Work Experience

2012 - Present

CITA Postdoctoral Fellow

Topic: Relativistic plasmas and GRBs

Education

2012

PhD in Astrophysics

University of British Columbia

Thesis: Astrophysical Plasmas Near Strongly Magnetized Compact Objects

Advisor: Dr. Jeremy Heyl

2007

BSc (Hons.) in Physics and Astronomy

University of British Columbia

Honors Thesis: The Birthrate of Magnetars

Advisor: Dr. Jeremy Heyl

Publications

  1. Thompson, C., & Gill, R. Pulse Structure of Hot Electromagnetic Outflows with Embedded Baryons. 2014, ApJ, Submitted.
  2. Gill, R., & Thompson, C. Non-thermal Gamma-ray Emission from Delayed Pair Breakdown in a Magnetized and Photon-rich Outflow. 2014, ApJ, 796, 81
  3. Thompson, C., & Gill, R. Hot Electromagnetic Outflows. III. Displaced Fireball in a Strong Magnetic Field. 2014, ApJ, 791, 30
  4. Gill, R., & Heyl, J. Statistical ages and the cooling rate of X-ray dim isolated neutron stars. 2013, MNRAS, 435, 3243
  5. Gill, R., & Heyl, J. Constraining the photon-axion coupling constant with magnetic white dwarfs. 2011, PRD, 84, 085001
  6. Heyl, J., Gill, R., & Hernquist, L. Cosmic Rays from Pulsars and Magnetars. 2010, MNRAS, 406, L25
  7. Gill, R., & Heyl, J. On the trigger mechanisms for SGR giant flares. 2010, MNRAS, 407, 1926
  8. Gill, R., & Heyl, J. Dispersion Relations for Bernstein Waves in a Relativistic Pair Plasma. 2009, PRE, 80, 036407
  9. Gill, R., & Heyl, J. The Birthrate of Magnetars. 2007, MNRAS, 381, 52

Highlights

Awards

  • NSERC CGS Doctoral Fellowship
  • Four Year Fellowship
  • Graduate Entrance Scholarship

Coding & Programming

  • C
  • Mathematica
  • Perl

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