Sophia Cisneros
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Background
Sophia Cisneros earned her PhD in physics at New Mexico State University.
Interests
Her research focus has been on the Luminous Convolution Model (LCM), which predicts a constraint to luminous and dark matter investigations based upon observed galactic rotation curves, and on the novel applications of Special and General Relativity.
During her three-year tenure as an MLK visiting scholar, she worked with the Neutrino and Dark Matter Research Group led by Professor Joseph Formaggio in the Department of Physics. Their focus was the design and development of Project 8 and on the role of beta decay experiments toward relic neutrino detection. Two papers resulted from their work: “The Luminous Convolution Model” and “On the Doppler effect for light from orbiting sources in Kerr-type metrics.” Cisneros was also instrumental in establishing an on-campus Native American support system at MIT.
Her future research is to extend the LCM to yield the best luminous matter profile in spiral galaxies, a neutrino toy-model and a bench-top black hole analog investigation.
Sample Work
Publication
The Luminous Convolution Model
S. Cisneros, N. S. Oblath, J. A. Formaggio, G. Goedecke, D. Chester, R. Ott, A. Ashley, A. Rodriguez. “The Luminous Convolution Model.” arXiv:1309.7370v1.
Talk
The Light Side Of Dark Matter
“The Light Side Of Dark Matter”- MLK Celebration Seminar/Physics Department, Physics Colloquia and Seminars (4/12/13)
Publication
On the Doppler effect for light from orbiting sources in Kerr-type metrics
S. Cisneros, G. Goedecke, C. Beetle, M. Engelhardt. “On the Doppler effect for light from orbiting sources in Kerr-type metrics.” arXiv:1203.2502v1 [gr-qc]