Funded by NSF awards to Northwestern University and to The University of Chicago; and by NSERC awards to The University of Western Ontario.
 

 

 

 
Publications


SHARP papers - refereed publications on astronomy results:

Role of the Magnetic Field in the Fragmentation Process: the case of G14.225-0.506, N. Anez-Lopez, G. Busquet, P. M. Koch, J. M. Girart, H. B. Liu, F. Santos, N. L. Chapman, G. Novak, A. Palau, P. T. P. Ho, and Q. Zhang, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 644, A52 (2020)

Gravity, Magnetic Field, and Turbulence: Relative Importance and Impact on Fragmentation in the Infrared Dark Cloud G34.43+00.24, Y.-W. Tang, P. M. Koch, N. Peretto, G. Novak, A. Duarte-Cabral, N. L. Chapman, P.-Y. Hsieh, and H.-W. Yen, Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 878, id. 10 (2019)

SOFIA Mid-infrared Imaging and CSO Submillimeter Observations of G034.43+00.24 MM1, T. J. Jones, M. Gordon, D. Shenoy, R. D. Gehrz, J. E. Vaillancourt, and M. Krejny, Astronomical Journal, Volume 151, id. 156 (2016)

First Detection of 350 Micron Polarization from a Radio-loud AGN, S.-S. Lee, S. Kang, D.-Y. Byun, N. L. Chapman, G. Novak, S. Trippe, J. C. Algaba, and M. Kino, Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 808, p. L26 (2015)

Testing Magnetic Field Models for the Class 0 Protostar L1527, J. A. Davidson, Z.-Y. Li, C. L. H. Hull, R. L. Plambeck, W. Kwon, R. M. Crutcher, L. W. Looney, G. Novak, N. L. Chapman, B. C. Matthews, I. W. Stephens, J. J. Tobin, and T. J. Jones, Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 797, id. 74 (2014)

The Submillimeter Polarization Spectrum of M17, L. Zeng, C. L. Bennett, N. L. Chapman, D. T. Chuss, I. Jimenez-Serra, G. Novak, and J. E. Vaillancourt, Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 773, id. 29 (2013)

Alignment between Flattened Protostellar Infall Envelopes and Ambient Magnetic Fields, N. L. Chapman, J. A. Davidson, P. F. Goldsmith, M. Houde, W. Kwon, Z.-Y. Li, L. W. Looney, B. Matthews, T. G. Matthews, G. Novak, R. Peng, J. E. Vaillancourt, and N. H. Volgenau, Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 770, id. 151 (2013)

The Magnetic Field Morphology of the Class 0 Protostar L1157-mm, I. W. Stephens, L. W. Looney, W. Kwon, C. L. H. Hull, R. L. Plambeck, R. M. Crutcher, N. L. Chapman, G. Novak, J. A. Davidson, J. E. Vaillancourt, H. Shinnaga, and T. G. Matthews, Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 769, p. L15 (2013)

Magnetic Field in the Isolated Massive Dense Clump IRAS 20126+4104, H. Shinnaga, G. Novak, J. E. Vaillancourt, M. N. Machida, A. Kataoka, K. Tomisaka, J. A. Davidson, T. G. Phillips, C. D. Dowell, L. Leeuw, and M. Houde, Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 750, p. L29 (2012)

Characterization of Turbulence from Submillimeter Dust Emission, S. Chitsazzadeh, M. Houde, R. H. Hildebrand, and J. E. Vaillancourt, Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 749, p. 45 (2012)

Magnetic Field Structure around Low-Mass Class 0 Protostars: B335, L1527 and IC348-SMM2, J. A. Davidson, G. Novak, T. G. Matthews, B. Matthews, P. F. Goldsmith, N. Chapman, N. H. Volgenau, J. E. Vaillancourt, and M. Attard, Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 732, id. 97 (2011)

Polarimetry of DG Tau at 350 Microns, M. Krejny, T. Matthews, G. Novak, J. Cho, H. Li, H. Shinnaga, and J. E. Vaillancourt, Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 705, p. 717 (2009)

Dispersion of Magnetic Fields in Molecular Clouds. II., M. Houde, J. E. Vaillancourt, R. H. Hildebrand, S. Chitsazzadeh, and L. Kirby, Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 706, p. 1504 (2009)

Magnetic Fields and Infall Motions in NGC 1333 IRAS 4, M. Attard, M. Houde, G. Novak, H. Li, J. E. Vaillancourt, C. D. Dowell, J. A. Davidson, and H. Shinnaga, Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 702, p. 1584 (2009)

DR 21: A Collapsing Cloud, L. Kirby, Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 694, p. 1056 (2009)

New Results on the Submillimeter Polarization Spectrum of the Orion Molecular Cloud, J. E. Vaillancourt, C. D. Dowell, R. H. Hildebrand, L. Kirby, M. M. Krejny, H. Li, G. Novak, M. Houde, H. Shinnaga, and M. Attard, Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 679, p. L25 (2008)


SHARP papers - refereed publications on instrumentation and data analysis:

Design and Initial Performance of SHARP, a Polarimeter for the SHARC-II Camera at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory, H. Li, C.D. Dowell, L. Kirby, G. Novak, and J.E. Vaillancourt, Applied Optics, vol. 47, p. 422 (2008) also available as a PDF file

The Removal of Artificially Generated Polarization in SHARP Maps , M. Attard, M. Houde, G. Novak, and J. E. Vaillancourt, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 120, p. 805 (2008), also available as a PDF file

Astronomical Image Processing with Array Detectors, M. Houde and J. E. Vaillancourt, P.A.S.P., vol. 119, p. 871, (2007), also available as a PDF file