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Geoffrey Bower
Professor of Astronomy
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Phone (510) 643-4704
Fax (510) 642-3411

	Department of Astronomy 601 Campbell Hall UC Berkeley Berkeley, California 94720-3411

Areas of research interest
transient radio sources, black holes, radio instrumentation and techniques

Description
I am interested in the transient and variable Universe, the kinds of sources that vary, and how we can use them to learn about a wide range of problems. The types sources that I have studied include galactic stellar-mass black holes, massive black holes including the one in the Galactic Center, supernovae, pulsars, T Tauri stars, and dwarf stars. This type of science is fundamentally multi-wavelength although my specialty is in radio astronomy techniques. I have projects involving a wide range of telescopes operating at radio, optical, and high energy wavelengths. I have been deeply involved in design, construction, and testing of the new Allen Telescope Array, which is poised to become the dominant telescope for the discovery of radio transients.

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