Publications

Colliding Clouds: The Star Formation Trigger of the Stellar Cluster Around BD+40 4124
Looney, L.W., Wang, S., Hamidouche, M., Safier, P.N., Klein, R.2006, Apj Accepted
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Protostars, Dust Globules, and a Herbig-Haro Object in the LMC Superbubble N51D
Chu, Y.-H., Gruendl, R. A, Chen, C.-H. R., Whitney, B. A., Gordon, K. D., Looney, L. W., Clayton, G. C., Dickel, J. R., Dunne, B. C., Points, S. D., Smith, R. C., Williams, R. M. 2005, ApJL, 634, 189
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BIMA Array Detections of HCN in Comets LINEAR (C/2002 T7) and NEAT (C/2001 Q4)
Friedel, D.N., Remijan, A.J., Snyder, L.E., A'Hearn, M.F., Blake, G.A., de Pater, I., Dickel, H.R., Forster, J.R., Hogerheijde, M.R., Kraybill,C, Looney, L.W., Palmer, P., Wright, M.C.H. 2005, ApJ, 630, 623
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Realizing Integral Field Spectroscopy in the Far-Infrared
Looney, L.W., Raab, W., Politsch, A., & Geis, N. 2003, ApJ Accepted (July)
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Envelope Emission in Young Stellar Systems: A Sub-Arcsecond Survey of Circumstellar Structure
Looney, L.W., Mundy, L.G., & Welch, W.J. 2003, ApJ Accepted (June)
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FIFI LS: a far-infared 3D spectral imager for SOFIA
Looney, L.W., Raab, W., Poglitsch, A., Geis, N., Rosenthal, D., Hoenle, R., Klein, R., Fumi, F., Genzel, R., & Henning, T. 2003, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 4857, pp. 47-55
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FIFI LS: the optical design and diffraction analysis
Raab, W., Looney, L.W., Poglitsch, A., Geis, N., Hoenle, R., Rosenthal, D., & Genzel, R. 2003, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 4857, pp. 166-174
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Magnetic Field Strengths in the Hot Spots and Lobes of Three Powerful Fanaroff-Riley Type II Radio Sources
Hardcastle, M.J., Birkinshaw, M., Cameron, R.A., Harris, D. E., Looney, L. W., & Worrall, D. M. 2002, ApJ, 581, 948
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Sub-Arcsecond Millimeter Imaging of Disks and Envelopes: Probing the Density Structure
Looney, L.W., Mundy, L.G., & Welch, W.J. 2001, Proceeding for "The Origins of Stars and Planets: The VLT View"
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Adaptive Optics Integral Field Spectroscopy of the Young Stellar Objects in LkHalpha 225
Davies, R.I., Tecza, M., Looney, L.W., Eisenhauer, F., Tacconi-Garman, L.E., Thatte, N., Ott, T., Rabien, S., Hippler, & S., Kasper, M. 2001, ApJ accepted
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85-GHz BIMA Observations of the Double-Hotspot Radio Galaxy 3C20
Hardcastle, M.J. & Looney, L.W. 2001, MNRAS, 320, 355
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Realizing 3D Spectral Imaging in the Far-Infrared: FIFI LS
Looney, L.W., Geis, N., Genzel, R., Park, W.K., Poglitsch, A., Raab, W., Rosenthal, D., Urban, A., & Henning, T., SPIE Proceeding 2000
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16x25 Ge:Ga Detector Arrays for FIFI LS
Rosenthal, D., Beeman, J.W., Geis, N., Looney, L.W., Poglitsch, A., Park, W.K., Raab, W., & Urban, A., SPIE Proceeding 2000
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Sub-Arcsecond Imaging of 3C123: 108-GHz Continuum Observations of the Radio Hotspots
Looney, L.W. & Hardcastle, M.J. 2000, ApJ, 534, 172
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Unveiling the Envelope and Disk: A Sub-Arcsecond Survey of Young Stellar Systems
Looney, L.W., Mundy, L.G., & Welch, W.J. 2000, ApJ, 529, 477
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The Structure and Evolution of Envelopes and Disks in Young Stellar Systems
Mundy, Looney, & Welch 2000, Protostars and Planets IV
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My Ph.D. Thesis:
Unveiling the Envelope and Disk: A Sub-Arcsecond Survey of Young Stellar Systems
Looney, L.W. 1998, Thesis
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High Resolution 2.7 mm Observations of L1551 IRS5: A Protobinary System?
Looney, L.W., Mundy, L.G., & Welch, W.J. 1997, ApJL, 484, 157
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Imaging the HL Tauri Disk at 2.7 Millimeters with the BIMA Array
Mundy, L.G.,Looney, L.W., Erickson, W., Grossman, A., Welch, W.J., Forster, J.R., Wright, M.C.H., Plambeck, R.L., Lugten, J, & Thornton, D.D. 1996, ApJ, 464L, 169
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The Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland-Association Millimeter Array
Welch, W.J., Thornton, D.D., Plambeck, R.L., Wright, M.C.H., Lugten, J., Urry, L., Fleming, M., Hoffman, W., Hudson, J., Lum, W.T., Forster, J.R., Thatte, N., Zhang, X., Zivanovic, S., Snyder, L., Crutcher, R., Lo, K.Y., Wakker, B., Stupar, M., Sault, R., Miao, Y., Rao, R., Wan, K., Dickel, H.R., Blitz, L., Vogel, S.N., Mundy, L.G., Erickson, W., Teuben, P.J., Morgan, J., Helfer, T., Looney, L.W., de Gues, E., Grossman, A., Howe, J.E., Pound, M., & Regan, M.W. 1996, PASP, 108, 93
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Subarcsecond-Resolution 86 GHz Continuum Maps of Orion KL
Plambeck, R.L., Wright, M.C.H., Mundy, L.G., & Looney, L.W. 1995, ApJ, 455L, 189
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SiO Emission from a 1000 AU Disk in Orion KL
Wright, M.C.H., Plambeck, R.L., Mundy, L.G., & Looney, L.W. 1995, ApJ, 455L, 185
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Constraints on Circumstellar Disk Masses in the Trapezium Cluster
Mundy, L.G., Looney, L.W., & Lada, E.A. 1995, ApJL, 452, 137
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Refereed Publications