namaste!

After Fox News, the Onion is the funniest news on the planet.

Life in The Dilbert Zone is sometimes chillingly familiar.
Visit the WebMuseum for a breath of fresh air.
There is usually something interesting happening at the NASA homepage.

For information about this week's night sky, try Sky and Telescope.
The Nature Conservancy is working to preserve our planet. Help them if you can!.

The Committee for Skeptical Society has a viewpoint that is always welcome in these irrational times.

Software:

"Exploration of Physical Science: Simulation Library Vol II" (101 interactive physics computer animations), Farhang Amiri and Bradley W. Carroll, published by Physics Curriculum & Instruction, Lakewood, MN, 2002. Now in its 2nd Edition.

Publications:

"The Quasi-Adiabatic Analysis of Nonradial Modes of Stellar Oscillation in the Presence of Slow Rotation" - C. J. Hansen, J. P. Cox, and B. W. Carroll, Ap. J., 226, 210, 1978.
"Linear, Nonadiabatic Pulsation Calculations for Models of Upper Main Sequence and Beta Cephei Stars" - H. Saio, J. P. Cox, C. J. Hansen, and B. W. Carroll, Proceedings of the Workshop in Nonradial and Nonlinear Stellar Instabilities, H. Hill and W. Dziembowski (eds.), Springer-Verlag, NY, 1980.
Nonadiabatic Stellar Pulsation in the Presence of Slow, Uniform Rotation - B. W. Carroll, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Colorado, 1981.
"Hydrogen-Driving and the Blue Edge of Compositionally Stratified ZZ Ceti Star Models" - D. E. Winget, H. M. Van Horn, M. Tassoul, C. J. Hansen, G. Fontaine, and B. W. Carroll, Ap. J. Lettr., 252, L65, 1982.
"Are Neutron Star Oscillations Detectable in Neutron Star Binaries?" - H. M. Van Horn, P. N. McDermott, and B. W. Carroll, Pulsations in Classical and Cataclysmic Variable Stars, J. P. Cox and C. J. Hansen (eds.), Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, Boulder, CO, 1982.
"The Nonadiabatic Analysis of Nonradial Modes of Stellar Oscillations in the Presence of Slow Rotation" - B. W. Carroll and C. J. Hansen, Ap. J., 263, 352, 1982.
"The Sun as a Detector of Gravitational Waves" - B. W. Carroll, P. N. McDermott, S. N. Shore, and C. E. Wendell, Nature, 308, 165, 1984.
"White Dwarf/Accretion Disk Interactions: Instabilities of Infinite, Differentially Rotating Cylinders" - B. W. Carroll and H. M. Van Horn, Cataclysmic Variables and Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries, D. Q. Lamb and J. Patterson (eds.), Reidel, Boston, MA, 1985.
"The scientist fights an elusive duel:" (limerick) - B. W. Carroll, The Journal of Irreproducible Results, 30, 4, 1985.
"Accretion Disk Oscillations: A Local Analysis in a Disk of Finite Thickness" - B. W. Carroll, W. Cabot, P. N. McDermott, M. P. Savedoff, and H. M. Van Horn, Ap. J., 296, 529, 1985.
"Oscillations Spectra of Neutron Stars with Strong Magnetic Fields" - B. W. Carroll, E. G. Zweibel, C. J. Hansen, P. N. McDermott, M. P. Savedoff, J. H. Thomas, and H. M. Van Horn, Ap. J., 305, 767, 1986.
"Modeling Vertebrate Dispersal Distances: Alternatives to the Geometric Distribution" - G. L. Miller and B. W. Carroll, Ecology, 70(4), 977, 1989.
An Introduction to Modern Stellar Astrophysics (text, 832 pp) - D. A. Ostlie and B. W. Carroll, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1996.
An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics (text, 1424 pp) - B. W. Carroll and D. A. Ostlie, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1996.
Instructor's Solution Manual for An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics (274 pp) - B. W. Carroll and D. A. Ostlie, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1997.
"A Survey of the Introductory Physics Course" - B. W. Carroll, Conference on the Introductory Physics Course, J. Wilson (ed.), John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 1997.

Abstracts:

"Nonadiabatic Stellar Pulsation with Slow, Uniform Rotation" - B. W. Carroll and C. J. Hansen, Bull. A. A. S., 14, 557, 1982.
"Nonradial g-mode Oscillations of Warm Neutron Stars" - P. N. McDermott, H. M. Van Horn, B. W. Carroll, and J. F. Scholl, Bull. A. A. S., 14, 665, 1982.
"Nonradial Pulsations of Neutron Stars" - P. N. McDermott, H. M. Van Horn, and B. W. Carroll, News Letter Astron. Soc. N. Y., 2, #2, 26, 1982.
"Star/Disk Interactions. I. Incompressible Cylinder Models" - B. W. Carroll and H. M. Van Horn, Bull. A. A. S., 14, 901, 1982.
"A Preliminary Look at Accretion Disk Oscillations" - B. W. Carroll, W. Cabot, P. N. McDermott, M. P. Savedoff, and H. M. Van Horn, News Letter Astron. Soc. N. Y., 2, #6, 9, 1984.
"Accretion Disk Oscillations: Local Analysis in a Disk of Finite Thickness" - B. W. Carroll, W. Cabot, P. N. McDermott, M. P. Savedoff, and H. M. Van Horn, Bull. A. A. S., 16, 516, 1984.
"Neutron Star Oscillations in the Presence of a Vertical Magnetic Field" - B. W. Carroll, P. N. McDermott, M. P. Savedoff, J. H. Thomas, H. M. Van Horn, E. G. Zweibel, C. A. Morrow, and C. J. Hansen, Bull. A. A. S., 16, 943, 1984.
"Nonradial Oscillations of White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars" - B. W. Carroll and H. M. Van Horn, News Letter Astron. Soc. N. Y., 2, #7, 5, 1985.
"The Effect of a Vertical Magnetic Field on Neutron Star Oscillations" - B. W. Carroll, P. N. McDermott, M. P. Savedoff, J. H. Thomas, H. M. Van Horn, E. G. Zweibel, C. A. Morrow, and C. J. Hansen, News Letter Astron. Soc. N. Y., 2, #8, 27, 1985.
"A Model of Electromagnetic Damping Mechanisms for Neutron Star Oscillations" - B. W. Carroll, E. G. Zweibel, C. J. Hansen, P. N. McDermott, M. P. Savedoff, J. H. Thomas, and H. M. Van Horn, Bull. A. A. S., 17, 855, 1985.
"Oscillations of Upper Main Sequence Stars: The Beta Cephei Variables" - B. W. Carroll, Encyclia, 64, 145, 1987.
"Discontinuity Modes in Polytropes" - B. W. Carroll, The Use of Pulsating Stars in Fundamental Problems of Astronomy, E. G. Schmidt (ed.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1989.
"Changes in the Continuous Spectrum of Eclipsed Accretion Disks in Dwarf Novae: A Simple Model" - B. W. Carroll and D. W. Keith, Bull. A. A. S., 21, 788, 1989.
"An Analytical Model of the Influence of Habitat Size and Settling Rate on Emigrant Sex Ratio" - G. L. Miller and B. W. Carroll, Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America (Supplement), 71, #2, 255, 1990.
"The Effect of a Vertical Magnetic Field on the Periods of Trapped g-Modes in White Dwarfs" - B. W. Carroll, New Perspectives on Stellar Pulsation and Pulsating Variable Stars, J. Nemec and J. Matthews (eds), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1993.
"Multimedia Animations for Introductory Physics using Macromedia’s Director" - Farhang Amiri and B. W. Carroll, AAPT Announcer, March 1998, p. 55.
"Self-Organized Criticality: Applications to Astrophysics," - B. W. Carroll, The Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 43, #10, 2150, 1998.
"Physics Animations and Simulations using Macromedia’s Director 7" - B. W. Carroll and Farhang Amiri, The Bulletin on the American Physical Society, 44, #9, 6, 2000.
"Bringing Pulsating Stars into the Physics Classroom" - B. W. Carroll and D. A. Ostlie, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 32, #4, 1559, 2000.
"Using Macromedia�s Director to Support Learning Modern Physics Concepts" - B. W. Carroll and F. A. Amiri, American Association of Physics Teachers Announcer, 30, #4, 2000.

Book and Film Reviews:

Book review of "Computer Languages: A Guide for the Perplexed" by Naomi S. Baron, Science Books and Films, 22, 283, 1987.
Book review of "The Mind-Boggling Universe: A Dazzling Scientific Journey through Space and Time" by Neil McAleer, Science Books and Films, 23, 13, 1987.
Film review of "Millikan's Oil-Drop Experiment" (Films for the Humanities, Inc.), Science Books and Films, 23, 53, 1987.
Film review of "The Rutherford Scattering of Alpha-Particles" (Films for the Humanities, Inc.), Science Books and Films, 23, 117, 1987.
Book review of "Astronomy: A Self-Teaching Guide, 3rd ed." by Dinah L. Moche, Science Books and Films, 23, 159, 1988.
Book review of "Uranus and Neptune: The Distant Giants" by Eric Burgess, Science Books and Films, 24, 155, 1989.
Book review of "The Planet Neptune" by Patrick Moore, Science Books and Films, 25, 63, 1989.
Book review of "A Young Astronomer's Guide to the Night Sky" by Michael R. Porcellino, Science Books and Films, 27, 176, 1991.
Book review of "Warped Disks and Inclined Rings around Galaxies" by Stefano Casertano, Penny D. Sackett, and Franklin H. Briggs (eds.), Science Books and Films, 27, 265, 1991.
Book review of "The Future of the Sun" by Jean-Claude Pecker, Science Books and Films, 28, 71, 1992.
Film review of "The Birth of the Stars and the Great Cosmic Cycle," Science Books and Films, 28, 184, 1992.
Film review of "The Grand Design," Science Books and Films, 28, 184, 1992.
Book review of "Our Expanding Universe" by Evry Schatzman, Science Books and Films, 28, 198, 1992.
Book review of "Probing Deep Space" by Terrance Dolan, Science Books and Films, 29, 201, 1993.
Book review of "The Guide to the Galaxy" by Nigel Henbest and Heather Couper, Science Books and Films, 30, 262, 1994.
Book review of "The Observer's Guide to Astronomy: Volume 1" by Patrick Martinez, Science Books and Films, 31, 71, 1995.
Book review of "Image Lab: Colorize, Transform, Animate, Zoom, and Morph Images on Your PC," 2nd Ed., by Tim Wegner, Science Books and Films, 32, 9, 1996.
Book review of "Gravity's Fatal Attraction: Black Holes in the Universe" by Mitchell Begelman and Martin Rees, Science Books and Films, 32, 103, 1996.
Book review of "Spiral Structure in Galaxies: A Density Wave Theory" by G. Bertin and C. C. Lin, Science Books and Films, 32, 230, 1996.
Book review of "Numerical Recipes in Fortran 90: The Art of Parallel Scientific Computing" by William H. Press, Saul A. Teukolsky, William T. Vetterling, and Brian P. Flannery, Science Books and Films, 33, 100, 1997.
Book review of "The Inflationary Universe: The Quest for a New Theory of Cosmic Origins" by Alan H. Guth, Science Books and Films, 33, 230, 1997.
Book review of "Numerical Recipes in Fortran 90: The Art of Parallel Scientific Computing" by William H. Press, Saul A. Teukolsky, William T. Vetterling, and Brian P. Flannery, Science Books and Films, 33, 100, 1997.
Book review of "NASA and the Exploration of Space" by Roger L. Launius and Bertram Ulrich, Science Books and Films, 35, 114, 1999.
Book review of "Merlin’s Tour of the Universe" by Neil de Grasse Tyson, for Science Books and Films Online (http://www.sbfonline.com/), referenced in Science Books and Films, 35, 272, 1999.
Book review of "Astronomer�s Computer Companion" by Jeff Foust and Ron Lafon, Science Books and Films, 36, 158, 2000.
Book review of "The Galaxies of the Local Group" by Sidney van den Bergh, Science Books and Films, 37, 60, 2001.
Book review of "Living in Space: From Science Fiction to the International Space Station" by Giovanni Caprara, Science Books and Films, 37, 215, 2001.
Book review of "Nearest Star: The Surprising Science of Our Sun" by Leon Golub and Jay M. Pasachoff, Science Books and Films, 38, 309, 2001.
Book review of "The Solar System and the Stars" and "Exploring the Universe" by Nathalie Fredette and Claude Lafleur, Science Books and Films, 38, 507, 2002.
Book review of "Astronomy: The Evolving Universe" by Michael Zeilik, Science Books and Films, 39, 60, 2003.

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BC

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