Lawrence Widrow, Queen's University

Research

bars dark matter galactic dynamics spiral structure structure formation warps

Latest funding

Unravelling the Cosmos: A global approach to advance science and innovate technology withastroparticle physics with the International Centre for Neutrinos and Dark Matter (ICNDM)
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$9,100,000
Origin, Evolution, and Implications of Wavelike Motions in the Stellar Disk of the Milky Way
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$204,000
Halo Substructure and the Dynamics of Disk Galaxies
NSERC · 2013 · Principal investigator
$125,000

All 8 grants and awards

Unravelling the Cosmos: A global approach to advance science and innovate technology withastroparticle physics with the International Centre for Neutrinos and Dark Matter (ICNDM)

Co-investigatorNSERC2024Major Resources Support Program - Infrastructure

Principal investigators: Noble, Anthony AJ

$9,100,000

Origin, Evolution, and Implications of Wavelike Motions in the Stellar Disk of the Milky Way

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Widrow, Lawrence

Keywords: galactic dynamics; dark matter; bars; spiral structure; warps; structure formation

$204,000

Halo Substructure and the Dynamics of Disk Galaxies

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Widrow, Lawrence

$125,000

Structure and dynamics of galaxies and their dark matter halos

Principal investigatorNSERC2008Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Widrow, Lawrence

$196,330

Nature of dark matter/origin of cosmic magnetic fields

Principal investigatorNSERC2003Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Widrow, Lawrence

$225,000

Formation and evolution of large scale structure of the Universe

Principal investigatorNSERC1999Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Widrow, Lawrence

$113,400

Dark matter and the large scale structure of the universe

Principal investigatorNSERC1996Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Widrow, Lawrence

$68,200

Cosmology, particle astrophysics, and the early universe

Principal investigatorNSERC1993Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Widrow, Lawrence

$63,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: bars Dear Professor Widrow, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on bars connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Origin, Evolution, and Implications of Wavelike Motions in the Stellar Disk of the Milky Way" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]