Department of Physics
Fred Ringwald
Office: McL 11
Phone: (559) 278-8426
Email: ringwald@csufresno.edu
Homepage: http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~fringwal/index.html
Fall 2024 Office Hours:
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Wednesday | 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
| Tuesday and Thursday | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM |
Fall 2024 Classes:
| Class | First Name | Last Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHYS 4AL Laboratory in Mechanics and Wave Motion | 11:00 AM - 1:50 PM | T | MCL 264 |
| PHYS 4C Light and Modern Physics | 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM | TTH | MCL 162 |
| PHYS 151 Observational Astronomy (Lecture) | 6:00 PM- 7:15 PM | TTH | S2 310 |
| PHYS 151 Observational Astronomy (Lab) | 7:30 PM - 9:20 PM | T | DP 116 |
| PHYS 151 Observational Astronomy (Lab) | 7:30 PM - 9:20 PM | TH | DP 116 |
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Academics
Ph.D., Dartmouth College
Areas of Expertise and Interest
Astronomy research at Fresno State is carried out by Professor Ringwald and his students. It is mainly about cataclysmic variable binary stars and related objects. These include novae, black holes and neutron stars, white dwarfs and hot subdwarfs, and the physics of their accretion disks and outflows. Other research interests include common envelope evolution, stellar magnetism, stellar winds, flare stars, and exoplanets. Fresno State has two observatories. The Campus Observatory, on the grounds of the Downing Planetarium, is where students get hands-on experience with astronomical instrumentation. Fresno State's station at Sierra Remote Observatories, 47 miles from campus at a superb, dark site in the Sierra Nevada mountains, is operated mainly by remote control from campus over the Internet. Professor Ringwald welcomes ideas from students wanting to do their own research projects, especially if they can be carried out with the equipment we have now.
Selected Publications
1. A recent refereed paper, which lists three Fresno State students as co-authors, is here:
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012NewA...17..570R
2. A second recent refereed paper, which also lists three Fresno State students as co-authors, is here:
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012NewA...17..433R