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| Subject | Date Asked |
| A question about black holes | 12/2/2006 |
| Q: I am a student from Israel. I'm doing a school project about "Black Holes", and i have a question I ... A: I am very glad to answer your question. The strong gravitational field about the black hole is ... | |
| astronomy | 10/19/2006 |
| Q: my friend asked me this and i have been stumped for days now. suppose that two stars are seperated ... A: the star image is not a point because of telescope resolution. You can imagine it as a circle. The ... | |
| positions od stars | 8/30/2006 |
| Q: I have a pretty good handle on astronomical distances and time. But please answer me this: Even ... A: The first question is very complicated. I would say Yes and No. If the objects (stars, galaxies, ... | |
| Homogeneousness and isotropism | 8/11/2006 |
| Q: Years ago I read that the universe is homogeneous and isotropic? I seem to remember that isotropism ... A: There is a good example that explains why. Image a universe in which all the particles are moving at ... | |
| BB Cosmology | 8/9/2006 |
| Q: In quantum cosmolgy, does absolute nothingness exist? I am told that it does and that even Hawkins ... A: Your understanding is quite right. But vacuum doesn't mean absolute nothing. One of top problems of ... | |
| Biggest Thing In the Universe | 8/2/2006 |
| Q: A recent piece of news reported that the Subaru Telescope has found it ▬a branching structure ... A: Structure usually means that the components are gravitationally related with each other. For ... | |
| Galaxys and Universes | 7/20/2006 |
| Q: Can you tell me if a universe is as same as a galaxy. Thak you A: No, the universe is different from a galaxy. Think of our human society. The galaxies are like ... | |
| career guidance | 7/12/2006 |
| Q: please advice regarding the the cources available in astronomy in the US FOR graduation .especially ... A: there! I am glad that you are interested on Astronomy. Though I am a student in UK system, I can ... | |
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Jane Tang
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Expertise
I can answer questions related to astrophysics, cosmology, especially modern cosmology. I cannot answer questions about string theory which is beyond my research.
Experience
I have been working on cosmology for four years. Most of my research focuses on constaining cosmological parameters. I also worked on weak gravitatinoal lensing for two years
Publications
I published one paper on The Astrophysical Journal.
Education/Credentials
I got my Msc degree last year on Astrophysics. Now I am a phd Student on Astrophysics.
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