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.

Selected Recent 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. 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

Jura, M., Farihi, J., & Zuckerman, B., 2009, AJ, 137, 3191 Six White Dwarfs with Circumstellar Silicates

Current Graduate Student:

Beth Klein

Former Graduate Students: