COMPLETE Results and Publications

Refereed Publications

S. Schnee, J. Li, A. A. Goodman , A. I. Sargent, Dust Emission from the Perseus Molecular Cloud, Accepted to ApJ. (Local | astro-ph)

E. W. Rosolowsky, J. E. Pineda, J. Kauffmann, A. A. Goodman, Structural Analysis of Molecular Clouds: Dendrograms, Accepted to ApJ. (Local | astro-ph)

Jaime Pineda, Paola Caselli, Alyssa A. Goodman, CO Isotopologues in the Perseus Molecular Cloud Complex: the X-Factor and Regional Variations, Accepted to ApJ. (Local | astro-ph)

E. W. Rosolowsky, J. E. Pineda, J. B. Foster, M. A. Borkin, J. Kauffmann, P. Casell, P. C. Myers, A. A. Goodman, An Ammonia Spectral Atlas of Dense Cores in Perseus, ApJS, 2008, 175, 509 (Local | astro-ph | ADS)

Jonathan Foster, Carlos Román-Zúñiga, Alyssa A. Goodman, Elizabeth Lada, João Alves, Hunting Galaxies to (and for) Extinction, ApJ, 2008, 674, 831. (Local | astro-ph | ADS)

Helen Kirk, Doug Johnstone, Mario Tafalla, Dynamics of Dense Cores in the Perseus Molecular Cloud, 2007, ApJ, 668, 1042. (Local | astro-ph | ADS)

Helen Kirk, Doug Johnstone, James Di Francesco, "The Large and Small Scale Structures of Dust in the Star-Forming Perseus Molecular Cloud", 2006, ApJ, 646, 1009. (Local | astro-ph | ADS )

Scott L. Schnee, T. Bethell, Alyssa A. Goodman, "Estimating Column Density in Molecular Clouds Using Far-IR and Sub-mm Emission Maps", 2006, ApJ, 640, L47. (Local | astro-ph | ADS)

Naomi A. Ridge and The COMPLETE Team, "The COMPLETE Survey of Star Forming Regions: Phase 1 Data", 2006, AJ, 131, 2921. (Local | astro-ph | ADS)

Naomi A. Ridge, Scott L. Schnee, Alyssa A. Goodman, Jonathan B. Foster, "The COMPLETE Nature of the Warm Dust Shell in Perseus", 2006, ApJ, 643, 932. (Local | astro-ph | ADS)

Jonathan B. Foster & Alyssa A. Goodman,"Cloudshine: New Light on Dark Clouds", 2006, ApJ, 636, L105. Press Release. (Local| astro-ph | ADS)

Scott L. Schnee, Naomi A. Ridge, Alyssa A. Goodman, Jason G. Li,"A COMPLETE Look at the use of IRAS Emission Maps to Estimate Extinction and Dust Temperature". 2005, ApJ, 634, 442. (Local |astro-ph | ADS)

Doug Johnstone, James Di Francesco, Helen Kirk,"An Extinction Threshold for Protostellar Cores in Ophiuchus", 2004, ApJ, 611, L45-L48. (Local | astro-ph | ADS)

Alyssa A. Goodman, on behalf of the COMPLETE Team, "The COMPLETE Survey on its Second Birthday", 2004, in "Star Formation in the Interstellar Medium: In Honor of David Hollenbach, Chris McKee and Frank Shu", ASP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 323. Edited by D. Johnstone, F.C. Adams, D.N.C. Lin, D.A. Neufeld, and E.C. Ostriker. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, p.171. (Local | astro-ph | ADS)

Theses

Sebastien Guillot "Understanding the Early Stages of Star Formation in Perseus using CS and N2H+ tracers", 8/2006, University of Victoria Undergraduate Thesis.

Scott L. Schnee, "Gas and Dust in Molecular Clouds: Density, Temperature and Velocity Structure" PhD Thesis, Harvard University, July 2006.

Michelle A. Borkin, A COMPLETE Survey of Velocity Features in Perseus" 5/2006, Harvard University Undergraduate Senior Thesis. PPT Presentation.

Thomas Laakso, "Star-Forming Structures in Perseus" 5/2006, Harvard University Undergraduate Senior Thesis.

Helen M. Kirk, "Understanding Star Formation in the Perseus Molecular Cloud", 2005, University of Victoria, MSc Thesis.

Michelle A. Borkin, Naomi A. Ridge, Alyssa A. Goodman, Michael Halle, "Demonstration of the Applicability of "3D Slicer" to Astronomical Data using ¹³CO and C¹⁸O Observations of IC348", 5/2005, Harvard University Undergraduate Junior Thesis.

Selected Posters

The Perseus Molecular Cloud: Towards a COMPLETEr Understanding, Helen Kirk et al. Presented at Protostars and Planets V, October 24-28, 2005, The Big Island, Hawaii ppt (1.32 MB)

COMPLETE Greatest Hits, Volume 1, Alyssa Goodman on behalf of the COMPLETE Team, Presented at Protostars and Planets V, October 24-28, 2005, The Big Island, Hawaii ppt (14.5 MB)

COMPLETE Greatest Hits, Volume 2, Alyssa Goodman on behalf of the COMPLETE Team, Presented at AAS Meeting, January 8-12, 2006, Washington DC (ppt)

Movies

Check-out our movies page for movies and animations of the COMPLETE data.

Related non-COMPLETE Publications

M. Tafalla, M. S. N. Kumar, R. Bachiller, "Star formation in the vicinity of the IC 348 cluster", 2006, A&A, 456, 179

Padoan, Juvela & Pelkonen, "High Resolution Mapping of Interstellar Clouds by Near-IR Scattering", 2006, ApJ, 636, L101.

Enoch et al., "Bolocam Survey for 1.1 mm Dust Continuum Emission in the c2d Legacy Clouds. I. Perseus", 2006, ApJ, 638, 293.

Walawender, Bally, Kirk & Johnstone, "Multiple Outflows and Protostars in Barnard 1", 2005, AJ, 130, 1795.