Eric T. Johnson's Homepage


E-MAIL: ejohnson at astro.princeton.edu
PHONE: 847 650 0517
ADDRESS:


 Princeton University Observatory
Peyton Hall -- Ivy Lane
Princeton, NJ 08544
  
B.A.: University of Chicago -- Physics (2004)


Eric is a fourth-year graduate student in Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University interested in a broad range of theoretical astrophysics.

His Ph.D. thesis focuses on extrasolar planets, and is being supervised by Prof. Jeremy Goodman.

  • CURRICULUM VITAE


    • RESEARCH
    Eric's studies have included interactions between extrasolar planets and their natal disks and parent stars, the geometry of interstellar grains, magnetic feedback from active galactic nuclei on the intergalactic medium, strongly-lensed quasars, and the topology of large-scale structure in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

    PUBLICATIONS

  • Cassini States with Dissipation: Why Obliquity Tides Cannot Inflate Hot Jupiters. Fabrycky, D. C., Johnson, E. T., & Goodman, J. 2007, ApJ, 665, 754. [ADS][pdf]
  • Diffusive Migration of Low-Mass Protoplanets in Turbulent Disks. Johnson, E. T., Goodman, J., & Menou, K. 2006, ApJ, 647, 1413. [ADS][pdf]
  • Extinction and Polarization by Graphite-Silicate Clusters. Johnson, E. T. & Draine, B. T. 2004, BAAS, 36, 1440. [ADS][pdf]
  • SDSS J090334.92+502819.2: A New Gravitational Lens. Johnston, D. E., et al. 2003, AJ, 126, 2281. [ADS][pdf]


    • Eric is a native of Chicago, Illinois.   Go Cubs.