Matt's Astronomical Research

Planetary Nebulae

• Numerical Hydrodynamics
  • Ph.D. thesis: "Numerical Hydrodynamic Models of Planetary Nebulae"
  • Thesis publication: M. Bobrowsky and D.M. Zipoy, 1989, The Astrophysical Journal, V. 347, p. 307-324
• Observations
  • Ground Based:
    • Kitt Peak National Observatory, Kitt Peak, Arizona
    • European Southern Observatory, La Silla, Chile
  • Space Based:
    • Hubble Space Telescope
• Planetary Nebula Publications
• "NICMOS Imaging of HD 179821 and AFGL 4106," M. Bobrowsky, T. Ueta, & M. Meixner, IAU Symposium #234, Proceedings, M.J. Barlow & R.H. Méndez, eds., V. 234, 2006.
• "IRAS 17347--3139. An infrared Planetary Nebula," J.V. Perea-Calderón, F.M. Jiménez-Esteban, O. Suárez, M. Bobrowsky, & P. García-Lario, A&A, submitted, 2006.
• "The Double-Dust Chemistry Phenomenon in PNe with [WC]-type Central Stars," Perea-Calderón, J.V., García-Hernández, D.A., Bobrowsky, M., & García-Lario, P., IAU Symposium #234, Proceedings, M.J. Barlow & R.H. Méndez, eds., V. 234, p. 483, 2006.
• "Spitzer/IRS observations of OHPNe," García-Hernández, D.A., Perea-Calderón, F.M., Bobrowsky, M., & García-Lario, P., IAU Symposium #234, Proceedings, M.J. Barlow & R.H. Méndez, eds., V. 234, p. 397, 2006.
• "Nebular emission lines in IRAS 17347–3139," Jiménez-Esteban, F.M., Perea-Calderón, F.M., Suárez, O., Bobrowsky, M., & García-Lario, P., IAU Symposium #234, Proceedings, M.J. Barlow & R.H. Méndez, eds., V. 234, p. 437, 2006.
• "Departures from Axisymmetry in Planetary Nebulae," M. Bobrowsky, K.M. Xilouris, N. Soker, & R.T. Rood, Asymmetrical Planetary Nebulae III, Proceedings, ASP Conference 313, 17, 2004.
• "The Dust Ring of LBV Candidate HD 168625: Infrared Observations and Model Calculations,” Ap.J., 598, 1255, 2003.
• "The high-velocity outflow in the proto-planetary nebula Hen 3-1475,” Riera, A., P. García-Lario, A. Manchado, M. Bobrowsky, & R. Estalella, A&A, 401, 1039, 2003.
• "Two Subclasses of Proto-Planetary Nebulae: Model Calculations”, M. Meixner, T. Ueta, M. Bobrowsky, & A. Speck, Ap.J., 571, 936, 2002.
• "New Observations of the High-Velocity Outflows of the Proto-Planetary Nebula HEN 3-1475”, A. Riera, P. García-Lario, A. Manchado, M. Bobrowsky, & R. Estalella, Rev. Mex. AA (Serie de Conferencias), 13, 127, 2002.
• "Dynamics of the Collimated Outflows of the PPN Hen 3-1475," A. Riera, P. García-Lario, A. Manchado, & M. Bobrowsky, in Post-AGB Objects as a Phase of Stellar Evolution, Proceedings of the Toruń Workshop held July 5-7, 2000. Edited by R. Szczerba and S. K. Górny. Astrophysics and Space Science Library Vol. 265, p. 209.  Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston/Dordrecht/London, 2001.
• "Dual Axisymmetry in Proto-planetary Nebula Reflection Nebulosities: Results from an HST Snapshot Survey of PPN Candidates,” Ueta, Meixner and Bobrowsky 2000, ASP Conf. Ser. 199: Asymmetrical Planetary Nebulae II: From Origins to Microstructures, p. 195.
• "A Hubble Space Telescope Snapshot Survey of Proto-Planetary Nebula Candidates: Two Types of Reflection Nebulosities”, T. Ueta, M. Meixner, & M. Bobrowsky, Ap.J., 528, 861, 2000.
• "The Stingray Nebula: watching the rapid evolution of a newly born planetary nebula”, M. Bobrowsky, K.C. Sahu, M. Parthasarathy, & P. García-Lario, New Astronomy Reviews (formerly Vistas in Astronomy), V. 43 (6-7), p. 411-414, 1999.
• "Recent Developments in the Young Planetary Nebula Hen-1357”, M. Bobrowsky, Highlights of Astronomy, as presented at the XXIIIrd General Assembly of the IAU, 1997, edited by J. Andersen, Kluwer Academic Publishers, V. 11B, p. 359, 1999.
• "An HST Snapshot Survey of Proto-Planetary Nebulae: Two Physically Distinct Types of Reflection Nebulosities", T. Ueta, M. Meixner, & M. Bobrowsky, Ap.J.,528, No. 2, 2000.
• "Birth and early evolution of a planetary nebula", M. Bobrowsky, K. Sahu, M. Parthasarathy, and P. Garcia-Lario, Nature, V. 392, p. 469-471, 1998. (Nature chose this work for the cover of this issue.)
• "The birth of a planetary nebula around the carbon star IRC+10216", C.J. Skinner, M. Meixner, & M. Bobrowsky, MNRAS, V. 300, p. L29, 1998.
• "The Stingray Nebula: Watching the Rapid Evolution of a Newly Born Planetary Nebula", M. Bobrowsky, K. C. Sahu, M. Parthasarathy, P. Garcia-Lario, in Proceedings of 1997 IAU Joint Discussion 8, "Stellar Evolution on Human Time Scales", eds. E. Guinan & R. Koch, 1998.
• "Narrow-Band Optical Imagry of the Proto-Planetary Nebula IRAS 17441-2411", M. Bobrowsky, M. Meixner, & C. Skinner, in Proceedings of 1997 Conference on Stellar Astrophysics, eds. K.L. Chan, K.S. Cheng, & H.P. Singh, ASP Conference Series Vol. 138, p. 19-22, 1998.
• "Spatially Resolved Narrow-Band Imagery of the Compact Planetary Nebulae Hu 2-1 and M 1-58", M. Bobrowsky, in Science with the Hubble Space Telescope - II, ed. P. Benvenuti, F.D. Macchetto, & E.J. Schreier, Space Telescope Science Institute, 1996.
• "He3-1475 and Its Jets", M. Bobrowsky, A.A. Zijlstra, E.K. Grebel, et al., The Astrophysical Journal, V. 446, L89, 1995.
• "Is He3-1475 a Planetary Nebula?", M. Bobrowsky, A.A. Zijlstra, E.K. Grebel, C.G. Tinney, P. te Lintel Hekkert, G.C. Van de Steene, L. Likkel, and T.R. Bedding, in "Asymmetrical Planetary Nebulae", ed. A. Harpaz and Noam Soker, Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol and Philadelphia, p. 178-182, 1995.
• "Narrow-Band HST Imagery of the Young Planetary Nebula Henize 1357", M. Bobrowsky, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, V. 426, L47, 1994.
• "Numerical Hydrodynamic Models of Planetary Nebulae", M. Bobrowsky and D.M. Zipoy, The Astrophysical Journal, V. 347, p. 307-324, 1989.

Solar Radio Astronomy

• Observations
• Haystack Radio Telescope, Westford, Massachusetts
• Very Large Array, Socorro, New Mexico
• Solar Radio Astronomy Publications
  
• "Observations of an H-alpha and Microwave Brightening Caused by a Distant Solar Flare", M.R. Kundu, D.M. Rust, and M. Bobrowsky, The Astrophysical Journal, V. 265, p. 1084-1089, 1983.
• "VLA Observations of Positions of 6 cm Burst Peaks Associated with Hard X-Ray Burst Spikes", M.R. Kundu, M. Bobrowsky, and T. Velusamy, The Astrophysical Journal, V. 251, p. 342-351, 1981.
• "Observations of Solar Filaments at 8, 15, 22, and 43 GHz", E.J. Schmahl, M. Bobrowsky, and M.R. Kundu, Solar Physics, V. 71, p. 311-328, 1981.

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