Ted von Hippel

Title: Professor
Email: Ted.VonHippel@erau.edu Email
Department: Physical Sciences Department
College: College of Arts & Sciences

Office Hours

Wed 1:00-2:00pm, Wed 3:00-5:00pm, Fri 1:00-2:00, and by appointment

Areas of Expertise

Observational Astronomy, Star Formation History of the Galaxy, Stellar Evolution, White Dwarfs, Research Funding Policy, Direct Air Capture of Carbon Dioxide

External Links

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Education

Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
M.S. - Master of Science in Astronomy, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
B.A. - Bachelor of Arts in Physics, Dartmouth College

Currently Teaching

PS 116: Foundations in the Sciences
PS 113: Introductory Physics I
EP 425: Observational Astronomy
EP 525: Observational Astronomy
EP 700: Thesis

Courses Taught

• Foundations of the Science (PS 116)

• Introductory Physics I (PS 113)

• Technical Physics II (PS 104)

• Physics II for Engineers (PS 160)

• Astronomy (PS 224 / PS 301)

• Introductory Astronomy and Astrophysics I (PS 316)

• Astrophysics I (PS 401 / EP 595E)

• Astrophysics II (PS 408 / EP 5508)

• Observational Astronomy (EP 425 / EP 525)

• Special Topics (independent study at PS 299, PS 399, PS 499, EP 699 levels)

• Thesis Research (EP 700)

Research Projects

Bayesian Analysis of Stellar Evolution

Publications

A Monte Carlo Method for Evaluating Empirical Gyrochronology Models and Its Application to Wide Binary Benchmarks (Otani, Tomomi, von Hippel, Ted, Buzasi, Derek, Oswalt, Terry, Stone-Martinez, Alexander, Majewski, Patrice) Publications (2022)
Anomalous Orbital Characteristics of the AQ Col (EC 05217-3914) System (Otani, Tomomi, Lynas-Gray, Anthony E, Kilkenny, David, Koen, Chris, von Hippel, Ted, Uzundag, Murat, Vuckovic, Maja, Pennock, Clara, Silvotti, Roberto) Publications (2022)
Bayesian Characterization of Main-Sequence Binaries in the Old Open Cluster NGC 188 (Cohen, Roger E., Hippel, Ted von, Geller, Aaron M.) Publications (2019)
Bayesian Analysis of Two Stellar Populations in Galactic Globular Clusters II: NGC 5024, NGC 5272, and NGC 6352 (Wagner-Kaiser, Rachel, von Hippel, Ted, Stenning, David, Robinson, Elliot, Sarajedini, Ata, van Dyk, David, Stein, Nathan, Jefferys, William H.) Publications (2018)
A Bayesian Analysis of the Ages of Four Open Clusters (Jeffery, Elizabeth, von Hippel, Ted, van Dyk, David A., Stenning, David C., Robinson, Elliot, Sten, Nathan, Jefferys, William H.) Publications (2018)
Dust Production and Depletion in Evolved Planetary Systems (Farihi, J., von Hippel, Ted, van Lieshout, Rik, Cauley, P.W., Dennihy, Erik, Et al.,) Publications (2018)
Bayesian Hierarchical Modelling of Initial-Final Mass Relations Across Star Clusters (Si, Shijing, van Dyk, David A., von Hippel, Ted, Robinson, Elliot, Jeffery, Elizabeth, Stenning, David C) Publications (2018)
Bayesian Analysis of Two Stellar Populations in Galactic Globular Clusters I: Statistical and Computational Methods (Stenning, David, von Hippel, Ted, Wagner-Kaiser, Rachel, Robinson, Elliot, van Dyk, David, Sarajedini, Ata, Stein, Nathan) Publications (2018)
Thermal Removal of Carbon Dioxide from the Atmosphere: Energy Requirements and Scaling Issues (von Hippel, Ted) Publications (2018)
Precise Ages of Field Stars from White Dwarf Companions (Fouesneau, M., Rix, H-W., von Hippel, T., Hogg, D. W., Tian, H.) Publications (2018)
Magnetospherically-Trapped Dust and a Possible Model for the Unusual Transits at WD1145+017 (Farihi, J., von Hippel, Ted, Pringle, J. E.) Publications (2017)
A Hierarchical Model for the Ages of Galactic Halo White Dwarfs (Si, Shijing, von Hippel, Ted, van Dyk, David A., Robinson, Elliot, Webster, Aaron, et al.,) Publications (2017)
The ACS Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters XIV: Bayesian Single-Population Analysis of 69 Globular Clusters (Wagner-Kaiser, R., von Hippel, Ted, Sarajedini, A., Stenning, D. C., van Dyck, D. A., et al.,) Publications (2017)
The Ages of the Thin Disk, Thick Disk, and the Halo from Nearby White Dwarfs (Kilic, Mukremin, von Hippel, Ted, Munn, Jeffrey A., Harris, Hugh C., Liebert, James W., et al.,) Publications (2017)
Bayesian Analysis of Two Stellar Populations in Galactic Globular Clusters \u2013 III. Analysis of 30 Clusters (Wagner-Kaiser, R., Stenning, D. C., Sarajedini, A, von Hippel, Ted, van Dyk, D. A., Robinson, E., Jefferys, W. H.) Publications (2016)
New Halo White Dwarf Candidates in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (Dame, Kyra, Gianninas, A., Kilic, Mukremin, Munn, Jeffrey A., Brown, Warren R., Williams, Kurtis A., von Hippel, Ted, Harris, Hugh C.) Publications (2016)
Impact of Declining Proposal Success Rates on Scientific Productivity (Von Hippel, Ted, Cushman, Priscilla, Hoeksema, Todd, Kouveliotou, Chryssa, Lowenthal, James, Peterson, Bradley, Stassun,, Keivan G.) Publications (2015)
To Apply or Not to Apply: A Survey Analysis of Grant Writing Costs and Benefits (von Hippel, Ted, von Hippel, Courtney) Publications (2015)
Bayesian Investigation of Isochrone Consistency Using the Old Open Cluster Ngc 188 (Hills, Shane, von Hippel, Ted, Courteau, St\u00e9phane, Geller, Aaron M.) Publications (2015)
A Deep Proper Motion Catalog Within the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Footprint (Munn, Jeffrey A., Harris, Hugh C., von Hippel, Ted, Kilic, Mukremin, Liebert, James W., Williams, Kurtis A., DeGenarro, Steven, Jeffery, Elizabeth, Tilleman, Trudy M.) Publications (2014)
The Power of Principled Bayesian Methods in the Study of Stellar Evolution (von Hippel, Ted, van Dyk, David, Stenning, David, Robinson, Elliot, Jeffery, Elizabeth, Stein, Nathan, Jefferys, William, O'Malley, Erin M.) Publications (2014)
Bayesian Analysis for Stellar Evolution with Nine Parameters (BASE-9): User's Manual (von Hippel, Ted, Robinson, Elliot, Jeffery, Elizabeth, Wagner-Kaiser, Rachel, DeGennaro, Steven, Stein, Nathan, Stenning, David, Jefferys, William H., van Dyk, David) Publications (2014)
A Bayesian Approach to Deriving Ages of Individual Field White Dwarfs (O'Malley, Erin M., von Hippel, Ted, van Dyk, David A.) Publications (2013)
Moving Objects in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (Kilic, Mukremin, Gianninas, Alexandros, von Hippel, Ted) Publications (2013)
Measuring the Evolutionary Rate of Cooling of ZZ Ceti (Mukadam, Anjum S., von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2013)
The White Dwarf Age of NFC 2477 (Jeffery, Elizabeth J., von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2011)
A Detailed Model Atmosphere Analysis of Cool White Dwarfs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (Kilic, Mukremin, von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2010)
Visitors from the Halo: 11 Gyr Old White Dwarfs in the Solar Neighborhood (Kilic, Mukremin, von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2010)
Pulsational Mapping of Calcium Across the Surface of a White Dwarf (Thompson, Susan E., von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2010)
A Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Survey of Cool White Dwarfs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (Kilic, Mukremin, Kowalski, Piotr M., von Hippel, Ted) Publications (2009)
Spitzer Observations of the Oldest White Dwarfs in the Solar Neighborhood (Kilic, Mukremin, von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2009)
Inverting Color\u2013Magnitude Diagrams to Access Precise Star Cluster Parameters: A New White Dwarf Age for the Hyades (DeGennaro, Steven, von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2009)
The Dust Cloud Around the White Dwarf G 29-38. II. Spectrum from 5 to 40 \u03bcm and Mid-Infrared Photometric Variability (Reach, William T., von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2009)
Statistical Analysis of Stellar Evolution (van Dyk, David A., von Hippel, Ted, DeGenarro, Steven, Stein, Nathan, Jefferys, William) Publications (2009)
Constraining the Surface Inhomogeneity and Settling Times of Metals on Accreting White Dwarfs (Montgomery, Michael H., Thompson, S.E., von Hippel, Ted) Publications (2008)
The First Mid-Infrared Spectra of Cool White Dwarfs (Kilic, Mukremin, von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2008)
White Dwarf Luminosity and Mass Functions from Sloan Digital Sky Survey Spectra (DeGennaro, Steven, von Hippel, Ted, Winget, D. E., Kepler, S. O., Nitta, Atsuko, Koester, Detlev, Althaus, Leandro) Publications (2008)
Wide-Field Survey of Globular Clusters in m31. I. a Catalog of New Clusters (Kim, Sang Chul, Lee, Myung Gyoon, Geisler, Doug, Sarajedini, Ata, Park, Hong Soo, Hwang, Ho Seong, Harris, William E., Seguel, Juan C., von Hippel, Ted) Publications (2007)
A Spitzer White Dwarf Infrared Survey (Mullally, F., von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2007)
The New Class of Dusty Daz White Dwarfs (von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2007)
Discovery of Photospheric Calcium Line-Strength Variations in the Dazd White Dwarf G29-38 (von Hippel, Ted, Thompson, Susan E.) Publications (2007)
New Techniques to Determine Ages of Open Clusters Using White Dwarfs (Jeffery, E. J., von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2007)
The Resolved Stellar Populations of a Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy in the Virgo Cluster (Durell, Patrick R., von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2007)
The Metallicity Distribution of Intracluster Stars in Virgo (Willaims, Benjamin F., von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2007)
Virgo\u2019s Intracluster Globular Clusters as Seen by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (Williams, Benjamin F., Ciardullo, Robin, von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2007)
Spitzer White Dwarf Planet Limits (Mullally, F., von Hippel, Ted, Winget, D. E.) Publications (2006)
Debris Disks Around White Dwarfs: The Daz Connection (Kilic, Mukremin, von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2006)
Inverting Color-Magnitude Diagrams to Access Precise Star Cluster Parameters: A Bayesian Approach (von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2006)
The Mystery Deepens: Spitzer Observations of Cool White Dwarfs (Kilic, Mukremin, von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2006)
The White Dwarf Luminosity Function from Sloan Digital Sky Survey Imaging Data (Harris, Hugh C., Munn, Jeffrey A., Kilic, Mukremin, Liebert, James W., Williams, Kurtis A., von Hippel, Ted, Levine, Stephen E., Monet, David G., Eisenstein, Daniel J., Kleinman, S. J., Metcalfe, T. S., Nikka, Atsuko, Winget, D. E., Brinkmann, J., Fukugita, Masataka, Knapp, G. R., Lupton, Robert H., Smith, J. Allyn, Schneider, Donald P.) Publications (2006)
Cool White Dwarfs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (Kilic, Mukremin, Munn, Jeffrey A., Harris, Hugh C., Liebert, James W., von Hippel, Ted, Williams, Kurtis A., Metcalfe, Travis S., Winget, D. E., Levine, Stephen E.) Publications (2006)
The Dust Cloud Around the White Dwarf G29-38 (Reach, William T., von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2005)
Measuring the Evolution of the Most Stable Optical Clock G 117-B15A (Kepler, S. O., von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2005)
Faint Blue Objects in the Hubble Deep Field\u2013South Revealed: White Dwarfs, Subdwarfs, and Quasars (Kilic, Mukremin, von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2005)
Excess Infrared Radiation from the Massive Daz White Dwarf GD 362: A Debris Disk? (Kilic, Mukremin, von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2005)
Deep Photometry of the Globular Cluster M5: Distance Estimates from White Dwarf and Main-Sequence Stars (Layden, Andrew C., von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2005)
Galactic Open Clusters (von Hippel, Ted) Publications (2005)
From Young and Hot to Old and Cold: Comparing White Dwarf Cooling Theory to Main-Sequence Stellar Evolution in Open Clusters (von Hippel, Ted) Publications (2005)
The Initial-Final Mass Relationship: Spectroscopy of White Dwarfs in Ngc 2099 (m37) (Kalirai, Jasonjot Singh, von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2004)
The White Dwarf Luminosity Function: The Shape of Things to Come (von Hippel, Ted, Kilie, M., Munn, J., Williams, K., Libert, J., Winget, D. E., Metcalfe, T. S., Et al.,) Publications (2004)
Photometric Identification of Cool White Dwarfs (Kilic, M., Winget, D. E., von Hippel, Ted, Claver, C. F.) Publications (2004)
Redefining the Empirical ZZ Ceti Instability Strip (Mukadam, Anjum S., von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2004)
Proper Motion Objects in the Hubble Deep Field (Kilic, M., von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2004)
Thirty-Five New Pulsating Da White Dwarf Stars (Mukadam, Anjum S., von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2004)
Re-defining the Empirical ZZ Ceti Instability Strip (Mukadam, Anjum S., von Hippel, Ted, Winget,, D. E., Montgomery, M. H.) Publications (2004)
Using Optical and Near-Infrared Photometry to Test Macho Lens Candidates (von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2003)
Constraining the Evolution of Zz Ceti (Mukadam, Anjum S., Kepler, S. O., Nather, D. E., Kilic, M., Mullally, F., von Hippel, T., Kleinman, S. J., Nitta, A., Guzik, J. A., Bradley, P. A., Matthews, J., Sekiguchi, K., Sullivan, D. J., Sullivan, T., Shobbrook, R. R., Birch, P., Jiang, X. J., Xu, D. W., Joshi, S., Ashoka, B. N., Ibbetson, P., Leibowitz, E., Ofek, E. O., Mei\u0161tas, E. G., Janulis, R., Ali\u0161auskas, R. D., Kalytis, R., Handler, G., Kilkenny, D., O'Donoghue, D., Kurtz, D. W., M\u00fcller, M., Moskalik, P., Ogloza, W., Zola, S., Krzesi\u0144ski, J., Johnannessen, F., Gonzalez-Perez, J. M., Solheim, J. E., Silvotti, R., Bernabei, S., Vauclair, G., Dolez, N., Fu, J. N., Chevreton, M., Manteiga, M., Su\u00e1rez, O., Ulla, A., Cunha, M. S., Metcalfe, T. S., Kanaan, A., Fraga, L., Costa, A. F. M., Giovannini, O., Fontaine, G., Bergeron, P., O'Brien, M. S., Sanwal, D., Wood, M. A., Ahrens, T. J., Silvestri, N., Klumpe, E. W., Kawaler, S. D., Riddle, R., Reed, M. D., Watson, T. K.) Publications (2003)
Intergalactic Globular Clusters (West, Michael J., von Hippel, Ted, Cote, Patrick, Ferguson, Henry C., Gregg, Michael D., Jordan, Andres, Marzke, Ronald O., Tanvir, Nial R.) Publications (2003)
Identification of Cool White Dwarfs in the Noao Deep Wide-Field Survey (Kilic, M., Winget, Don E., von Hippel, T., Claver, C.F.) Publications (2002)
Search For Oxygen in Cool DQ White Dwarf Atmospheres (Kilic, M., von Hippel, Ted, Winget, D. E., Lester, D. F., Saumon, D.) Publications (2002)
WIYN Open Cluster Study. XI. WIYN 3.5 Meter Deep Photometry of M35 (NGC 2168) (von Hippel, Ted, Steinhauer, Aaron, Sarajedini, Ata, Deliyannis, Constantine P.) Publications (2002)
Automated Stellar Spectral Classification and Parameterization for the Masses (von Hippel, Ted, Prieto, Carlos Allende, Sneden, Chris) Publications (2002)
Metal Abundances and Kinematics of Bright Metal-Poor Giants Selected from the Lse Survey: Implications for the Metal-Weak Thick Disk (Beers, Timothy C., Drilling, John S., Rossi, Silvia, Chiba, Masashi, Rhee, Jaehyon, F\u1e7bhrmeister, Birgit, Norris, John E., von Hippel, Ted) Publications (2002)
WIYN Open Cluster Study XI: WIYN1 3.5m Deep Photometry of M35 (NGC 2168) (von Hippel, Ted, Steinhauer, Aaron, Sarajedini, Ata, Deliyannis, Constantine P) Publications (2002)
Three-Dimensional Spectral Classification of Low-Metallicity Stars Using Artificial Neural Networks (Snider, Shawn, von Hippel, Ted, al., et) Publications (2001)
Three-Dimensional Spectral Classification of Low-Metallicity Stars Using Artificial Neural Networks (Snider, Shawn, von Hippel, Ted, Prieto, Carlos Allende, Beers, Timothy C, Sneden, Christopher, Et al.,) Publications (2001)
The White Dwarf Cooling Age of the Open Cluster NGC 2420 (von Hippel, Ted, Gilmore, Gerard) Publications (2000)
WIYN Open Cluster Study. II. UBVRI CCD Photometry of the Open Cluster NGC 188 (Sarajedini, Ata, von Hippel, Ted, Kozhurina-Platais, Vera, Demarque, Pierre) Publications (1999)
WIYN Open Cluster Study. I. Deep Photometry of NGC188 (von Hippel, Ted, Sarajedini, Ata) Publications (1998)
Detection of Intergalactic Red-Giant-Branch Stars in the Virgo Cluster (Ferguson, Henry C., von Hippel, Ted, Tanvir, Nial R.) Publications (1998)
Semi-Automated Extraction of Digital Objective Prism Spectra (Bailer-Jones, Coryn A.L., von Hippel, Ted, Irwin, Mike) Publications (1998)
Contribution of White Dwarfs to Cluster Masses (von Hippel, Ted) Publications (1998)
A Search for Optical Afterglow from GRB 970828 (Groot, P. J., Galama, T. J., van Paradijs, J., Kouveliotou, C., Wijers, R. A. M. J., Bloom, J., Tanvir, N., Vanderspek, R., Greiner, J., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Gorosabel, J., von Hippel, T., Lehnert, M., Kuijken, K., Hoekstra, H., Metcalfe, N., Howk, C., Conselice, C., Telting, J., Rutten, R. G. M., Rhoads, J., Cole, A., Pisano, D. J., Naber, R., Schwarz, R.) Publications (1998)
Automated Classification of Stellar Spectra. II: Two-Dimensional Classification with Neural Networks and Principal Components Analysis (von Hippel, Ted, Bailer-Jones, Coryn A.L., Irwin, Mike) Publications (1997)
Stellar Populations and the White Dwarf Mass Function: Connections To Supernova Ia Luminosities (von Hippel, Ted, Bothum, G. D., Schommer, R. A.) Publications (1997)
Physical Parameterization of Stellar Spectra: The Neural Network Approach (Bailer-Jones, Coryn A.L., von Hippel, Ted, Irwin, Mike, Gilmore, Gerard) Publications (1997)
The Metallicity Dependence of the Stellar Luminosity and Initial Mass Functions: HST Observations of Open and Globular Clusters (von Hippel, Ted, Gilmore, Gerard, Tanvir, Nial R., Robinson, David, Jones, Derek H.P.) Publications (1996)
Main Sequence Masses and Radii from Gravitational Redshifts (von Hippel, Ted) Publications (1996)
Experiences of WFPC-2 Photometry and PSF Modelling (Tanvir, Nial, Robinson, David, von Hippel, Ted) Publications (1995)
An Independent Calibration of Stellar Ages: HST Observations of White Dwarfs at V=25 (von Hippel, Ted, Gilmore, Gerard, Jones, D.H.P.) Publications (1995)
Gyrochronology Model Evaluation Method (Otani, Tomomi, von Hippel, Ted, Oswalt, Terry D., Stone-Martinez, Alexander, Buzasi, Derek) Publications

User Publications

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