Curriculum Vitae
Jean-Pierre Caillault
Department of Physics and Astronomy
The University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602
706-542-2883
E-mail: jpc@akbar.physast.uga.edu
Education:
- Ph.D. (Astronomy),Columbia University, 1985
- Advisor: Dr. David Helfand
- Dissertation:
"Observations of
Coronal X-Ray Sources and An Analysis of the Stellar
Contribution to the Soft X-Ray Background."
- M.A. (Astronomy), Columbia University, 1981
- B.A. (Astrophysics), Columbia University, 1980
Experience:
- Graduate Coordinator
- Physics and Astronomy Department,
The University of Georgia, 1998 - 2001.
- Professor of Astronomy
- Physics and Astronomy Department,
The University of Georgia, 1997 - present.
- Associate Professor of Astronomy
- Physics and Astronomy Department,
The University of Georgia, 1992 - 1997.
- Assistant Professor of Astronomy
- Physics and Astronomy Department,
The University of Georgia, 1987 - 1992.
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Joint Institute for Laboratory
Astrophysics, 1985-1987. Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Linsky
- Graduate Research Assistant
- Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory,
Columbia University, 1982-1985.
- Faculty Fellowship
- Department of Astronomy, Columbia University,
1980-1982.
Professional Societies:
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American Astronomical Society
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International Astronomical Union
Publications:
- Books Edited
- 1. "The Eighth Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun," ed. Jean-Pierre Caillault, Astron. Soc. Pac. Conference Series, 64, 743 pages (1994)
- Popular Articles
- 1."New Stars in Orion," Jean-Pierre Caillault, Astronomy Magazine, November, 40-45 (1994)
- Review Articles
- 1. "Stellar Clusters and Star-Forming Regions," Jean-Pierre Caillault, in The Soft X-Ray Cosmos, eds. Eric M. Schlegel and Robert Petre, (AIP:New York), 7-15 (1994)
- 2. "ROSAT Observations of Stellar Clusters," Jean-Pierre Caillault, in Roentgenstrahlung from the Universe, eds. J. Truemper and U. Zimmermann, (MPE Report 263), 1-4 (1996)
- 3. "ROSAT Observations of Stellar Clusters," Jean-Pierre Caillault, in Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun, eds. R. Pallavicini and A. Dupree, Astron. Soc. Pac. Conference Series, Vol. 109, 325-334 (1996)
- 4. "The ROSAT Field Sources - What are they?," J.-P. Caillault, C. Briceno, E.L. Martin, F. Palla, and R. Wichmann, in Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun, eds. R.A. Donahue and J.A. Bookbinder, Astron. Soc. Pac. Conference Series, Vol. 154, 237-256 (1998)
- Refereed Journal Articles
- 1.
"An Unbiased Survey of Field Star X-Ray Emission," David J. Helfand and
Jean-Pierre Caillault, ApJ, 253, 760-767 (1982)
- 2.
"EINSTEIN Observations of BY Draconis Variables and RS CVn Binaries,"
Jean-Pierre Caillault, AJ, 87, 558-562 (1982)
- 3.
"The EINSTEIN Soft X-Ray Survey of the Pleiades," Jean-Pierre Caillault
and David J. Helfand, ApJ, 289, 279-299 (1985)
- 4.
"The Peculiar X-Ray and Radio Star AS431," Jean-Pierre Caillault, Gary
A. Chanan, David J. Helfand, Joseph Patterson, John Nousek, Leo O. Takalo,
Gregory D. Bothun and Robert H. Becker, Nature, 313, 376-378 (1985)
- 5.
"X-Ray Selected M-Dwarfs and the Diffuse X-Ray Background," Jean-Pierre
Caillault, David J. Helfand, John A. Nousek and Leo O. Takalo,
ApJ, 304, 318-325 (1986)
- 6.
"EINSTEIN Observations of the Soft X-Ray Background Close to the
Galactic Plane," Steven M. Kahn and Jean-Pierre Caillault,
ApJ, 305, 526-533 (1986)
- 7.
"Simultaneous EXOSAT and VLA Observations of the Contact Binaries VW Cep
and XY Leo: Quiescent Emission and a Flare on VW Cep," Osmi Vilhu,
Jean-Pierre Caillault and John Heise, ApJ, 330, 922-927 (1988)
- 8.
"A VLA Survey of BY Draconis Variables," Jean-Pierre Caillault, Stephen
Drake and David Florkowski, AJ, 95, 887-893 (1988)
- 9.
"VLA Observations of the X-Ray Bright Hyades M-Dwarfs," Jean-Pierre
Caillault, AJ, 97, 163-165 (1989)
- 10.
"Detection of a Dozen X-Ray Emitting Main Sequence B6-A3 Stars in
Orion," Jean-Pierre Caillault and Saeid Zoonematkermani,
ApJ, 338, L57-L60 (1989)
- 11.
"Photometric Study and Analysis of the Contact Binary RW Dor," Janusz
Kaluzny and Jean-Pierre Caillault, Acta Astron., 39, 27-34 (1989)
- 12.
"On the Mass-Radius Relation of Late M Dwarfs," Jean-Pierre Caillault
and Joseph Patterson, AJ, 100, 825-829 (1990)
- 13.
"A Search for T Tauri Stars in High-Latitude Molecular Clouds. I. IRAS
Sources and CCD Imaging," Loris Magnani, Jean-Pierre Caillault and Lee
Armus, ApJ, 357, 602-605 (1990)
- 14.
"The M Dwarf Contribution to the Diffuse Soft X-Ray Background
Revisited," Jean-Pierre Caillault, PASP, 102, 989-993 (1990)
- 15.
"IUE Observations of Solar-Type Stars in the Pleiades and the Hyades,"
Jean-Pierre Caillault, Osmi Vilhu and Jeffrey L. Linsky,
ApJ, 383, 594-601 (1991)
- 16.
"Rapid Oscillations in Cataclysmic Variables. VIII. YY Draconis
(=3A1148+719)," J. Patterson, D.A. Schwartz, J.P. Pye, W.P. Blair,
G.A. Williams and J.-P. Caillault, ApJ, 392, 233-242 (1992)
- 17.
"Radio Light Curves of V471 Tauri," Joseph Patterson, Jean-Pierre
Caillault and David R. Skillman, PASP, 105, 848-852 (1993)
- 18.
"An EINSTEIN Survey of the 1 keV Soft X-Ray Background in the Galactic
Plane," John M. Stanford and Jean-Pierre Caillault, ApJ, 424, 671-687 (1994)
- 19.
"A Deep Imaging Survey of the Pleiades with ROSAT," J.R. Stauffer,
J.-P. Caillault, M. Gagné, C.F. Prosser and L.W. Hartmann, ApJS, 91, 625-657 (1994)
- 20.
"ROSAT HRI Observations of Hot Stars in the Orion Nebula," Jean-Pierre
Caillault, Marc Gagné and John R. Stauffer, ApJ, 432, 386-391 (1994)
- 21.
"The Complete EINSTEIN Observatory Survey of the Orion Nebula Region,"
Marc Gagné and Jean-Pierre Caillault, ApJ, 437, 361-383 (1994)
- 22.
"A Search for T Tauri Stars in High-Latitude Molecular Clouds. II The
IRAS Faint Source Survey Catalog," Loris Magnani, Jean-Pierre Caillault,
Ari Buchalter and C. A. Beichman, ApJS, 96, 159-173 (1995)
- 23.
"A Search for Pre-Main Sequence Stars in High-Latitude Molecular
Clouds. III. A Survey of the EINSTEIN Database," Jean-Pierre Caillault,
Loris Magnani and Chris Fryer, ApJ, 441, 261-269 (1995)
- 24.
"Deep ROSAT HRI Observations of the Orion Nebula Region," Marc
Gagné, Jean-Pierre Caillault and John R. Stauffer, ApJ, 445, 280-313 (1995)
- 25.
"Spectral and Temporal Characteristics of X-Ray Bright Stars in the
Pleiades," Marc Gagné, Jean-Pierre Caillault and John R. Stauffer,
ApJ, 450, 217-232 (1995)
- 26.
"An X-Ray Survey of the Open Cluster NGC6475 (M7) with ROSAT,"
Charles F. Prosser, John R. Stauffer, J.-P. Caillault, Suchitra Balachandran,
Robert A. Stern and Sofia Randich, AJ, 110, 1229-1247 (1995)
- 27. "Near-Contact Binary Systems in the ROSAT All-Sky Survey," J. Scott Shaw, Jean-Pierre Caillault, and J.H.M.M. Schmitt, ApJ, 461, 951-955 (1996)
- 28. "A Search for Star Formation in High-Latitude Molecular Clouds. IV. The Translucent Cloud MBM40," Loris Magnani, Jean-Pierre Caillault, Thomas Hearty, John Stauffer, J.H.M.M. Schmitt, Ralph Neuhauser, Frances Verter, and Eli Dwek, ApJ, 465, 825-839 (1996)
- 29. "X-Ray Surveys and the Post-T Tauri Problem," César Briceno, Lee W. Hartmann, John R. Stauffer, Marc Gagné, Robert A. Stern, and Jean-Pierre Caillault, AJ, 113, 740-751 (1997)
- 30. "Periodic X-Ray Emission from the O7 V Star Theta-1 Ori C," Marc Gagné, Jean-Pierre Caillault, John Stauffer, and Jeffrey L. Linsky, ApJ, 478, L87-90 (1997)
- 31.
"A Search for Star Formation in the Translucent Clouds MBM7 & MBM55,"
T. Hearty, L. Magnani, J.-P. Caillault, R. Neuhauser, J.H.M.M. Schmitt, and J. Stauffer, A&A, 341, 163-173 (1999)
- 32.
"Deep ROSAT HRI Observations of the Pleiades," G. Micela, S. Sciortino, F.R. Harnden, Jr., V. Kashyap, R. Rosner, C.F. Prosser, F. Damiani, J. Stauffer, and J.-P. Caillault, A&A, 341, 751-771 (1999)
- 33.
"The Age of Beta Pictoris," David Barrado y Navascues, John R. Stauffer, Inseok Song, and J.-P. Caillault, ApJ, 520, L123-126 (1999)
- 34.
"Ages of Late Spectral Type Vega-like Stars," Inseok Song, J.-P. Caillault, David Barrado y Navascues, John R. Stauffer, and Sofia Randich, ApJ, 533, L41-44 (2000)
- 35. "Ages of A-type Vega-like Stars from uvbyBeta Photometry," Inseok Song, J.-P. Caillault, David Barrado y Navascues, and John R. Stauffer, ApJ, 546, 352-357 (2001)