Lori E. Allen

 Greetings! I am an Astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Contact Information:
  • Mailing Address: 60 Garden St. / MS-42 / Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
  • Tel: (617) 496-7887
  • FAX: (617) 495-7345
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    Research

    My primary research is on the formation and evolution of stars and planetary systems. I work on the instrument team for the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) on the Spitzer Space Telescope , the last of NASA's four Great Observatory space missions.

    Selected recent papers:

    The Structure and Evolution of Young Stellar Clusters
    L. Allen, S.T. Megeath, R. Gutermuth, P.C. Myers, S. Wolk, F.C. Adams, J. Muzerolle, E. Young and J.L. Pipher, 2006 to appear in Protostars and Planets V astro-ph

    Detection of Thermal Emission from an Extrasolar Planet
    D. Charbonneau, L. Allen, S.T. Megeath, G. Torres, R. Alonso, T.M. Brown, R.L. Gilliland, D.W. Latham, G. Mandushev, F.T. O'Donovan and A. Sozzetti, 2005 ApJ 626, 523 ADS abstract

    Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) Colors of Young Stellar Objects
    L.E. Allen, N. Calvet, P. D'Alessio, B. Merin, L. Hartmann, S.T. Megeath, R. Gutermuth, J. Muzerolle, J.L. Pipher,P.C. Myers and G.G. Fazio, 2004, ApJS 154, 363 ADS abstract



    A few useful(?) links

  • Spectral standards in the R-band, from Allen and Strom, 1995
  • My Ph.D. thesis (star formation in Lynds 1641, a molecular cloud in Orion).
  • HKQ : John Spitzak's IRAC housekeeping analysis software.
  • Star formation research at the CfA.
  • Star and planet formation journal club at the CfA.

    • A few miscellaneous links

  • The weather...
    • Click for Cambridge, Massachusetts Forecast Click for Kennedy Space Center, Florida Forecast

  • Kennedy Space Center Integrated Launch Schedule

  • Sox Victorious! Photos from the Rolling Rally, October 30, 2007
  • Photos from the Canadian Rockies (Jasper and Banff), July 2004. Jasper vacation pics
  • Photos from the Florida Everglades and the Keys (aka, waiting for launch, April 2003). Florida vacation pics
    • 2007/11/21, lea / Harvard-Smithsonian CfA