Michael A. Jura

Astronomy
Office: 3-907PAB
Phone: (310)825-4302
jura@astro.ucla.edu

Educational Background:

B.A., Physics, UC Berkeley, 1967.

Ph.D., Astronomy, Harvard University, 1971.

Research Interest:

Professor Jura has worked on the astrophysics of cold, low density environments. His major current interest is extrasolar planetary systems: their comets, asteroids, and planets. His long term goal is to determine if there is life in these environments.

Recent Selected Publications:

Jura, M. 2003, ApJ, 584, L91 A Tidally Disrupted Asteroid around the White Dwarf G29-38

Werner, M. et al. 2004, ApJS, 154, 1 The Spitzer Space Telescope Mission

Jura, M. 2004, ApJ, 605, L65 An Observational Signature of Evolved Oceans on Extrasolar Terrestrial Planets

Jura, M. 2005, AJ, 130, 1261 Direct Detection of Extrasolar Comets is Possible

Jura, M. 2006, ApJ, 653,613 Carbon Deficiency in Externally-Polluted White Dwarfs: Evidence for Accretion of Asteroids

Jura, M,, Farihi, J., & Zuckerman, B., 2007, ApJ, 663, 1285 Externally Polluted White Dwarfs with Dust Disks

Zuckerman, B., Koester, D., Melis, C., Hansen, B. M., & Jura, M., 2007, ApJ, 671, 872 The Chemical Composition of an Extrasolar Minor Planet

Jura, M. 2008, AJ, 135, 1785 Pollution of Single White Dwarfs by Accretion of Many Small Asteroids

Current Graduate Student:

Beth Klein

Former Graduate Students: