I-GALFA Publications
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data by external scientists. Those interested should consult
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and acknowledgements.
I-GALFA publications are listed below in reverse-chronological order.
Please check this page regularly for new additions!
- Refereed Papers
- ``The Inner-Galaxy ALFA (I-GALFA) Low-Latitude H I Survey''
Gibson, S. J., Koo, B.-C., Kang, J.-h., Douglas, K. A.,
Park, G., Peek, J. E. G., Korpela, E. J.,
Heiles, C. E., & Newton, J. H.
in preparation
- ``Column Density Maps of the I-GALFA H I Survey: Evidence for Dark Gas?''
Gibson, S. J., Koo, B.-C.,
Douglas, K. A., Newton, J. H., Peek, J. E. G.,
Hughes, J. M., Spraggs, M. E.,
Park, G., Kang, J.-h.,
Korpela, E. J., & Heiles, C. E.
in preparation
- ``Exploring GLIMPSE bubble N107. Multiwavelength Observations and Simulations''
Sidorin, V., Douglas, K. A., Palouš, J., Wünsch, & R., Ehlerová, S.
2014, Astronomy & Astrophyics, 565, 6
- ``H I Shells and Supershells in the I-GALFA H I 21-cm Line Survey: I. Fast-Expanding H I Shells Associated with Supernova Remnants''
Park, G., Koo, B.-C., Gibson, S. J., Kang, J.-H.,
Douglas, K. A., Peek, J. E. G., Korpela, E. J., Heiles, C. E., & Newton, J. H.
2013, Astrophysical Journal, 77, 14
- Conference Presentations
- ``Cold H I Filamentary Structure and Magnetic Fields near the Galactic Plane''
Gibson, S. J., Koo, B.-C., Douglas, K. A., Newton, J. H.,
Peek, J. E. G., Park, G., Kang, J.-h., Korpela, E. J.,
& Heiles, C.
2014, NRAO Filamentary Structure in Molecular Clouds workshop,
Charlottesville, VA
Electronic poster:
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- ``An Automated Algorithm for Identifying Hidden H2 Regions''
Hughes, J. M. & Gibson, S. J.
2014, 1st American Astronomical Society Kentucky Area Meeting (AASKAM), Lexington, Kentucky
- ``An Automated Algorithm for Identifying Dark H2 Regions''
Hughes, J. M. & Gibson, S. J.
2014, 44th Western Kentucky University Student Research Conference,
Bowling Green, Kentucky
- ``Fast-Expanding H I Shells Associated with Supernova Remnants in the I-GALFA Survey''
Park, G., Koo, B.-C., Gibson, S. J., Kang, J.-H.
2014, International Astronomical Union Symposium, 296, 386
- ``A Survey of Hidden Molecular Clouds in the Milky Way''
Hughes, J. M., Gibson, S. J., & I-GALFA Consortium
2014, Bull. Amer. Ast. Soc., 46 [#223, #454.19]
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Press Articles: Gatton Academy +
Institute for Astronomy & Space Science Highlights
- ``Column Density Maps of the I-GALFA H I Survey: Evidence for Dark Gas?''
Gibson, S. J., Koo, B., Douglas, K. A., Newton, J. H.,
Peek, J. E. G., Hughes, J. M., Spraggs, M. E., Park, G., Kang, J., Heiles, C., & Korpela, E. J.
2014, Bull. Amer. Ast. Soc., 46 [#223, #454.01]
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- ``Mapping the Dark Atomic and Molecular Media''
Gibson, S. J.
2013, CSIRO Phase Transitions in the Diffuse ISM Workshop, Wentworth Falls, New South Wales, Australia
- ``Dark Gas in the Interstellar Medium''
Gibson, S. J., Spraggs, M. E., Hughes, J. M., Koo, B.-C., Park, G., IGPS Consortium, & I-GALFA Consortium
2013, 80th Annual Southeast Section of the American Physical Society (SESAPS) Conference, Bowling Green, Kentucky
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- ``A Survey of Hidden Molecular Clouds in the Milky Way''
Hughes, J. M. & Gibson, S. J.
2013, 80th Annual Southeast Section of the American Physical Society (SESAPS) Conference, Bowling Green, Kentucky
- ``A Survey of Hidden Molecular Clouds in the Milky Way''
Hughes, J. M. & Gibson, S. J.
2013, 99th Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science (KAS),
Morehead, Kentucky
- ``A Search for Hidden Molecular Clouds in the Milky Way''
Hughes, J. M. & Gibson, S. J.
2013, 43rd Western Kentucky University Student Research Conference,
Bowling Green, Kentucky
- ``Mapping Dark Atomic and Molecular Gas in the Galaxy''
Gibson, S. J.,
Bell, A. C.,
Newton, J. H.,
Howard, W. S.,
Jolly, C. S.,
Spraggs, M. E.,
Hughes, J. M.,
Brunt, C. M.,
Taylor, A. R.,
Noriega-Crespo, A.,
Reach, W. T.,
Carey, S.,
Koo, B.-C.,
Park, G.,
Dame, T.,
IGPS Consortium,
&
I-GALFA Consortium
2013, IPAC Infrared and Submillimeter Probes of Gas in Galaxies: From the Milky Way to the Distant Universe Conference, Pasadena, CA
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- ``GALFA-H I: The Inner-Galaxy ALFA (I-GALFA) Low-Latitude H I Survey''
Gibson, S. J., Koo, B., Douglas, K. A., Kang, J., Park, G.,
Peek, J. E. G., Korpela, E. J., Heiles, C., & Newton, J. H.
2012, Bull. Amer. Ast. Soc., 44 [#219, #349.29]
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- ``GALFA-H I: Candidate Sites for H2 Formation in Cold H I Emission and Other Tracers''
Newton, J. H., Gibson, S. J., Douglas, K. A., Koo, B., Kang, J.,
Park, G., Peek, J. E. G., Korpela, E. J., Heiles, C., & Dame, T. M.
2012, Bull. Amer. Ast. Soc., 44 [#219, #349.24]
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- ``GALFA-H I: A Targeted Search for Star Formation on the Far Side of the Milky Way''
Stantzos, N., Gostisha, M., Benjamin, R. A., Gibson, S. J., Koo, B.-C., Douglas, K. A.,
Kang, J.-H., Park, G., Peek, J. E. G., Korpela, E. J., Heiles, C., & Newton, J. H.
2012, Bull. Amer. Ast. Soc., 44 [#219, #252.11]
- ``A (Re)introduction to the Milky Way''
Benjamin, R. A.
2012, Bull. Amer. Ast. Soc., 44 [#219, #118.01] (invited review)
[Session 118 AAS Video; I-GALFA discussion at ~ 21 minute mark.]
- ``GALFA-H I + GALFACTS: What Can We See?''
Gibson, S. J.
2011,
GALFA-H I Summer School, Madison, Wisconsin
- ``Characterizing the Structure of the Outer Scutum-Centaurus Arm''
Benjamin, R. A.
2011,
GALFA-H I Summer School, Madison, Wisconsin
- ``I-GALFA Artifact Removal and H I Line Fitting''
Newton, J. H., Douglas, K. A., & Gibson, S. J.
2011,
GALFA-H I Summer School, Madison, Wisconsin
- ``H I Structure and Topology of the Galaxy Revealed by the I-GALFA H I 21-cm Line Survey''
Koo, B.-C., Park, G., Cho, W., Gibson, S. J., Kang, J.-h.,
Douglas, K. A., Peek, J. E. G., Korpela, E. J., & Heiles, C. E.
2011, Bull. Amer. Ast. Soc., 43 [#218, #129.20]
- ``Level Crossing Analysis of the I-GALFA H I 21-cm Line Maps of the Galaxy''
Park, G., Koo, B.-C., Gibson, S. J., Kang, J.-h., Douglas, K. A.,
Peek, J. E. G., Korpela, E. J., & Heiles, C. E.
2011, Bull. Amer. Ast. Soc., 43 [#218, #129.02]
- ``Examining the Interstellar Medium for the First Stages of Stellar Formation''
Newton, J. H., & Gibson, S. J.
2011, 24th Annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research,
Ithaca, New York
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- ``Examining the Interstellar Medium for the First Stages of Stellar Formation''
Newton, J. H., & Gibson, S. J.
2011, 41st Western Kentucky University Student Research Conference,
Bowling Green, Kentucky
- ``Forbidden Velocity Wings In The Inner-Galaxy ALFA Low-latitude H I (I-GALFA) Survey''
Kang, J.-h., Koo, B., Gibson, S. J., Douglas, K. A., Park, G.,
Peek, J. E. G., Korpela, E. J., & Heiles, C. E.
2011, Bull. Amer. Ast. Soc., 43 [#217, #24.129]
- ``I-GALFA: The Inner-Galaxy ALFA Low-Latitude H I Survey''
Koo, B.-C., Gibson, S. J., Kang, J.-h., Douglas, K. A.,
Park, G., Peek, J. E. G., Korpela, E. J., Heiles, C. E.,
& Bania, T. M.
2010, Highlights of Astronomy, 15,
XXVIth IAU General Assembly, Special Session 8:
The Galactic Plane, in Depth and Across the Spectrum,
ed. I. F. Corbett (Cambridge: CUP), 788
Proceedings:
[arXiv:0912.2388v1]
[local PDF]
Presentation:
[program]
[talk PDF]
- ``Determining Properties of H I Emission Regions in the Interstellar Medium''
Newton, J. H., & Gibson, S. J.
2010, 96th Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science (KAS),
Bowling Green, Kentucky
- ``Determining Properties of H I Emission Regions in the Interstellar Medium''
Newton, J. H., & Gibson, S. J.
2010, 77th Annual Southeast Section of the American Physical Society (SESAPS) conference,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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[Won Marsh White Award for Outstanding Student Presentation]
- ``I-GALFA H I Studies at Seoul National University: Shells, Supershells, Worms, Chimneys, and H I Structure and Turbulence''
Park, G., Kang, J.-h., Cho, W. K., Lee, J.-J., & Koo, B.-C.
2010, GALFA-H I Summer School, New York, NY
- ``The H I Gas at Forbidden Velocities in the Galactic Plane''
Kang, J.-h., Koo, B.-C., & Salter, C.
2010, GALFA-H I Summer School, New York, NY
- ``I-GALFA, Cold H I, and B-fields''
Gibson, S. J.
2010, GALFA-H I Summer School, New York, NY
- ``CO Observations toward Extraplanar Cold Clouds''
Park, G., Gibson, S. J., Jung, J.-H., and Koo, B.-C.
2010, Korean Radio Astronomers Workshop 2010, Seoul, Korea
- ``Shell Candidates from the I-GALFA H I Survey''
Park, G., Koo, B.-C.
2010, Korean Astronomical Society meeting, Byeonsan, Korea
- ``H I Turbulence in the Milky Way from I-GALFA Survey''
Cho, W., Koo, B.-C., and Park, G.
2010, 4th East Asian Numerical Astrophysics Meeting,
Taipei, Taiwan
- ``An I-GALFA Study of Supernova Remnant G54.4-0.3 (HC40)''
Auerswald, D., & Kang, J.-h.
2010, Bull. Amer. Ast. Soc., 42 [#215, #454.08]
- ``I-GALFA: The Inner-Galaxy ALFA H I Survey''
Gibson, S., Koo, B.-C., Park, G., Kang, J.-h., Douglas, K.,
Peek, J., Korpela, E., Heiles, C., & Bania, T.
2009,
Arecibo Surveys Workshop, NAIC, Puerto Rico
- ``I-GALFA: The Inner-Galaxy ALFA Low-Latitude H I Survey''
Koo, B.-C., Gibson, S. J., Kang, J.-h., Douglas, K. A.,
Park, G., Peek, J. E. G., Korpela, E. J., Heiles, C. E.,
& Bania, T. M.
2009, Korean Astronomical Society Meeting, Pyung Chang, Korea
- ``Cold GALFA H I''
Gibson, S. J.
2009,
GALFA-H I Summer School,
NAIC, Puerto Rico
- ``A Vertical Spur in the Milky Way''
Park, G., Koo, B.-C., & Gibson, S. J.
2009,
GALFA-H I Summer School,
NAIC, Puerto Rico
- ``Searching for Missing H I-SNR in I-GALFA Data''
Kang, J.-h.
2009,
GALFA-H I Summer School,
NAIC, Puerto Rico
- ``Cold Galactic Hydrogen: Science and Surveys''
Gibson, S. J.
2009, DRAO Future Workshop,
Penticton, British Columbia
- Seminars and Colloquia
- ``Hidden Clouds in the Milky Way''
Gibson, S. J.
2013,
Colloquium, Western Kentucky University
- ``Cold, Hidden Clouds in the Milky Way''
Gibson, S. J.
2012,
Colloquium, Eastern Tennessee State University
- ``Multiple Wavelength Analysis of Interstellar Clouds''
Newton, J. H.
2011,
Physics & Astronomy Dept. Research Seminar,
Western Kentucky University
- ``Artifact Removal in the I-GALFA Survey''
Newton, J. H.
2011,
Physics & Astronomy Dept. Research Seminar,
Western Kentucky University
- ``Observing Cold H I Clouds in the Milky Way''
Gibson, S. J.
2011,
Colloquium, Université Laval, Canada
- ``Pulsars, Asteroids, and Hidden Galaxies: Science Frontiers with the World's Largest Radio Telescope''
Gibson, S. J.
2010,
Invited Talk, Feast of Facts, Western Kentucky University
- ``Observing Cold Clouds in the Milky Way''
Gibson, S. J.
2010,
Colloquium, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM),
Morelia, Mexico
- ``Determining Properties of H I Emission Regions in the Interstellar Medium''
Newton, J. H.
2010,
Student Summer Research Seminar,
Physics & Astronomy Department, Western Kentucky University
- ``Determining Properties of H I Emission Regions in the Interstellar Medium''
Newton, J. H.
2010,
Feast of Facts Seminar,
Physics & Astronomy Department, Western Kentucky University
- ``Cold Clouds in the Milky Way''
Gibson, S. J.,
2010,
Colloquium, University of Hong Kong
- ``Galactic Plane Surveys, Real and Imagined''
Douglas, K. A.
2009,
Cavendish Seminar Series, Cambridge University
- ``Exploring the Galaxy with Hydrogen Shadows of Cold Interstellar Clouds''
Gibson, S. J.
2009,
Colloquium, Western Kentucky University
- Education and Outreach
- ``Radio Astronomy''
Gibson, S. J.,
2014,
Guest Lecture, Observational Astronomy (ASTR 314),
Western Kentucky University
- ``Radio Astronomy''
Gibson, S. J.,
2012,
Guest Lecture, Observational Astronomy (ASTR 314),
Western Kentucky University
- ``The Radio Sky''
Gibson, S. J.
2011,
Astronomy Public Night Cloudy Weather Talk, Western Kentucky University
- ``Exploring the Hidden Universe: Science Frontiers with the World's Largest (Radio) Telescopes''
Gibson, S. J.
2011,
Invited Lecture, Summer Program for Verbally and Mathematically Precocious Youth (VAMPY), Western Kentucky University
- ``What Do Astronomers Do?''
Gibson, S. J.
2010,
Invited Talk, Hilltoppers Astronomy Club, Western Kentucky University
- ``Radio Astronomy with the Arecibo 305-meter Telescope''
Gibson, S. J.
2010,
Seminar, University of Hong Kong
- ``Radio Astronomy''
Gibson, S. J.,
2010,
Guest Lecture, Observational Astronomy (ASTR 314),
Western Kentucky University
- ``Galactic Radio Astronomy''
Gibson, S. J.,
2009,
Invited Talk,
Hilltoppers Astronomy Club, Western Kentucky University
- ``Picturing Our Galaxy with New Radio Telescopes''
Gibson, S. J.
2009,
Invited Talk, Feast of Facts, Western Kentucky University
- ``Exploring Our Galaxy with Radio Telescopes''
Gibson, S. J.
2009,
Lecture for Governors' Scholars Program for gifted high-school seniors,
Hardin Planetarium, Western Kentucky University
- Newsletter Articles
- ``I-GALFA View of a Galactic Tangent Region''
Gibson, S., & I-GALFA Team
2009, NAIC Newsletter,
46, ed. E. Howell, 10 [PDF]
- ``I-GALFA Reveals Dynamic Events in Our Galaxy''
Gibson, S. J., Kang, J.-h., & Koo, B.-C.
2009, NAIC Newsletter,
45, ed. E. Howell, 2 [PDF]
A list of general GALFA H I
publications is available on the GALFA H I Survey website (an older list was maintained on the NAIC-hosted GALFA Consortium Website).
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