Eric Hallman
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National Science Foundation Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow
Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy
University of Colorado
Campus Box 389
Boulder, CO 80309
phone: 303-735-0129/303-492-7484
email: hallman(at)casa.colorado.edu

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5775 891 Research Interests

b Numerical Cosmological Simulations with the Enzo Code

b X-ray Observations of Galaxy Clusters

b Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Observations of Galaxy Clusters


Teaching
Honors 1001: Telescopes Honors Coseminar
ASTR 6000: Clusters of Galaxies Graduate Seminar

Curriculum Vitae





Publications

b "Cosmological Shocks in Adaptive Mesh Refinement Simulations and the Acceleration of Cosmic Rays" Skillman, Samuel W.; O'Shea, Brian W.;Hallman, Eric J.; Burns, Jack O.; Norman, Michael L., ApJ, Accepted.

b "Why Do Only Some Galaxy Clusters Have Cool Cores?" Burns, Jack O.; Hallman, Eric J.; Gantner, Brennan; Motl, Patrick M.; Norman, Michael L., ApJ, 675, 1125.

b "Cluster Structure in Cosmological Simulations I: Correlation to Observables, Mass Estimates, and Evolution" Jeltema, Tesla E.; Hallman, Eric J.; Burns, Jack O.; Motl, Patrick M., ApJ, 681, 167.

b "The Santa Fe Light Cone Simulation Project: I. Confusion and the WHIM in Upcoming Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect Surveys" Hallman, Eric J., O'Shea, Brian W., Burns, Jack O., Norman, Michael L., Harkness, Robert, Wagner, Rick, ApJ, 671, 27.

b "The Beta Model Problem: The Incompatibility of X-ray and Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect Model Fitting for Galaxy Clusters" Hallman, Eric J., Burns, Jack O., Motl, Patrick M. & Norman, Michael L., ApJ, 2007, 665, 911.

b "Challenges for Precision Cosmology with X-ray and Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect Gas Mass Measurements of Galaxy Clusters" Hallman, Eric J., Burns, Jack O., Motl, Patrick M. & Norman, Michael L., ApJ, 2006, 648, 852.

b "Active Galactic Nuclei Heating and Dissipative Processes in Galaxy Clusters'' Bruggen, M., Ruszkowski, M. & Hallman, E.J. 2005, ApJ, 630, 740.

b "The Integrated Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect as a Superior Method for Measuring the Mass of Clusters of Galaxies" Motl, Patrick M., Hallman, Eric J., Burns, Jack O. & Norman, Michael L. 2005, ApJL, 623, 63.

b ``Chandra Observation of the Merging Cluster A168: A Late Stage in the Evolution of a Cold Front''  Hallman, Eric J. & Markevitch, Maxim 2004, ApJL, 610, 81.

b ``Cosmological Shock Waves and Their Role in the Large-Scale Structure of the Universe" Ryu, Dongsu; Kang, Hyesung; Hallman, Eric & Jones, T. W., 2003, ApJ, 593, 599.




Links
Still frames from a 10 panel PowerWall visualization of my simulations at LCSE at Minnesota
Movies from our Enzo cluster simulations
Adiabatic Cluster Catalog
Cluster Catalog with Radiative Cooling, Star Formation and Thermal Feedback


Personal
Photos (under construction)
I am a distance runner from way back, ran in high school and on my Div.I college team at Boston University.
Here are some of my running PRs


RECENT RACE RESULTS
Front Range Frenzy Trail Series 2005

Mt. Evans Ascent 2006

Leadville Trail Heavy Half Marathon 2006 (15.5 miles)

Pikes Peak Ascent 2006