Carlos Vargas
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| Teaching Assistant |
| Entered: | 2012 |
| Office: | 109 Astronomy |
| Phone: | (575)646-3409 |
| Fax: | (575)646-1602 |
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| E-mail: | cjvargas |
| (append "@nmsu.edu") |
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| B.S. | Rutgers University, | 2012 |
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Research
I received my B.S. degree in astrophysics in 2012 from Rutgers University.
From 2010 through 2012 I worked with Professor Eric Gawaiser and Dr. Viviana Aquaviva, using Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods to fit spectral energy distributions (SEDs) to distant galaxy images obtained through the CANDELS collaboration. This work involved studying stellar population synthesis models, in particular for strongly star-forming galaxies, and developing estimates of stellar masses, star formation rates and ages, and wavelength-dependent dust reddening corrections. Also, during this time, I extensively studied the effects of two distinct SED stacking methods on the results of SED fitting.
I have also worked to evaluate pipeline products from the WFC-IR, WFC-UVIS, and ACS cameras on the Hubble Space Telescope, as a part of the CANDELS collaboration work.
During 2010 I spent a summer investigating mysterious sources of radio frequency interference on the Small Radio Telescope at Rutgers University.
I began my graduate studies in August 2012 as a member of the extragalactic group. I am interested in observational projects and instrumentation, in both cosmology and galaxy evolution.
Publications
To Stack or Not to Stack: Spectral Energy Distribution Properties of z=2.1 Lyman Alpha Emitters (2012, in prep.)
Carlos J. Vargas, Hannah Bish, Viviana Acquaviva, Eric Gawiser, Steve Finkelstein, & Lucia Guaita
The Curious Case of Lyman Alpha Emitters: Growing Younger from z ~ 3 to z ~ 2?
Viviana Acquaviva, Carlos Vargas, Eric Gawiser, & Lucia Guaita
2012, ApJL, in press
CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey—The Hubble Space Telescope Observations, Imaging Data Products, and Mosaics
Anton M. Koekemoer et al.
2011, ApJS, 197, 36
Exploring the Photometric Properties of z=3.1 Lyman Alpha Emitting Galaxies
Carlos Vargas, V. Acquaviva, E. Gawiser, K. Lai, & the
MUSYC Collaboration
2011, AASMA, 219, 340.11
