Ranger Me
About Me
William FentonInstructor in Physics and Astronomy
The Hotchkiss School
PO Box 800
Lakeville, CT 06039
Phone: (860) 435-3625
email: wfenton@hotchkiss.org
Milky Way Over Bryce Canyon Hoodoos
Courses I am teaching 2014-2015
PHET Projectile Motion Simulation
Useful and Fun Links
PHET - Interactive Physics SimulationsSky View Cafe - Online Planetarium Software
Stellarium - Free Desktop Planetarium Software
APOD - Astronomy Picture of the Day
What's New by Bob Park
Slashdot - News for nerds, stuff that matters
XKCD - A Webcomic of Romance, Sarcasm, Math, and Language
Professional Interests
astronomy, thermal physics, computational physics, roboticsMabel and Stella
Personal Interests
woodworking, guitar, volleyball, Stella and MabelPublications
[1] | William Fenton.
Measure the Speed of Sound with an iPhone Presented at the AAPT Winter Meeting 2015, San Diego, CA. |
[2] | William Fenton.
Technology in the Classroom: It's the Little Things Workshop presented at the Hotchkiss EdTech Expo, Lakeville, CT., March 2011. [ Workshop Notes ] |
[3] |
William Fenton.
A Simple, Novel Method for Measuring the Speed of Sound with iMovie. Poster presented at AcademiX 2009, Cambridge, MA., March 2009. [ Poster PDF (13.1 MB) ] |
[4] |
J. R. Thorstensen, W. H. Fenton, and C. J. Taylor.
Spectroscopy of Seven Cataclysmic Variables with Periods above 5
Hours.
PASP, 116:300-310, April 2004. [ bib ] |
[5] |
J. R. Thorstensen and W. H. Fenton.
Five Dwarf Novae with Orbital Periods below Two Hours.
PASP, 115:37-42, January 2003. [ bib ] |
[6] |
J. Patterson, W. H. Fenton, J. R. Thorstensen, D. A. Harvey, D. R.
Skillman, R. E. Fried, B. Monard, D. O'Donoghue, E. Beshore,
B. Martin, P. Niarchos, T. Vanmunster, J. Foote, G. Bolt, R. Rea,
L. M. Cook, N. Butterworth, and M. Wood.
Superhumps in Cataclysmic Binaries. XXIII. V442 Ophiuchi and RX
J1643.7+3402.
PASP, 114:1364-1381, December 2002. [ bib ] |
[7] |
J. R. Thorstensen, W. H. Fenton, J. Patterson, J. Kemp, J. Halpern,
and I. Baraffe.
QZ Serpentis: A Dwarf Nova with a 2 Hour Orbital Period and an
Anomalously Hot, Bright Secondary Star.
PASP, 114:1117-1123, October 2002. [ bib ] |
[8] |
J. R. Thorstensen, W. H. Fenton, J. O. Patterson, J. Kemp, T. Krajci,
and I. Baraffe.
1RXS J232953.9+062814: A Dwarf Nova with a 64 Minute Orbital Period
and a Conspicuous Secondary Star.
Astrophysical Journal, Letters, 567:L49-L52, March 2002. [ bib ] |
[9] |
J. R. Thorstensen and W. H. Fenton.
RX J15542+2721: An Apparently Magnetic Cataclysmic Variable with a
2.53 Hour Orbital Period.
PASP, 114:74-82, January 2002. [ bib ] |
[10] |
C. Tappert, J. R. Thorstensen, W. H. Fenton, N. Bennert,
L. Schmidtobreick, and A. Bianchini.
The cataclysmic variable CW 1045+525: A secondary-dominated dwarf
nova?
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 380:533-543, December 2001. [ bib ] |
[11] |
B. Chaboyer, W. H. Fenton, J. E. Nelan, D. J. Patnaude, and F. E.
Simon.
Heavy-Element Diffusion in Metal-poor Stars.
Astrophysical Journal, 562:521-527, November 2001. [ bib ] |