Associate Professor and DeanKaren Pollard
Director of The University of Canterbury Mt John Observatory
Beatrice Tinsley 416
Phone: +6433695816
Internal Phone: 95816
Qualifications & Memberships
Research Interests
Research interests include:
- understanding the structure and evolution of stars and planetary systems
- asteroseismology: studying the pulsations of stars
- fundamental properties of variable and multiple star systems
- discovering new planets and studying planetary systems
Recent Publications
- Bergmann C., Jones MI., Zhao J., Mustill AJ., Brahm R., Torres P., Wittenmyer RA., Gunn F., Pollard KR. and Zapata A. (2021) HD 76920 b pinned down: A detailed analysis of the most eccentric planetary system around an evolved star. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2021.8.
- Ramm DJ., Robertson P., Reffert S., Gunn F., Trifonov T., Pollard K. and Cantalloube F. (2021) A photospheric and chromospheric activity analysis of the quiescent retrograde-planet host ν Octantis A. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 502(2): 2793-2806. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab078.
- Shutt TR., Brunsden E. and Pollard KR. (2021) Spectroscopic frequency and mode identification of γ Doradus stars HD 109799 and HD 103257. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 507(1): 1149-1156. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab1972.
- Aydi E., Sokolovsky KV., Chomiuk L., Steinberg E., Li KL., Vurm I., Metzger BD., Strader J., Mukai K. and Pejcha O. (2020) Direct evidence for shock-powered optical emission in a nova. Nature Astronomy 4(8): 776-780. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41550-020-1070-y.
- González JF., Briquet M., Przybilla N., Nieva MF., De Cat P., Saesen S., Hubrig S., Thoul A., Pápics PI. and Palaversa L. (2019) HD 96446: A long-period binary with a strongly magnetic He-rich primary with β Cephei pulsations. Astronomy and Astrophysics 626 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201935177.