Ian Howarth



Teaching related

PHAS1102: Physics of the Universe
PHAS2112: Astrophysical Processes, Nebulae to Stars
University of London Observatory
Peer Assisted Learning (PALs)

Postgraduate Lectures
Notes for new PhD students (see also Deptl. PG page)
Group A postgrads – the unauthorized listing

Asteroid Computers (For reference only – note that I haven't had any responsibility for these for many years!)
[Postgraduate admissions (for those wanting to apply for PhDs) – now administered by Dr Serena Viti.]

Research

Refereed papers ("refereed" as judged by ADS)
Other papers
Not available on ADS:
'Rotation and Line Broadening in OBA Stars' – review paper given at IAU Symp. 215: PostScript, PDF
'Rotation and the Circumstellar Environment' – review paper given at the Sapporo workshop on 'Active OB-Stars: Laboratories for Stellar & Circumstellar Physics': PostScript, PDF
VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey

Community

PATT Rolling Grant
Physics & Astronomy (new-style) letterheads, both LaTeX & MS-Wurd
    (Further info at the UCL corporate identity site)
Explorers of the Universe, an IYA photographic project by Max Alexander.
    (Interviews with Max & idh in Astronomy & Geophysics and in Astronomy Now magazine.)
Royal Astronomical Society
Astronomy Picture of the Day

Agitprop: Support Open Computing

Windows 7 Sins
MS-Word attachments are a BAD THING (especially when easy-to-use, free, open-source tools are available).
Oppose software patents
Find out what "trusted computing" really means (here's another view) – for example, it could be illegal even to look for security holes installed by 'trustworthy' companies on the computer that YOU own with software that YOU spend your good money on.
Why is open source a good thing? One reason (among many) is the serial malpractice of companies like Microsoft, who have fallen foul of antitrust laws in the US, the EU, and Asia
Oh, and let's not forget the numerous class actions brought against them in many US states for (illegally) anticompetitive practices.
Or the fact that they've almost certainly installed spyware on your PC.

Software

vapid – Interstellar profile-fitting routine ('voigt absorption-profile [interstellar] dabbler'). linux i86 executable & documentation (paper)
dipso – golden oldie spectrum manipulation/plotting/analysis software. This is my own development version, not the Starlink release. linux i86 executable.

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