Natasha McMann
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Graduate Research Assistant
Vanderbilt University 






























​What are my research interests?

I am interested in pulsars.  Pulsars are remnants of the core of massive stars that have exploded in a supernova.  They spin extremely fast.  Pulsars have beams of radiation coming from their magnetic poles. When those beams of radiation are aligned with the Earth a series of pulses can be detected with radio telescopes.  The time between a pulse's arrival can be timed extremely precisely.  This timing can be used in the detection of gravitational waves.

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How did I become interested in Astronomy?


I fell in love with Astronomy when I began working as a tour guide at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, WV.  It inspired me to return to school to pursue a PhD in the field.
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Hugging the L-Band receiver on the Green Bank Telescope.

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