Theory

Professor Gayley (left) discussing the theory of radiation transport in stars with graduate student Jay Onifer.	Professor Howes, left, with graduate students in his office. Professor Howes' theoretical research includes an analytical model of the turbulent energy spectrum in black hole accretion disks.	Professor Spangler, left, does both theory and observation. Here he is reviewing time-series data with a graduate student.
Professor Scudder (left) listening to graduate student Robert Holdaway (center) interpreting data from the Polar spacecraft in Earth orbit. They are studying the rearrangement of magnetic fields in space, which has applications for galactic and coronal magnetic fields. Graduate students also work with staff members, like programmer Jim Sartain (right).

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