Quinn E. Minor

Visiting Assistant Professor

Le Moyne College Department of Physics

Contact Information

Office: 113 Coyne Science Center

Address:
Le Moyne College
1419 Salt Springs Road
Syracuse, NY 13214

Phone: (315) 445-4263
Email: minorq@lemoyne.edu

Office Hours (Spring 2013)

Monday 1:30-2:30pm

Wednesday 1:30-2:30pm

Thursday 11:30am-12:30pm

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I am a theoretical astrophysicist with an interest in understanding the contents of the universe, especially the nature of dark matter and dark energy, through large sky surveys. I also have an interest in star populations and star formation in dwarf galaxies. I currently do research in the following topics:

Dark matter in Milky Way satellite galaxies; developing methods to accurately measure the amount and distribution of dark matter in dwarf satellite galaxies of the Milky Way by correcting for the effects of binary stars.

Binary populations in Milky Way satellite galaxies; developing methods to constrain properties of binary star populations in galaxies outside the Milky Way from spectroscopic data.

Gravitational lensing by intervening galaxies as a probe of modified gravity theories and galaxy formation history; investigating how supernova and quasar lenses observed by upcoming telescopes can be used to constrain such theories.