Capt. Aralt Mac Giolla Chainnigh CD, rmc, BEng, MSc, PhD Associate Professor

Department of Physics

Aralt Mac Giolla Chainnigh

Office: Sawyer Building, Room 5317

Telephone: 613-541-6000 ext 6434

Fax: 613-541-6040

E-mail: kenny-h@rmc.ca

Department of Physics

Royal Military College of Canada

PO Box 17000, Station Forces

Kingston, Ontario CANADA

K7K 7B4

Dr. Mac Giolla Chainnigh conducts research which investigates the circumstellar morphology in symbiotic star systems. Symbiotic stars are binary systems in which one component, the "cool component", is a late-type star (e.g. a red giant), and the other component, the "hot component", is a compact object, typically a white dwarf.  Current work at RMC involves both observations and theoretical analysis of symbiotic stars.

Paper Published Recently

  • H.T. Kenny, A.R. Taylor. Colliding winds in symbiotic binary systems. I. Analytic and Numerical Solutions, Astrophysical Journal, 619, 527-537 (2005).

Courses Taught

2007-2008

  • Lab 1 Experimental Physics
  • PHE360B

2006-2007

  • PHE104A/B General Physics
  • Lab 1 Experimental Physics
  • PHE227B Electromagnetism
  • PHE304A Quantum Mechanics

Comments or suggestions are welcomed at:

bryce.bennett@rmc.ca