K. Tabetha Hole

Astrophysicist Tabetha Hole works with students and external collaborators on projects investigating the polarization of light escaping through the outer layers of supernovae, and on understanding the density and velocity structure of the stream of charged particles accelerated from the surface of massive stars known as stellar winds. 

Dr. Hole served on the calibration team for the Chandra X-ray Observatory and as a postdoctoral fellow at East Tennessee State University. Many of her research interests have focused on using simulations and novel observational parameters to explore the otherwise unobservable structure of small and distant things.

Hole has taught Norwich courses at all levels, including Astronomy: Stars and Galaxies, University Physics I, Classical Mechanics, and Electricity and Magnetism. As a professor, Hole is committed to quality teaching based on pedagogical research and inclusive mentoring to help all students learn and succeed.

B.A. Oberlin College
M.S. University of Wisconsin, Madison
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison

PS 201 General Physics
PS 341 Modern Physics
PS 108 Stars and Galaxies

“Variability in X-ray line ratios in helium-like ions of massive stars: the wind-driven case” Ignace, R., Damrau, Z., Hole, K. T., 2019, Astronomy &Astrophysics, 625, A86

“A Chandra X-ray Study of the Double-Lined, Eclipsing, Early B-Star Binaries AH Cep and CW Cep” Ignace, R., Hole, K. T., Oskinova, L., and Rotter, J.P., 2017, Astrophysical Journal, 850, 82

“Variability in X-ray Line Ratios in Helium-like Ions of Massive Stars: the Radiation-driven Case” Hole, K.T.& Ignace, R., 2012, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 542, A71