The Dearth of UV-Bright Stars in M32: Implications for Stellar Evolution Theory (2008)
Brown, Thomas M., Smith, Ed, Ferguson, Henry C., Sweigart, Allen V., Kimble, Randy A., Bowers, Charles W.
Using the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope, we have obtained deep far-ultraviolet images of the compact elliptical galaxy M32. When combined with earlier...
Dinerstein, Harriet L., Sterling, N. C., Bowers, Charles W.
The central stars of planetary nebulae (PNe) are natural targets for FUSE due to their UV brightness. The FUSE spectra of many PNe show absorption features due to circumstellar material in species...
Far-Ultraviolet Emission from Elliptical Galaxies at z=0.33 (2003)
Brown, Thomas M., Ferguson, Henry C., Smith, Ed, Bowers, Charles W., Kimble, Randy A., Renzini, Alvio, ...
We present far-ultraviolet (far-UV) images of the rich galaxy cluster ZwCl1358.1+6245, taken with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph on board the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). When combined...
Using M32 to Study Rapid Phases of Stellar Evolution (2002)
Brown, Thomas M., Ferguson, Henry C., Sweigart, Allen V., Kimble, Randy A., Bowers, Charles W.
The compact elliptical galaxy M32 offers a unique testing ground for theories of stellar evolution. Because of its proximity, solar-blind UV observations can resolve the hot evolved stars in its...
Redshift estimation from low-resolution prism SEDs with an NGST MOS (2000)
Teplitz, Harry I., Malumuth, Eliot, Woodgate, Bruce E., Moseley, S. Harvey, Gardner, Jonathan P., Kimble, Randy A., ...
We discuss the utility of a low resolution prism as a component of a Multi-Object Spectrometer for NASA's proposed Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST). Low resolution prism spectroscopy permits...
Far-UV Emission from Elliptical Galaxies at z=0.55 (1999)
Brown, Thomas M., Bowers, Charles W., Kimble, Randy A., Ferguson, Henry C.
The restframe UV-to-optical flux ratio, characterizing the ``UV upturn'' phenomenon, is potentially the most sensitive tracer of age in elliptical galaxies; models predict that it may change by...
Detection and Photometry of Hot Horizontal Branch Stars in the Core of M32 (1999)
Brown, Thomas M., Bowers, Charles W., Kimble, Randy A., Sweigart, Allen V., Ferguson, Henry C.
We present the deepest near-UV image of M32 to date, which for the first time resolves hot HB stars in an elliptical galaxy. Given the near-solar metallicity of M32, much larger than that of globular...
Spectroscopy of the far and extreme ultraviolet dayglow / (1985)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Johns Hopkins University, 1986.