Search Results - "Kowalski, M. P"

Found: The Missing Blue Opacity in Atmosphere Models of Cool Hydrogen White Dwarfs by Kowalski, P. M, Saumon, D

“…We investigate the importance of the far red wing of the Lya line of hydrogen in the atmospheres of cool white dwarfs of pure hydrogen composition. We find…”
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A Large Stellar Evolution Database for Population Synthesis Studies. VI. White Dwarf Cooling Sequences by Salaris, M, Cassisi, S, Pietrinferni, A, Kowalski, P. M, Isern, J

“…We present a new set of cooling models and isochrones for both H- and He-atmosphere white dwarfs (WDs), incorporating accurate boundary conditions from…”
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Pressure Distortion of the H2-He Collision-induced Absorption at the Photosphere of Cool White Dwarf Stars by Blouin, S., Kowalski, P. M., Dufour, P.

“…Collision-induced absorption (CIA) from molecular hydrogen is a dominant opacity source in the atmosphere of cool white dwarfs. It results in a significant…”
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Radiative Transfer in the Refractive Atmospheres of Very Cool White Dwarfs by Kowalski, P. M, Saumon, D

“…We consider the problem of radiative transfer in stellar atmospheres where the index of refraction departs from unity and is a function of density and…”
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High-resolution Spectroscopy of Feige 24 in the Extreme-ultraviolet by Kowalski, M. P, Barstow, M. A, Wood, K. S, Yentis, D. J, Fritz, G. G, Lapington, J. S, Barbee, T. W, Berendse, F. B, Cruddace, R. G

“…We report the first high-resolution (R = 4000) spectroscopic observation of the binary DA white dwarf Feige 24 in the extreme-ultraviolet band 220-250 A. A…”
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NEAR-UV ABSORPTION IN VERY COOL DA WHITE DWARFS by Saumon, D, Holberg, J B, Kowalski, P M

“…The atmospheres of very cool, hydrogen-rich white dwarfs (WDs) (T sub(eff) < 6000 K) are challenging to model because of the increased complexity of the…”
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GRB 050408: A Bright Gamma-Ray Burst Probing an Atypical Galactic Environment by Foley, R. J, Perley, D. A, Pooley, D, Prochaska, J. X, Bloom, J. S, Li, W, Cobb, B, Chen, H.-W, Aldering, G, Bailyn, C, Blake, C. H, Falco, E. E, Green, P. J, Kowalski, M. P, Perlmutter, S, Roth, K, Volk, K

“…The bright GRB 050408 was localized by HETE-2 near local midnight in the Western Hemisphere, enabling an impressive ground-based follow-up effort, as well as…”
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High-resolution extreme ultraviolet spectroscopy of G191-B2B: structure of the stellar photosphere and the surrounding interstellar medium by Barstow, M. A., Cruddace, R. G., Kowalski, M. P., Bannister, N. P., Yentis, D., Lapington, J. S., Tandy, J. A., Hubeny, I., Schuh, S., Dreizler, S., Barbee, T. W.

“…We have continued our detailed analysis of the high-resolution (R= 4000) spectroscopic observation of the DA white dwarf G191-B2B, obtained by the Joint…”
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High-Resolution Spectroscopy of G191-B2B in the Extreme-Ultraviolet by Cruddace, R. G, Kowalski, M . P, Yentis, D, Brown, C. M, Gursky, H, Barstow, M. A, Bannister, N. P, Fraser, G. W, Spragg, J. E, Lapington, J. S, Tandy, J. A, Sanderson, B, Culhane, J. L, Barbee, T. W, Kordas, J. F, Goldstein, W, Fritz, G. G

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The status and future of EUV astronomy by Barstow, M.A., Casewell, S.L., Holberg, J.B., Kowalski, M.P.

“…The Extreme Ultraviolet wavelength range was one of the final windows to be opened up to astronomy. Nevertheless, it provides very important diagnostic tools…”
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Localization of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator to Lipid Rafts of Epithelial Cells Is Required for Pseudomonas aeruginosa-Induced Cellular Activation by Kowalski, Michael P, Pier, Gerald B

“…The cystic fibrosis (CF) transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein is an epithelial cell receptor for the outer core oligosaccharide of the…”
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USA Experiment and RXTE Observations of a Variable Low-Frequency Quasi-periodic Oscillation in XTE J1118+480 by Wood, K. S, Ray, P. S, Bandyopadhyay, R. M, Wolff, M. T, Fritz, G, Hertz, P, Kowalski, M. P, Lovellette, M. N, Yentis, D, Bloom, E. D, Giebels, B, Godfrey, G, Reilly, K, Saz Parkinson, P, Shabad, G, Scargle, J

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USA Experiment Observation of Spectral and Timing Evolution during the 2000 Outburst of XTE J1550–564 by Reilly, K. T, Bloom, E. D, Focke, W, Giebels, B, Godfrey, G, Saz Parkinson, P. M, Shabad, and G, Ray, P. S, Bandyopadhyay, R. M, Wood, K. S, Wolff, M. T, Fritz, G. G, Hertz, P, Kowalski, M. P, Lovellette, M. N, Yentis, and D. J, Scargle, andJeffrey D

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Pressure Distortion of the H 2 –He Collision-induced Absorption at the Photosphere of Cool White Dwarf Stars by Blouin, S., Kowalski, P. M., Dufour, P.

“…Abstract Collision-induced absorption (CIA) from molecular hydrogen is a dominant opacity source in the atmosphere of cool white dwarfs. It results in a…”
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He Conductivity in Cool White Dwarf Atmospheres by Mazevet, S, Challacombe, M, Kowalski, P M, Saumon, D

“…We investigate the conductivity of warm dense helium under conditions found in the atmospheres of cool white dwarfs using ab initio simulations. The…”
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Pressure Distortion of the H{sub 2}–He Collision-induced Absorption at the Photosphere of Cool White Dwarf Stars by Blouin, S., Dufour, P., Kowalski, P. M.

“…Collision-induced absorption (CIA) from molecular hydrogen is a dominant opacity source in the atmosphere of cool white dwarfs. It results in a significant…”
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The Baryon Fraction in the Perseus Cluster: Results from Spartan 1 by Cruddace, R. G, Kowalski, M. P, Fritz, G. G, Snyder, W. A, Fenimore, E. E, Ulmer, and M. P

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EUV spectroscopy in astrophysics: The role of compact objects by Wood, K.S., Kowalski, M.P., Cruddace, R.G., Barstow, M.A.

“…The bulk of radiation from million-degree plasmas is emitted at EUV wavelengths. Such plasmas are ubiquitous in astrophysics, and examples include the…”
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11-12 Gyr old white dwarfs 30 pc away by Kilic, Mukremin, Thorstensen, John R., Kowalski, P. M., Andrews, J.

“…ABSTRACT We present a detailed model atmosphere analysis of two of the oldest stars known in the solar neighbourhood, the high proper motion white dwarfs SDSS…”
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Stellar and galactic environment survey (SAGE) by Barstow, M. A., Burleigh, M. R., Bannister, N. J., Lapington, J. S., Kowalski, M. P., Cruddace, R. G., Wood, K. S., Auchere, F., Bode, M. F., Bromage, G. E., Gibson, B., Cameron, A. C., Cassatella, A., Delmotte, F., Ravet, M.-F., Doyle, J. G., Jeffery, C. S., Gaensicke, B., Jordan, C., Kappelmann, N., Werner, K., Lallement, R., de Martino, D., Matthews, S. A., Phillips, K. J. H., Del Zanna, G., Orio, M., Pace, E., Pagano, I., Schmitt, J. H. M. M., Welsh, B. Y.

“…This paper describes a proposed high resolution soft X-ray and Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) spectroscopy mission to carry out a survey of Stellar and Galactic…”
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