Brian Carrigan 
Assistant Professor of Physics

Weaver Hall W-38
216-525-1420 ext. 3254 
bcarrigan@ben.edu

Education    

Villanova University , B.S. 
Washington University , M.A. 
Washington University , Ph.D.

Experience  

My experience includes teaching physics and astronomy at the
college level since 1987. I have also been a visiting astronomer at
Lowell Observatory and Kitt Peak National Observatory, and have done
technical work for NASA and the departments of Transportation and
Commerce.

Publications/Scholarly Work    

“HW Persei: an Eclipsing Binary at Critical Contact?”, Astronomical Journal, 1998 (with R.G. Samec and R.J. McDermith)

“Analysis of UBV Photometry of the Near-Contact Binary AK Canis
Minoris”, Astronomical Journal, 1998 (with R.G. Samec, J.D. Gray, J.A.
French, R.J. McDermith, E.E. Padgen)    

“BVR cI c Photometry of V743 Sagittarii: an Active, Very Short
Period, Total Eclipsing W Ursae Majoris System”, Astronomical Journal,
1998 (with R.G. Samec, M. W. Looi)

“UBV Precision Light Curves of the Near or Shallow Contact
Binary, HW Persei”, International Bulletin on Variable Stars, 1997 (with
R.G. Samec, R.G. McDermith)

“1991 BVR cI c Light Curves and Period Study for the very short
period, active W UMa System, V743 Sagittarii”, International Bulletin on
Variable Stars, 1997 (with R.G. Samec, M. W. Looi)

” Photometric Analysis of a Near-Contact Binary, HL Aurigae:
Evidence for a Third Body”, Astronomical Journal, 1997 (with J.D. Gray,
R.G. Samec)

“Photometric Investigation of the Total Eclipsing, Very Short
Period, Active W UMa System, V743 Sagittarii”, Astronomical Journal,
1997 (with R.G. Samec, M.W. Looi)   

“UBVRI CCD Observations and Analyses for the Near-Contact
Binary, LP Cephei”, Astronomical Journal, 1997 (with R.G. Samec, R.J.
McDermith, J.D. Gray)    

“U,B,V Light Curves of the Short-Period Solar-Type Eclipsing
Binary, V417 Aquilae”, Astronomical Journal, 1997 (with R.G. Samec, B.
Pauley)

“CCD BVRI photometry of the short-period, solar-type conatct
binary V440 Cassiopeiae”, Observatory, 1996 (with R.G. Samec, J.A.
French)

“U, B, V Light Curves and Period Behavior for the Solar-type
Eclipsing Binary, V417 Aquilae”, International Bulletin on Variable
Stars, 1996 (with B. Pauley, J. French, M. Looi, R. G. Samec)

“Continuing the Search for Short Period EEB's: The Analysis of
HW Persei”, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 1996 (with
R.J. McDermith, R.G. Samec)

“A photometric study of the W-type W-UMa binary, EK Comae Berenices”, Observatory, 1996 (with R.G. Samec, J.D. Gray)

“U,B,V light curves of the neglected short period W UMa binary,
V417 Aquilae”, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 1996 (with
R.G. Samec, B. Pauley, J. Gray, J. French, M. Looi)

“Investigation of UBVRI light curves of LP Cephei”, Bulletin of
the American Astronomical Society, 1995 (with R.G. Samec, R.J.
McDermith)    

“Photometric Study of the Solar-type, W UMa Binary, V440
Casseiopae”, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 1995 (with
J.A. French, R.G. Samec)    

“Precision U, B, V, R, I, Light Curves of LP Cephei”,
Information Bulletin on Variable Stars, 1995 (with R.G. Samec, R.J.
McDermith, J. French)

“Precision B, V, R, I Light Curves and New Determination for
V440 Cassiopeiae”, Information Bulletin on Variable Stars, 1995 (with
R.G. Samec, J. French)

“UBV Light Curves of the Near-Contact Binary AK Canis Minoris”,
Information Bulletin on Variable Stars”, 1995 (with R.G. Samec, R.J.
McDermith)    

“CCD UBVRI photometry of the pre-contact eclipsing binary V361
Lyrae”, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 1995 (with R.G.
Samec, D. Terrell, J.D. Gray)    

“Light Curve Analysis of the Short Period Solar-Type Binary, EK
Comae Berenices”, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 1995
(with R.G. Samec, J.D. Gray)    

“Photometric Study of the near-contact short period Algol
system, AK Canis Minoris”, Bulletin of the American Astronomical
Society, 1995 (with R.G. Samec, R.J. McDermith, J.D. Gray)

“Complete CCD U,B,V,R,I Light Curves of the Short Period
Eclipsing Binary: V361 Lyrae”, Information Bulletin on Variable Stars,
1995 (with J.D. Gray, R.G. Samec)    

“Precision B, V Light Curves of EK Comae Berenices”, Information
Bulletin on Variable Stars, 1995 (with R.G. Samec, E.E. Padgen)

“Analysis of CCD photometry for the very short period eclipsing
binary BM Ursae Majoris”, Publications of the Astronomical Society of
the Pacific, 1995 (with R.G. Samec, J.D. Gray, T. Kreidl)

“CCD Observations and Analyses of the Very Short Binary Period
BM Ursae Majoris”, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society”, 1994
(with R.G. Samec)

“Radiation transfer in gamma-ray bursts”, Astrophysical Journal, 1992 (with J.I. Katz)    

“Pair production and annihilation in gamma-ray bursts”, Ph.D. Dissertation, 1987

“Positron annihilation at the Galactic center”, Astrophysical Journal, 1987 (with J.I. Katz)    

“Flux and Distance Limits for Gamma Ray Bursters”, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 1985 (with J.I. Katz)

“Fluxes and distances of gamma-ray bursts”, Astronomy Express, 1984 (with J.I. Katz)