Physics
Eliza Kempton
Assistant Professor of Physics
On-Campus Address:
Science 1034 Education / Degrees:
Sagan Postdoctoral Fellow 2009-2012, University of California Santa Cruz
Ph.D. Astronomy 2009, Harvard University
A.M. Astronomy 2005, Harvard University
B.A. Physics 2003, Middlebury College
Publications:
| Title | URL | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| “Constraining High Speed Winds in Exoplanet Atmospheres Through Observations of Anomalous Doppler Shifts During Transit” | E. Miller-Ricci Kempton, E. Rauscher, Astrophys. J., 751, 117, 2012 | |
| “The Flat Transmission Spectrum of the Super-Earth GJ1214b from Wide Field Camera 3 on the Hubble Space Telescope” | Z. K. Berta, D. Charbonneau, J.-M. Désert, E. Miller-Ricci Kempton, P. McCullough, C. J. Burke, J. Fortney, J. Irwin, P. Nutzman, and D. Homeier, Astrophys. J., 747, 35, 2012 | |
| “The Atmospheric Chemistry of GJ 1214b: Photochemistry and Clouds” | E. Miller-Ricci Kempton, K. Zahnle, J. J. Fortney, Astrophys. J., 745, 3, 2012 | |
| “A Ground-Based Transmission Spectrum of the Super-Earth Planet GJ 1214b” | J. L. Bean, E. Miller-Ricci Kempton, D. Homeier, Nature, 468, 669, 2010 | |
| “The Nature of the Atmosphere of the Transiting Super-Earth GJ 1214b” | *E. Miller-Ricci (Kempton), J. J. Fortney, Astrophys. J. Letters, 716, L74, 2010 | |
| “On the Emergent Spectra of Hot Protoplanet Collision Afterglows” | *E. Miller-Ricci (Kempton), M. R. Meyer, S. Seager, L. Elkins-Tanton, Astrophys. J., 704, 770, 2009 | |
| “The Atmospheric Signatures of Super Earths: How to Distinguish Between Hydrogen-Rich and Hydrogen-Poor Atmospheres” | *E. Miller-Ricci (Kempton), D. Sasselov, S. Seager, Astrophys. J., 690, 1056, 2009 | |
| “MOST Space-based Photometry of the Transiting Exoplanet System HD 189733: Precise Timing Measurements for Transits Across an Active Star” | *E. Miller-Ricci (Kempton), J. F. Rowe, D. Sasselov, J. M. Matthews, R. Kuschnig, B. Croll, D. B. Guenther, A. F. J. Moffat, S. M. Rucinski, G. A. H. Walker, W. W. Weiss, Astrophys. J., 682, 593, 2008 | |
| “MOST Space-based Photometry of the Transiting Exoplanet System HD 209458: Transit Timing to Search for Additional Planets” | *E. Miller-Ricci (Kempton), J. F. Rowe, D. Sasselov, J. M. Matthews, D. B. Guenther, R. Kuschnig, A. F. J. Moffat, S. M. Rucinski, G. A. H. Walker, W. W. Weiss, Astrophys. J., 682, 586, 2008 | |
| “Improving the Numerical Modeling of the O I Resonance Triplet in the Solar Spectrum” | *E. Miller-Ricci (Kempton), H. Uitenbroek, Astrophys. J., 566, 500, 2002 | |
| *Maiden name Miller-Ricci |
Courses Taught:
PHY-116: The Universe and Its Structure
PHY-131: General Physics I with lab
PHY-132: General Physics II with lab
PHY-314: Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics
Primary Academic Interest:
Extrasolar Planets, Theoretical models of planetary atmospheres 
