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NORMAN W. MURRAY

September 1 2006
CITA
McLennan Labs
University of Toronto
60 St. George St.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3H8

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. (Physics), 1986, University of California, Berkeley
Thesis title: Diffusion in Hamiltonian Systems with Applications to Twist Maps and the Two Beam Accelerator.

B.S. (Applied Physics), 1979, California Institute of Technology.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Director, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, July 2006-Present

Professor, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, August 2003-Present

Acting Director, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, September 2002-August 2003

Associate Director, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, July 1999-June 2006

Associate Professor, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, June 1998-July 2003

Assistant Professor, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, June 1993-June 1998

Senior Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 1991-May 1993

Post-Doctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 1989-1991

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Queen Mary College, University of London, 1987-1989

Teaching Assistant, Jan. 1987 to Dec. 1989.

Research Assistant, University of California, Berkeley, 1982 to Nov. 1986.

Teaching assistant, physics department, University of California, Berkeley, 1979-1982.

AWARDS :

Miller Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley (2003)

Canada Research Chair (2001-present)

Premier's Research Excellence Award, Ontario (2000)

American Association for the Advancement of Science Newcomb Cleveland award, for the "Best Paper in Science Magazine", for 1999; N. Murray and M. Holman, Science, 283 1877 (1999).

PUBLICATIONS :
Refereed:

N. Murray, C. Martin, E. Quataert and T. Thompson, The Ionization State of Sodium in Galactic Winds (astro-ph/0609213)

J. Everett and N. Murray Ap. J. to appear, Large-Scale Parker Winds in Active Glactic Nuclei

T. Thompson, E. Quataert, E. Waxman, N. Murray and C. L. Martin, Astrophysical Journal 645, 186 (2006), Magnetic Fields in Starburst Galaxies and The Origin of the FIR-Radio Correlation

E. Thommes and N. Murray, Astrophysical Journal 644 1214 (2006), Giant Planet Accretion and Migration: Surviving the Type I Regime

D. Ballantyne, J. Everett and N. Murray, Astrophysical Journal, 639, 740 (2006), Connecting Galaxy Evolution, Star Formation and the X-ray Background

S. Schuler, J. King, D. Terndrup, M. Pinsonneault, N. Murray, and L. Hobbs, Astrophysical Journal, 636, 432 (2006), Oxygen from the Lambda 7774 High-Excitation Triplet in Open Cluster Dwarfs: Hyades

T. Thompson, E. Quataert and N. Murray, Astrophysical Journal, 630, 167 (2005), Radiation Pressure Supported Starburst Disks and AGN Fueling

W. Kley, M. Lee, N. Murray and S. Peale, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 437, 727 (2005), Modeling the Resonant Planetary System GJ876

M. Holman and N. Murray, Science, 307, 1288, (2005), The Use of Transit Timing to Detect Extrasolar Planets with Masses as Small as Earth

N. Murray, E. Quataert and T. Thompson, Astrophysical Journal, 618, 569, (2005), On the Maximum Luminosity of Galaxies and Their Central Black Holes: Feedback From Momentum-Driven Winds

A. M. Mandell, J. Ge, and N. Murray, Astronomical Journal, 127, 1147 (2004), A search for $^6$Li in Lithium-Poor Stars with Planets

N. Murray, IAU Symp. 219, 165, (2003), Influences of Planets on Parent Stars: Abundances (invited review)

N. Murray, J. Weingartner, and C. Capobianco, Astrophysical Journal, 600, 804, (2004), On the Flux of Extra-Solar Dust in Earth's Atmosphere

N. Murray, in Scientific Frontiers in Research on Extrasolar Planets, ed. D. Deming, ASP Conf. Ser. 294 p165, (2003), Planetary Origins and Dynamical Evolution (text of invited talk)

D. Ballantyne, J. Weingartner, and N. Murray, Astronomy and Astrophysics 409, 503 (2003), On the location and composition of the dust in the MCG-6-30-15 warm absorber

Y. Wu and N. Murray, Astrophysical Journal 589, 605 (2003), Tidal Evolution of Close-in Exoplanets, and the case of HD 80606

I. Matsuyama, D. Johnstone, and N. Murray, Astrophysical Journal Letters 585, 143 (2003), Halting Planet Migration by Photoevaporation from the Central Source

M. Medvedev and N. Murray, Astrophysical Journal 581 431 (2002), Hot Settling Accretion Flow onto a Spinning Black Hole

J. Weingartner and N. Murray, Astrophysical Journal 580 88 (2002), Differences in the X-ray versus Optical-Absorbing Columns in Active Galactic Nuclei: Evidence for Large Grains?

E. Chiang and N. Murray, Astrophysical Journal 576 473 (2002), Eccentricity Excitation and Apsidal Resonance Capture in the Planetary System Upsilon Andromedae

N. Murray, B. Chaboyer, Astrophysical Journal 566 442 (2002), Are Stars with Planets Polluted?

N. Murray, M. Paskowitz, and M. Holman, Astrophysical Journal 565 608 (2002), Eccentricity Evolution of Resonant Migrating Planets

N. Arav et al. Astrophysical Journal 561 118 (2002), HST STIS Observations of PG 0946+301: The Highest Quality Spectrum of a BALQSO

C. Thompson and N. Murray, Astrophysical Journal, 560 339 (2001), Transport of Magnetic Fields in Convective, Accreting Supernova Cores

N. Murray, B. Chaboyer, P. Arras, B. Hansen, and R. W. Noyes, Astrophysical Journal, 555 801 (2001), Stellar Pollution in the Solar Neighborhood

M. Lecar, F. Franklin, M. Holman, and N. Murray Ann. Rev. Astron. Astrophys., 39 581 (2001), Chaos in the Solar System (invited review).

N. Murray and M. Holman Nature, 410 773 (2001), The role of chaotic resonances in the solar system (invited review article).

C. Thompson and N. Murray, Ap. J., Transport of Magnetic Fields in Convective, Accreting Supernova Cores.

B. Hansen, N. Murray, and M. Holman, Ap. J. submitted, Planetary Migration via Planetesimal Scattering.

J. Chiang, C.S. Reynolds, O.M. Blaes, M.A. Nowak, N. Murray, G. Madejski, H.L. Marshall, P. Magdziarz, Astrophysical Journal, 528 292 (2000), Simultaneous EUVE/ASCA/RXTE Observations of NGC 5548.

N. Murray and M. Holman, Science, 283 1877 (1999), The Origin of Chaos in the Outer Solar System.

N. Murray, M. Holman, M. Potter, Astronomical Journal, 116 2583 (1998), The Origin of Chaos in the Outer Asteroid Belt.

N. Murray, B. Hansen, M. Holman, and S. Tremaine, Science, 279 69 (1998) Migrating Planets.

N. Murray and J. Chiang. Astrophysical Journal 494 125 (1998) Photoionization of Disk Winds.

N. Murray and M. Holman, Astronomical Journal 114 1246 (1997), Di usive Chaos in the Outer Asteroid Belt.

N. Murray and J. Chiang Astrophysical Journal 474 91 (1997), Disk Winds and Disk Emission Lines

N. Murray and J. Chiang Nature 382 789-791 (1996), Disk Winds in Cataclysmic Variables Produce Single Peaked Optical Lines

M. Holman and N. Murray Astronomical Journal 112 1278-1293 (1996), Chaos in High-order Mean Motion Resonances in the Outer Asteroid Belt

J. Chiang and N. Murray Astrophysical Journal 466 704-712 (1996), Reverberation Mapping and the Disk Wind Model of the Broad Line Region

N. Murray and J. Chiang, Astrophysical Journal Letters 454 L105-L109 (1995), Active Galactic Nuclei Disk Winds, Absorption Lines, and Warm Absorbers

N. Murray, J. Chiang, S. A. Grossman, and G. M. Voit, Astrophysical Journal, 451 498-509 (1995), Accretion Disk Winds From Active Galactic Nuclei.

P. Goldreich and N. Murray, Astrophysical Journal, 424 480-490 (1994), The E ects of Scattering on Solar Oscillations.

P. Goldreich, N. Murray, and P. Kumar, Astrophysical Journal, 424 466-479 (1994), The Excitation of Solar p-modes

D. Banfield and N. Murray, Icarus, 99 390 (1992), The Dynamical History of Neptune's Satellites

N. Murray, Astrophysical Journal, 401 386 (1992), On the Inclination of Solar Photospheric Magnetic Fields.

N. Murray and P. Wilson, Solar Physics, 142 221 (1992), The Reversal of the Solar Polar Magnetic Fields.

N. Murray, Solar Physics 138 419 (1992), High Latitude Solar Magnetic Fields.

N.W. Murray, Physica D52 220 (1991), Critical Function for the Standard Map.

M. F. Woodard, J. R. Kuhn, N. Murray, and K. G. Libbrecht, Astrophysical Journal Letters 373 L81 (1991), Short-term Changes in Solar Oscillation Frequencies and Solar Activity

P. Goldreich, N. Murray, G. Willette, and P. Kumar Astrophysical Journal 370 752 (1991), Implications of Solar p-mode Frequency Shifts

Q. Chen, I. Dana, J.D. Meiss, N.W. Murray and I. C. Percival, Physica D 46 217 (1990), Resonances and Transport in the Sawtooth Map

P. Goldreich, N. Murray, P. Longaretti, and D. Ban eld, Science 245 500 (1989), Neptune's Story

I. Dana, N. W. Murray, and I. C. Percival, Physical Review Letters 62 233 (1989), Resonances and Diffusion in Periodic Hamiltonian Maps

A. J. Lichtenberg, M.A. Lieberman, and N. W. Murray, Physica 28D 371 (1987), The Effect of Quasi-accelerator Modes on Diffusion

N. W. Murray, M. A. Lieberman, and A. J. Lichtenberg, Physical Review A 32 no. 4 2413 (1985), Corrections to Quasilinear Diffusion in Area-preserving Maps

Invited Talks (last three years)

 

Cornell ULIRG conf. Jun 06 Dust & Feedback
MPA/MPE Sept. 05 Galaxy Formation
Leiden Aug. 05 Galaxy Formation
Arizona May 05 Galaxy Formation
Space Telescope May 05 Planetary Dynamics
Utrecht Jun. 04 Planet Formation
Groningen Jun. 04 Planet Formation
Caltech Feb. 04 Galaxy Formation
ITP Feb. 04 Extrasolar Meteors