Sarah J. U. Higdon

Adjunct Professor
Physics Department
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA 30460, USA

email: shigdon_AT_georgiasouthern.edu

Publications

• Papers Present - 2000
• Papers < 2000
• Preprints

Research Interests

• Tidal Dwarf Galaxies

  

• ALFALFA Undergraduate Team
• A Spitzer Infrared Spectrograph Survey of Warm Molecular Hydrogen in Ultra-luminous Infrared Galaxies
• High-Redshift Infared Galaxies: Results from the Bootes Survey
• Anomolous X-ray Pulsars
• Cats - they are the key to true research

Teaching

ASTR 1020 Steller & Galactic Astronomy - Fall 2008

ASTR1000 An Introduction to the Universe -

Astrophysics Links

• Spitzer Space Telescope
• Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope
• American Astronomical Society
• Astronomical Internet Resources
• Astro-PH
• Astrophysical Journal
• Green's Hypertext SNR Catalog
• NASA Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service
  
• National Radio Astronomy Observatory
  
• New Astronomy Electronic Journal
  
• Radio Supernova Remnant Catalog
  
• SKA Newsletter
  
• Space Telescope Science Institute
  

Public Outreach

My husband, James Higdon, and I give talks/demonstrations to local groups who, like us, love astronomy. Recent examples are a star party (yes outdoors in upstate New York in November ... are we mad, probably) using the departments 12inch Schmidt-Cassegrain catadioptrics telescope and a slide show called "When things go bump in the night"

We are now re-located in warm Statesboro in Georgia. Our physics department has a planetarium . Mrs Becky Lowder organizes lots of excellent events, for example, there are free shows on the last Friday of every month. I'll be giving a talk in the Fall!

World Links

• BBC News
  
• New Scientist - Maggie McKee's Tidal Dwarf Galaxy Article
  
• New York Times
  
• Oxford English Dictionary
  
• Ask A Scientist -Aurora Borealis

Miscellaneous Links

• Penguin News
  

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Dr S. J. U. Higdon

Department of Physics
Georgia Southern University
P. O. Box 8031
Statesboro 30458
shigdon at georgiasouthern.edu

The background photo of Bluebells was taken by my Mum (copyright 2007).