Publications (20)
SWAS observations of comet 9P/Tempel 1 and Deep Impact
Frank Bensch, Gary J. Melnick, David A. Neufeld +3
On 4 July 2005 at 1:52 UT the Deep Impact mission successfully completed its goal to hit the nucleus of 9P/Tempel 1 with an impactor, forming a crater on the nucleus and ejecting m…
557 GHz Observations of Water Vapor Outflows from VY CMa and W Hydrae
Martin Harwit, Edwin A. Bergin
We report the first detection of thermal water vapor emission in the 557 GHz, ground state transition of ortho-HO toward VY Canis Majoris. In observations obt…
ExoPTF Science Uniquely Enabled by Far-IR Interferometry: Probing the Formation of Planetary Systems, and Finding and Characterizing Exoplanets
David Leisawitz, Tom Armstrong, Chad Bender +28
By providing sensitive sub-arcsecond images and integral field spectroscopy in the 25 - 400 micron wavelength range, a far-IR interferometer will revolutionize our understanding of…
Observations of Water Vapor Outflow from NML Cygnus
Viktor Zubko, Di Li, Tanya Lim +2
We report new observations of the far infrared and submillimeter water vapor emission of NML Cygnus based on data gathered with the Infrared Space Observatory and the Submillimeter…
Intermittent Self-Sustaining Star Formation in Low-Redshift Galaxies Exhibiting a Peak Metallicity Plateau
Martin Harwit
The decline of star formation in massive low-redshift galaxies, often referred to as quenching, has been attributed to a variety of factors. Some proposals suggest that erupting ac…
Thermal Water Vapor Emission from Shocked Regions in Orion
Martin Harwit, David A. Neufeld, Gary J. Melnick +1
Using the Long Wavelength Spectrometer (LWS) onboard the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO), we have observed thermal water vapor emission from a roughly circular field of view appro…