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Alyson Ford

Associate Research Professor, Steward Observatory | Associate Director, Steward Observatory | Member of the Graduate Faculty | Manager, Radio Telescopes

Steward Observatory

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Research

Collaboration(13)

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Grants(7)

Fixed Price: Aluminizing Services Agreement
Active·2023·$13.6K / $26.6K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
aluminizing, surface coating, industrial processes, materials engineering, business contracts
Cost Reimbursable: Aluminizing Services Agreement
Active·2023·$13K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
aluminizing, surface coating, industrial processes, materials engineering, business contracts
Snow Removal for Air Force Repeater Site, Mt. Lemmon
Active·2023·$10.6K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
snow removal, air force, repeater site, mt. lemmon, infrastructure maintenance
Snow Removal for Air Force Repeater Site, Mt. Lemmon
2021·$9.5K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
snow removal, air force, repeater site, mt. lemmon, weather hazards
Aluminizing Services Agreement - 60" primary mirror
2021·$7.5K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
aluminizing, mirror coating, optical coatings, telescope maintenance, astronomy equipment

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Publications(11)

Recent

Broadband Multi-wavelength Properties of M87 during the 2017 Event Horizon Telescope Campaign

2021

black hole, astronomy, radio astronomy, astrophysics

Event Horizon Telescope observations of the jet launching and collimation in Centaurus A

2021

astrophysics, black holes, astronomy, telescope observations, galactic jets

Polarimetric Properties of Event Horizon Telescope Targets from ALMA

2021

astronomy, radio astronomy, polarimetry, black holes, interferometry

First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. VIII. Magnetic Field Structure near The Event Horizon

2021

black holes, astrophysics, magnetic fields, event horizon telescope, space exploration

The Polarized Image of a Synchrotron-emitting Ring of Gas Orbiting a Black Hole

2021

black holes, synchrotron radiation, astrophysics, gas dynamics, polarized light

Constraints on black-hole charges with the 2017 EHT observations of M87*

2021

black holes, astrophysics, event horizon telescope, gravitational physics, observational astronomy

First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. VII. Polarization of the Ring

2021

black hole, astrophysics, event horizon, telescope, polarization

The Hi Neighborhoods Around STARBIRDS

2019

community, urban planning, astronomy, sustainability, technology

Blowing in the Milky Way wind: neutral hydrogen clouds tracing the Galactic nuclear outflow

2018

galactic dynamics, interstellar medium, galactic winds, neutral hydrogen, milky way

Rapid Characterization of Geosynchronous Space Debris with 5-color Near-IR Photometry

2017

space debris, astronomical observation, near-ir photometry, space surveillance, space exploration

People

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Alyson Ford

Collaboration(13)

Nirav Merchant

Roberto Furfaro

Eric Pearce

Dan Marrone

Christopher Walker

Grants(7)

Fixed Price: Aluminizing Services Agreement

Cost Reimbursable: Aluminizing Services Agreement

Snow Removal for Air Force Repeater Site, Mt. Lemmon

Snow Removal for Air Force Repeater Site, Mt. Lemmon

Aluminizing Services Agreement - 60" primary mirror

Publications(11)

Broadband Multi-wavelength Properties of M87 during the 2017 Event Horizon Telescope Campaign

Event Horizon Telescope observations of the jet launching and collimation in Centaurus A

Polarimetric Properties of Event Horizon Telescope Targets from ALMA

First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. VIII. Magnetic Field Structure near The Event Horizon

The Polarized Image of a Synchrotron-emitting Ring of Gas Orbiting a Black Hole

Constraints on black-hole charges with the 2017 EHT observations of M87*

First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. VII. Polarization of the Ring

The Hi Neighborhoods Around STARBIRDS

Blowing in the Milky Way wind: neutral hydrogen clouds tracing the Galactic nuclear outflow

Rapid Characterization of Geosynchronous Space Debris with 5-color Near-IR Photometry