H. Lawrence Helfer Professor Emeritus of Astronomy Theoretical Astrophysics office: phone: Bausch & Lomb 482 (585) 275-4377 lab: phone: Laboratory for Laser Energetics 279 (585) 275-4870 fax: email: (585) 273-3237 lary@astro.pas.rochester.edu

Biographical Sketch

Prof. Helfer received his Ph.D. in Astronomy from The University of Chicago in 1953. After spending time in the US Army, and in postdoctoral positions at The Cargenie Institution of Washington (Dept. of Terrestial Magnetism), and the California Institute of Technology, he joined the University as an Assistant Professor of Astronomy in 1958. He was promoted to Assocociate Professor in 1963 and to Professor in 1970. From 1992 to the present he has been Professor Emeritus and a Senior Faculty Associate. He has served from 1986 to the present as a Senior Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics.

Research

Prof. Helfer has worked in many fields of observational and theoretical astrophysics. His most recent work deals with the structure of the boundary layer between an accretion disk and a white dwarf, occcuring in cataclysmic variable systems.

Recent Publications

1. The Local Dark Matter
   H.L. Helfer
   To appear in: Progress in Dark Matter Research( Nova Science Pub;Hauppauge,NY) (2004)
   (abstract | download)
   
   
2. The Dark Matter Of Galactic Halos
   H.L.Helfer
   Bull. Am. Ast. Soc. 36, #5, [28.11] (2005)
   (abstract | download)
   
   

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