Charles Townes - Selected Publications#

W. C. Danchi, M. Bester, C. G. Degiacomi, L. J. Greenhill, and C. H. Townes, “Characteristics of dust shells around thirteen late-type stars,” AJ 107, 1469 (1994).

R. Genzel, D. Hollenbach, and C.H. Townes, “The nucleus of our galaxy,” Rep. Prog. Phys. 57, 417 (1994).

A. Poglitsch, N. Geis, R. Genzel, F. Herrmann, J. M. Jackson, S. C. Madden, T. Nikola, G. J. Stacey, and C. H. Townes, “Far-infrared observations at the center of the galaxy,” The Nuclei of Normal Galaxies, R. Genzel and A.I. Harris (Eds.), 445, p. 239, Kluwer (1994).

W. C. Danchi, L. Greenhill, M. Bester, C. G. Degiacomi, and C. H. Townes, “Long baseline interferometric observations of circumstellar dust shells at 11 microns,” Very High Angular Resolution Imaging, J. G. Robertson and W. J. Tango (Eds.), 383, Kluwer (1994).

R. N. Treuhaft, S. T. Lowe, M. Bester, W. C. Danchi, and C. H. Townes, “Vertical scales of turbulence at the Mount Wilson Observatory,” Ap. J. 453, 522 (1995).

L. J. Greenhill, F. Colomer, J. M. Moran, D. C. Backer, W. C. Danchi, M. Bester, and C. H. Townes. “The circumstellar envelope of VX Sgr,” Ap. J. 449, 365 (1995).

M. Bester, W. C. Danchi, D. Hale, C. G. Degiacomi, C. H. Townes, D. Mèkarnia, and T. Geballe, “Measurement at 11 micron wavelengths of the diameters of Alpha Ori and Alpha Sco; changes in effective temperature of Alpha Ori and very recent dust emission,” Ap. J. 463, 336 (1996).

A. Poglitsch, R. Genzel, S. Madden, T. Nikola, R. Timmermann, N. Geis, and C. H. Townes, “Far infrared fine structure line observations of the galactic center radio arc,” in The Galactic Center, R. Gredel (Ed.), ASP Conf. Series 102, 114 (1996).

C. H. Townes, “A physicist courts astronomy,” Prefatory Chapter In Annual Review Astronomy and Astrophysics,” Vol. 35 (1997).

S. Madden, A. Poglitsch, N. Geis, G. J. Stacey, and C. H. Townes, “C II 158 micron observations of IC 10: evidence for hidden molecular hydrogen in irregular galaxies,” Ap. J. 483, 200 (1997).

J. D. Monnier, M. Bester, W. C. Danchi, M. A. Johnson, E. A. Lipman, C. H. Townes, P. G. Tuthill, and T. R. Geballe, “Observations and modeling of the nonuniform dust outflow around the red supergiant NML-Cygni,” in A Half Century of Stellar Pulsation Interpretations: A tribute to Arthur N. Cox, P.A. Bradley and J.A. Guzik (Eds.), APS Conference Series 135, p. 329 (1998).

T. Nikola, R. Genzel, F. Hermann, S. C. Madden, A. Poglitsch, N. Geis, C. H. Townes, and G. J. Stacey, “CII emission from NGC 4038/39 (The “Antennae”),” Max-Planck-Institute fur Extraterrestrische Physik, Preprint 441, (1998) Ap. J. (in press).

J. D. Monnier, W. C. Danchi, D. S. Hale, P. G. Tuthill, and C. H. Townes, “Mid-infrared interferometry on spectral lines: III ammonia and silane around IRC + 10216 and VY CMa”, Ap. J. 543, 868 (2000).

J. Weiner, W. C. Danchi, D. D. S. Hale, J. McMahon, C. H. Townes, J. D. Monnier, and P. G. Tuthill, “Precision measurements of the diameters of α Orionis and o Ceti at 11 microns,” Ap. J. 544, 1097 (2000).

N. Short, W. Fitelson, D. Hale, and C. H. Townes, “Low Altitude Atmospheric Turbulence Characteristics at Mt. Wilson Observatory” Proceedings of SPIE, V488, 803 (2003)

J. Weiner, D. Hale, C. H. Townes, “The Variability of Late-Type Stars Diameters Measured Using Mid-Infrared Interferometry”, “Interferometry for Optical Astronomy II”, Conferences, August 22-28, 2002, Waikolea, Hawaii, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol 4838. 172-180, 2003

J. Weiner, D. D. S. Hale, and C. H. Townes, “Asymptotic Giant Branch and Supergiant Stellar Diameters in the Mid-Infrared”, ApJ, Vol. 589, 976 (2003)

S. Tevousjan, J. Weiner, K. S. Abdeli, D. D. S. Hale, C. H. Townes, “Mid-Infrared Interferometry on Dust Shells around 4 Late Type Stars”, ApJ, Vol 611, 466 (2004)

J. Weiner, K. Tatebe, D. D. S. Hale, C. H. Townes, J. Monnier, M. Ireland, P. Tuthill, R. Cohen, R. K. Barry, J. Rajagopol, W. C. Danchi, “The Asymmetrical Dust Environment of IK Tau”, Ap.J. 636-1067 (2006)

K. Tatebe, A.A. Chandler, D.D.S. Hale, and C.H. Townes, “Characteristication of Dust Shell Dynamics and Asymmetry for 6 Mira-Type Stars, ApJ. 652, 666 (2006)

K. Tatebe, D.D.S. Hale, E.H. Wishnow, and C.H. Townes, Observation of a Burst of High-Velocity Dust from - Herculis, ApJ. Letters April, 2007