cara battersby

Assistant Professor
University of Connecticut

The Central Molecular Zone of our Galaxy

PUBLICATIONS

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Summary: I have an h-index of 26, am an author on 46 refereed publications, with over 2500 citations.
The below publication list is incomplete, please see link above for an updated list.


First Author or Advised Student Lead


[1] Zucker, C., Battersby, C., & Goodman, A., The Skeleton of the Milky Way, June, 2015, accepted to
ApJ, 2015arXiv150608807Z

[2] Vutisalchavakul, N., Evans, II, N. J., & Battersby, C., The Star-formation Relation for Regions in the
Galactic Plane: The Effect of Spatial Resolution, December, 2014, ApJ, 797, 77.  2014ApJ...797...77V

[3] Battersby, C., Ginsburg, A., Bally, J., Longmore, S., Dunham, M., & Darling, J., The Onset of Massive
Star Formation: The Evolution of Temperature and Density Structure in an Infrared Dark Cloud, June,
2014, ApJ, 787, 113. 2014ApJ...787..113B

[4] Battersby, C., Bally, J., Dunham, M., Ginsburg, A., Longmore, S., & Darling, J., The Comparison of
Physical Properties Derived from Gas and Dust in a Massive Star-forming Region, May, 2014, ApJ, 786,
116.  2014ApJ...786..116B

[5] Battersby, C. D., 2013, in The Formation of Massive Stars and Star Clusters in the Milky Way New
Horizons in Astronomy (BASH 2013) - Invited Review Paper.  2013nha..confE...5B

[6] Battersby, C., Bally, J., Ginsburg, A., Bernard, J.-P., Brunt, C., Fuller, G. A., Martin, P., Molinari,
S., Mottram, J., Peretto, N., Testi, L., & Thompson, M. A., Characterizing precursors to stellar clusters
with Herschel, November, 2011, A&A, 535, A128.  2011A&A...535A.128B

[7] Battersby, C., Bally, J., Jackson, J. M., Ginsburg, A., Shirley, Y. L., Schlingman, W., & Glenn, J., An
Infrared Through Radio Study of the Properties and Evolution of IRDC Clumps, September, 2010, ApJ,
721, 222.  2010ApJ...721..222B


Papers as Part of Main Science Team


[1] Ginsburg, A., Walsh, A., Henkel, C., Jones, P. A., Cunningham, M., Kauffmann, J., Pillai, T., Mills,
E. A. C., Ott, J., Kruijssen, J. M. D., Menten, K. M., Battersby, C., Rathborne, J., Contreras, Y.,
Longmore, S., Walker, D., & Dawson, J., High-mass star-forming cloud G0.38+0.04 in the Galactic
Center Dust Ridge contains H2CO and SiO masers, October. 2015, accepted to ApJ Letters. 
2015arXiv151006401G

[2] Lu, X., Zhang, Q., Kauffmann, J., Pillai, T., Longmore, S. N., Kruijssen, J. M. D., Battersby, C.,
& Gu, Q., Deeply Embedded Protostellar Population in the 20 km s-1 Cloud of the Central Molecular
Zone, October. 2015, accepted to ApJ Letters.   2015arXiv151004901L

[3] Ginsburg, A., Henkel, C., Ao, Y., Riquelme, D., Kauffmann, J., Pillai, T., Mills, E. A. C., Requena-
Torres, M. A., Immer, K., Testi, L., Ott, J., Bally, J., Battersby, C., Darling, J., Aalto, S., Stanke,
T., Kendrew, S., Kruijssen, J. M. D., Longmore, S., Dale, J., Guesten, R., & Menten, K. M., Dense gas
in the Galactic central molecular zone is warm and heated by turbulence, September. 2015, accepted to
A&A.  2015arXiv150901583G

[4] Ellsworth-Bowers, T. P., Glenn, J., Riley, A., Rosolowsky, E., Ginsburg, A., II, N. J. E., Battersby,
C., & Shirley, Y. L., The bolocam galactic plane survey. xiii. physical properties and mass functions of
dense molecular cloud structures, June. 2015, ApJ, 805, 157.  2015ApJ...805..157E

[5] Merello, M., Evans, II, N. J., Shirley, Y. L., Rosolowsky, E., Ginsburg, A., Bally, J., Battersby, C., &
Dunham, M. M., The Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey. XI. Temperatures and Substructure of Galactic
Clumps Based On 350 micron Observations.  May. 2015, ApJS, 218, 1.  2015ApJS..218....1M

[6] Ellsworth-Bowers, T. P., Rosolowsky, E., Glenn, J., Ginsburg, A., II, N. J. E., Battersby, C., Shirley,
Y. L., & Svoboda, B., The bolocam galactic plane survey. xii. distance catalog expansion using kinematic
isolation of dense molecular cloud structures with 13co(1-0), May 2015, ApJS, 218, 1.  2015ApJ...799...29E

[7] Ginsburg, A., Bally, J., Battersby, C., Youngblood, A., Darling, J., Rosolowsky, E., Arce, H., &
Lebr´on Santos, M. E., The dense gas mass fraction in the w51 cloud and its protoclusters, January
2015, A&A, 573, A106. 2014arXiv1411.1756G

[8] Shirley, Y. L., Ellsworth-Bowers, T. P., Svoboda, B., Schlingman, W. M., Ginsburg, A., Rosolowsky,
E., Gerner, T., Mairs, S., Battersby, C., Stringfellow, G., Dunham, M. K., Glenn, J., & Bally, J., The
Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey. X. A Complete Spectroscopic Catalog of Dense Molecular Gas Observed
toward 1.1 mm Dust Continuum Sources with 7. 5 <= l <= 194, November, 2013, ApJS, 209, 2. 
2013ApJS..209....2S

[9] Ginsburg, A., Glenn, J., Rosolowsky, E., Ellsworth-Bowers, T. P., Battersby, C., Dunham, M.,
Merello, M., Shirley, Y., Bally, J., Evans, II, N. J., Stringfellow, G., & Aguirre, J., The Bolocam
Galactic Plane Survey. IX. Data Release 2 and Outer Galaxy Extension, October, 2013, ApJS, 208, 14. 
2013ApJS..208...14G

[10] Kendrew, S., Ginsburg, A., Johnston, K., Beuther, H., Bally, J., Cyganowski, C. J., & Battersby, C.,
Early-stage Massive Star Formation near the Galactic Center: Sgr C, October, 2013, ApJ, 775, L50.
2013ApJ...775L..50K

[11] Ellsworth-Bowers, T. P., Glenn, J., Rosolowsky, E., Mairs, S., Evans, II, N. J., Battersby, C., Ginsburg,
A., Shirley, Y. L., & Bally, J., The Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey. VIII. A Mid-infrared Kinematic
Distance Discrimination Method, June, 2013, ApJ, 770, 39.  2013ApJ...770...39E

[12] Longmore, S. N., Kruijssen, J. M. D., Bally, J., Ott, J., Testi, L., Rathborne, J., Bastian, N., Bressert,
E., Molinari, S., Battersby, C., & Walsh, A. J., Candidate super star cluster progenitor gas clouds
possibly triggered by close passage to Sgr A*, June, 2013, MNRAS, 433, L15.  2013MNRAS.433L..15L

[13] Longmore, S. N., Bally, J., Testi, L., Purcell, C. R., Walsh, A. J., Bressert, E., Pestalozzi, M., Molinari,
S., Ott, J., Cortese, L., Battersby, C., Murray, N., Lee, E., Kruijssen, J. M. D., Schisano, E., & Elia,
D., Variations in the Galactic star formation rate and density thresholds for star formation, February,
2013, MNRAS, 429, 987.  2013MNRAS.429..987L

[14] Bressert, E., Ginsburg, A., Bally, J., Battersby, C., Longmore, S., & Testi, L., How to Find Young
Massive Cluster Progenitors, October, 2012, ApJ, 758, L28.  2012ApJ...758L..28B

[15] Ginsburg, A., Bressert, E., Bally, J., & Battersby, C., There are No Starless Massive Proto-clusters
in the First Quadrant of the Galaxy, October, 2012, ApJ, 758, L29.  2012ApJ...758L..29G

[16] Longmore, S. N., Rathborne, J., Bastian, N., Alves, J., Ascenso, J., Bally, J., Testi, L., Longmore, A.,
Battersby, C., Bressert, E., Purcell, C., Walsh, A., Jackson, J., Foster, J., Molinari, S., Meingast, S.,
Amorim, A., Lima, J., Marques, R., Moitinho, A., Pinhao, J., Rebordao, J., & Santos, F. D., G0.253
+ 0.016: A Molecular Cloud Progenitor of an Arches-like Cluster, February, 2012, ApJ, 746, 117.
2012ApJ...746..117L

[17] Ginsburg, A., Darling, J., Battersby, C., Zeiger, B., & Bally, J., Galactic H2CO Densitometry. I.
Pilot Survey of Ultracompact H II Regions and Methodology, August, 2011, ApJ, 736, 149. 
2011ApJ...736..149G

[18] Schlingman, W. M., Shirley, Y. L., Schenk, D. E., Rosolowsky, E., Bally, J., Battersby, C., Dunham,
M. K., Ellsworth-Bowers, T. P., Evans, II, N. J., Ginsburg, A., & Stringfellow, G., The Bolocam Galactic
Plane Survey. V. HCO+ and N2H+ Spectroscopy of 1.1 mm Dust Continuum Sources, August, 2011,
ApJS, 195, 14.  2011ApJS..195...14S

[19] Aguirre, J. E., Ginsburg, A. G., Dunham, M. K., Drosback, M. M., Bally, J., Battersby, C., Bradley,
E. T., Cyganowski, C., Dowell, D., Evans, II, N. J., Glenn, J., Harvey, P., Rosolowsky, E., Stringfellow,
G. S., Walawender, J., & Williams, J. P., The Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey: Survey Description and
Data Reduction, January, 2011, ApJS, 192, 4.  2011ApJS..192....4A

[20] Bally, J., Aguirre, J., Battersby, C., Bradley, E. T., Cyganowski, C., Dowell, D., Drosback, M.,
Dunham, M. K., Evans, II, N. J., Ginsburg, A., Glenn, J., Harvey, P., Mills, E., Merello, M., Rosolowsky,
E., Schlingman, W., Shirley, Y. L., Stringfellow, G. S., Walawender, J., & Williams, J., The Bolocam
Galactic Plane Survey: l = 1.1 and 0.35 mm Dust Continuum Emission in the Galactic Center Region,
September, 2010, ApJ, 721, 137.  2010ApJ...721..137B

[21] Bally, J., Anderson, L. D., Battersby, C., Calzoletti, L., Digiorgio, A. M., Faustini, F., Ginsburg,
A., Li, J. Z., Nguyen-Luong, Q., Molinari, S., Motte, F., Pestalozzi, M., Plume, R., Rodon, J., Schilke,
P., Schlingman, W., Schneider-Bontemps, N., Shirley, Y., Stringfellow, G. S., Testi, L., Traficante, A.,
Veneziani, M., & Zavagno, A., Herschel observations of the W43 “mini-starburst”, July, 2010, A&A,
518, L90.  2010A&A...518L..90B

[22] Dunham, M. K., Rosolowsky, E., Evans, II, N. J., Cyganowski, C. J., Aguirre, J., Bally, J., Battersby,
C., Bradley, E. T., Dowell, D., Drosback, M., Ginsburg, A., Glenn, J., Harvey, P., Merello, M., Schlingman,
W., Shirley, Y. L., Stringfellow, G. S., Walawender, J., & Williams, J. P., The Bolocam Galactic
Plane Survey. III. Characterizing Physical Properties of Massive Star-forming Regions in the Gemini
OB1 Molecular Cloud, July, 2010, ApJ, 717, 1157.  2010ApJ...717.1157D

[23] Rosolowsky, E., Dunham, M. K., Ginsburg, A., Bradley, E. T., Aguirre, J., Bally, J., Battersby, C.,
Cyganowski, C., Dowell, D., Drosback, M., Evans, II, N. J., Glenn, J., Harvey, P., Stringfellow, G. S.,
Walawender, J., & Williams, J. P., The Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey. II. Catalog of the Image Data,
May, 2010, ApJS, 188, 123.  2010ApJS..188..123R

[24] Pratap, P., Shute, P. A., Keane, T. C., Battersby, C., & Sterling, S., Class i Methanol Masers:
Signposts of Star Formation?, May, 2008, AJ, 135, 1718.  2008AJ....135.1718P


Papers as Member of Collaboration


[1] Wilcock, L. A., Ward-Thompson, D., Kirk, J. M., Stamatellos, D., Whitworth, A., Battersby, C.,
Elia, D., Fuller, G. A., DiGiorgio, A., Gri n, M. J., Molinari, S., Martin, P., Mottram, J. C., Peretto,
N., Pestalozzi, M., Schisano, E., Smith, H. A., & Thompson, M. A., Isolated starless cores in infrared
dark clouds in the Hi-GAL survey, July, 2012, MNRAS, 424, 716.  2012MNRAS.424..716W

[2] Molinari, S., Bally, J., Noriega-Crespo, A., Compi`egne, M., Bernard, J. P., Paradis, D., Martin, P., Testi,
L., Barlow, M., Moore, T., Plume, R., Swinyard, B., Zavagno, A., Calzoletti, L., Di Giorgio, A. M.,
Elia, D., Faustini, F., Natoli, P., Pestalozzi, M., Pezzuto, S., Piacentini, F., Polenta, G., Polychroni,
D., Schisano, E., Traficante, A., Veneziani, M., Battersby, C., Burton, M., Carey, S., Fukui, Y., Li,
J. Z., Lord, S. D., Morgan, L., Motte, F., Schuller, F., Stringfellow, G. S., Tan, J. C., Thompson, M. A.,
Ward-Thompson, D., White, G., & Umana, G., A 100 pc Elliptical and Twisted Ring of Cold and Dense
Molecular Clouds Revealed by Herschel Around the Galactic Center, July, 2011, ApJ, 735, L33.
2011ApJ...735L..33M

[3] Wilcock, L. A., Kirk, J. M., Stamatellos, D., Ward-Thompson, D., Whitworth, A., Battersby, C.,
Brunt, C., Fuller, G. A., Gri n, M., Molinari, S., Martin, P., Mottram, J. C., Peretto, N., Plume,
R., Smith, H. A., & Thompson, M. A., The initial conditions of high-mass star formation: radiative
transfer models of IRDCs seen in the Herschel Hi-GAL survey, February, 2011, A&A, 526, A159.
2011A&A...526A.159W

[4] Elia, D., Schisano, E., Molinari, S., Robitaille, T., Angl´es-Alc´azar, D., Bally, J., Battersby, C.,
Benedettini, M., Billot, N., Calzoletti, L., di Giorgio, A. M., Faustini, F., Li, J. Z., Martin, P., Morgan,
L., Motte, F., Mottram, J. C., Natoli, P., Olmi, L., Paladini, R., Piacentini, F., Pestalozzi, M., Pezzuto,
S., Polychroni, D., Smith, M. D., Strafella, F., Stringfellow, G. S., Testi, L., Thompson, M. A., Traficante,
A., & Veneziani, M., A Herschel study of YSO evolutionary stages and formation timelines in
two fields of the Hi-GAL survey, July, 2010, A&A, 518, L97.  2010A&A...518L..97E

[5] Molinari, S., Swinyard, B., Bally, J., Barlow, M., Bernard, J.-P., Martin, P., Moore, T., Noriega-Crespo,
A., Plume, R., Testi, L., Zavagno, A., Abergel, A., Ali, B., Anderson, L., Andr´e, P., Baluteau, J.-P.,
Battersby, C., Beltr´an, M. T., Benedettini, M., Billot, N., Blommaert, J., Bontemps, S., Boulanger,
F., Brand, J., Brunt, C., Burton, M., Calzoletti, L., Carey, S., Caselli, P., Cesaroni, R., Cernicharo, J.,
Chakrabarti, S., Chrysostomou, A., Cohen, M., Compiegne, M., de Bernardis, P., de Gasperis, G., di
Giorgio, A. M., Elia, D., Faustini, F., Flagey, N., Fukui, Y., Fuller, G. A., Ganga, K., Garcia-Lario, P.,
Glenn, J., Goldsmith, P. F., Griffin, M., Hoare, M., Huang, M., Ikhenaode, D., Joblin, C., Joncas, G.,
Juvela, M., Kirk, J. M., Lagache, G., Li, J. Z., Lim, T. L., Lord, S. D., Marengo, M., Marshall, D. J.,
Masi, S., Massi, F., Matsuura, M., Minier, V., Miville-Deschˆenes, M.-A., Montier, L. A., Morgan, L.,
Motte, F., Mottram, J. C., M¨uller, T. G., Natoli, P., Neves, J., Olmi, L., Paladini, R., Paradis, D.,
Parsons, H., Peretto, N., Pestalozzi, M., Pezzuto, S., Piacentini, F., Piazzo, L., Polychroni, D., Pomar`es,
M., Popescu, C. C., Reach, W. T., Ristorcelli, I., Robitaille, J.-F., Robitaille, T., Rod´on, J. A., Roy,
A., Royer, P., Russeil, D., Saraceno, P., Sauvage, M., Schilke, P., Schisano, E., Schneider, N., Schuller,
F., Schulz, B., Sibthorpe, B., Smith, H. A., Smith, M. D., Spinoglio, L., Stamatellos, D., Strafella,
F., Stringfellow, G. S., Sturm, E., Taylor, R., Thompson, M. A., Traficante, A., Tu↵s, R. J., Umana,
G., Valenziano, L., Vavrek, R., Veneziani, M., Viti, S., Waelkens, C., Ward-Thompson, D., White, G.,
Wilcock, L. A., Wyrowski, F., Yorke, H. W., & Zhang, Q., Clouds, filaments, and protostars: The
Herschel Hi-GAL Milky Way, July, 2010, A&A, 518, L100.  2010A&A...518L.100M

[6] Peretto, N., Fuller, G. A., Plume, R., Anderson, L. D., Bally, J., Battersby, C., Beltran, M. T.,
Bernard, J.-P., Calzoletti, L., Digiorgio, A. M., Faustini, F., Kirk, J. M., Lenfestey, C., Marshall, D.,
Martin, P., Molinari, S., Montier, L., Motte, F., Ristorcelli, I., Rod´on, J. A., Smith, H. A., Traficante, A.,
Veneziani, M., Ward-Thompson, D., & Wilcock, L., Mapping the column density and dust temperature
structure of IRDCs with Herschel, July, 2010, A&A, 518, L98.  2010A&A...518L..98P