Associate Professor of Astronomy
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James Lowenthal received his bachelor's degree from Yale College and a doctorate from the University of Arizona.
His research interests include: high redshift galaxies, Lyman Break galaxies; Starburst galaxies; MM and Submm galaxies; galaxy formation and evolution; QSO absorption line systems; QSO host galaxies; and ultra-faint radio sources.
"Dynamics of Lyman Break Galaxies and Their Host Halos," J. D. Lowenthal, D. C. Koo, L. Simard & E. van Kampen
2009, ApJ, 703, 198.
Full-resolution images available here
"An AzTEC 1.1 mm survey of the GOODS-N field -- II. Multi-wavelength identifications and redshift distribution," E. Chapin et al, 2009, MNRAS, 398, 1793
"Spitzer IRAC infrared colours of submillimetre-bright galaxies," M. Yun et al, 2008, MNRAS, 389, 333
"Evidence for a Population of High–Redshift Submillimeter Galaxies from Interferometric Imaging," J. D. Younger et al, Astrophysical Journal (ApJ), 2007, in press.
"Measuring the Halo Mass of z=3 Damped Ly–alpha Absorbers from the Absorber–Galaxy Cross–correlation," N. Bouche, J. P. Gardner, D. H. Weinberg, N. Katz, R. Dave and J. D. Lowenthal, 2005, ApJ, (628, 89).
"The Star Formation Rate–Density Relationship at Redshift Three," N. Bouche & J. D. Lowenthal, 2005, Astrophysical Journal Letters (ApJLett), (623, 75).
"The clustering of galaxies around three damped Ly-alpha absorbers at Redshift Three," N. Bouche & J. D. Lowenthal, 2004, ApJ, (609, 513).
"Clustering of galaxies at z=3 around the probable Damped Ly–alpha absorber towards QSO APM 08279+5255," N. Bouche & J.D. Lowenthal, 2003, ApJ, in press.
"The Morphology of 9 Radio–selected Faint Galaxies from deep HST Imaging," N.D. Roche, J.D. Lowenthal and D.C. Koo, 2002, Monthly Notice of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS), (337, 840).
"Keck Spectroscopy and Imaging of Faint Galaxies Identifed as MicroJansky Radio Sources," N.D. Roche, J.D. Lowenthal and D.C. Koo, 2002, MNRAS, (330, 307).
Gzipped postscript images available at these links: Plate 1, Plate 2, Plate 3.
"H–alpha Imaging with HST+NICMOS of An Elusive Damped Ly–alpha Cloud at z=0,"" Bouche, N., Lowenthal, J.D., Charlton, J.C., Bershady, M.A., Churchill, C.W. and Steidel, C.C. 2001, ApJ, (550, 585).
"Lyman–alpha Imaging of a Very Luminous z=2.3 Starburst Galaxy with WFPC2," Roche, N.D., Lowenthal, J.D. and Woodgate, B., 2000, MNRAS, (317, 937).
"Near–Infrared Galaxy Counts to J and K˜24 as a Function of Image Size," Bershady, M. A., Lowenthal, J. D., and Koo, D. C., 1998, ApJ, (505, 50).
"Far–Ultraviolet Spectra of Starburst Galaxies: Stellar Population and the Kinematics of the Interstellar Medium," Gonzalez Delgado, R. M., Leitherer, C., Heckman, T., Lowenthal, J.D., Ferguson, H.C., & Robert, C., 1998, ApJ, 495, 698.