Home of Dr. DarkMatter

NUTS at MOO (a.k.a. DrDarkMatter) is actually a tenured faculty member in the Physics Department at the University of Oregon who engages mostly in observational astronomy. Dr. DarkMatter is known to work at all hours under a variety of conditions. This is the only known photo of Dr. DarkMatter at work

Dr. DarkMatter's interest are primarily in galaxy evolution and large scale structure, although he is also quite committed to trying to improve the quality of science education not to mention trying to deal with the various aspects of the energy crises on this planet.

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He also serves as a UNIX system administrator and is involved in trying to use the Network as an Educational Outreach instrument between the University and local area schools as well as the general public. He is the current director of the Pine Mountain Observatory , a facility that offers weekend public programs on the Electronic Universe in which the general public can use a 32-inch telescope with CCD to acquire images and take them home. Our Wide Field CCD Camera (cowcam) is now in place and taking data and we are doing several resarch and outreach projects with it.

Listed below are most of the collected works of Dr. DarkMatter as they represent his "contribution" to Astronomy (and perhaps other areas). These works are arranged by Subject Matter and Year. They are linked to the Journal Title Page Abstract when that is available from the Abstract Service

Low Surface Brightness Galaxies

  1. Star Formation in Galaxies with Large Lower Surface Brightness Disks (2007)
  2. A new H I catalog of Low Surface Brightness galaxies out to z = 0.1. Tripling the number of massive LSB galaxies known (2004)
  3. Low Surface Brightness Galaxies and the Tully-Fisher Relation (2002)
  4. The Space Density of Galaxies ... (2000)
  5. Red, Gas-Rich Low Surface Brightness Galaxies and Enigmatic Deviations from the Tully-Fisher Relation (2000)
  6. Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 Imaging of Three Low Surface Brightness Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies in the Virgo Cluster (1999)
  7. The Effects of Starburst Activity on Low Surface Brightness Disk Galaxies (1998)

  8. Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 Imaging of UGC 12695: A Remarkably Unevolved Galaxy at Low Redshift (1998)
  9. The Ghostliest Galaxies (1997)
  10. Low Surface Brightness Galaxies (1997)
  11. A Wide Field CCD Survey for Low Surface Brightness Galaxies. II. Color Distributions, Stellar Populations, and Missing Baryons. (1997)
  12. Neutral hydrogen distributions and kinematics of giant low surface brightness disk galaxies (1997)

  13. Low-Surface-Brightness Galaxies: Hidden Galaxies Revealed (1997)
  14. A Wide Field CCD Survey for Low Surface Brightness Galaxies:I.Data Acquisition, Description, and Initial Results (1997)
  15. Low Surface Brightness Galaxies in the Local Universe. III. Implications for the Field Galaxy Luminosity Function (1997)
  16. Low Surface Brightness Galaxies in the Local Universe. I. The Catalog (1996)
  17. Galaxy Selection and the Surface Brightness Distribution (1995)

  18. The Morphology of Low Surface Brightness Disk Galaxies (1995)
  19. Surface Photometry of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies (1995)
  20. Properties of the Class of Giant Low Surface Brightness Spiral Galaxies (1995)
  21. The Mass-To-Light Ratios of Low Surface Brightness Spiral Galaxies: Clues from the Tully Fisher Relation (1995)
  22. Structural Characteristics and Stellar Composition of Low Surface Brightness Disk Galaxies (1994)

  23. The Spatial Distribution of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies (1994)
  24. The Small Scale Environment of Low Surface Brightness Disk Galaxies (1993)
  25. Star Formation Thresholds in Low Surface Brightness Galaxies (1993)
  26. Discovery of a Third Giant Low Surface Brightness Disk Galaxy (1993)
  27. A Catalog of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies. List II (1992)

  28. Extremely Low Surface Brightness Galaxies in the Fornax Cluster: Properties, Stability and Luminosity Fluctuations (1991)
  29. Discovery of a second giant low surface brightness galaxy - Further confirmation of slowly evolving disk galaxies (1990)
  30. CO Deficiency in LSB Galaxies - Clues to their Star Formation History (1990)
  31. An optical counterpart to the H I cloud in the local supercluster (1990)
  32. Malin 1 - A quiescent disk galaxy (1989)

  33. Virgo dwarfs - New light on faint galaxies (1988)
  34. A catalog of low-surface-brightness objects - Declination zone + 20 deg (1988)
  35. Discovery of a huge low-surface-brightness galaxy - A protodisk galaxy at low redshift? (1987)
  36. A redshift survey of low surface brightness galaxies. II - Do they fill the voids? (1986)
  37. A redshift survey of low-surface-brightness galaxies. I - The basic data (1985)

Large Scale Structure/Distance Scale

  1. The Luminosity of SN 1999by in NGC 2841 and the Nature of ``Peculiar'' Type Ia Supernovae (2004)
  2. The Discovery of Cepheids and a New Distance to NGC 2841 Using the Hubble Space Telescope (2001)
  3. Deviations from the Fundamental Plane and the Peculiar Velocities of Clusters (2001)
  4. Stellar Populations and the White Dwarf Mass Function: Corrections To SNe Ia Luminosities (1997)
  5. Peculiar Velocities of Galaxies in the Great Wall 2: Analysis (1996)
  6. Peculiar Velocities of Galaxies in the Great Wall 1: The Data (1996)

  7. The Velocity Field of Clusters of Galaxies Within 100 Mpc: II. Northern Clusters (1993)
  8. Measuring Galaxy Distances From Optical Rotation Curves (1993)
  9. The Velocity-Distance Relation for Galaxies on a Bubble (1992)
  10. Peculiar Velocities of Spirals Near and Beyond the Great Attractor (1992)
  11. The Velocity Field of Clusters of Galaxies Within 100 Mpc: I. Southern Clusters (1991)

  12. Peculiar velocities in large-scale structure - The problem of incomplete sampling (1990)
  13. Nonlinearity of the Tully-Fisher relation (1989)
  14. Large peculiar velocities in the Hydra-Centaurus supercluster (1989)
  15. The use of dwarf elliptical galaxies as distance indicators - The relative distances between Virgo, Fornax, and Centaurus (1989)
  16. Emission-line galaxies in the Slice of the Universe (1988)

  17. Optical observations of SN 1987D in UGC 7370 (1987)
  18. Sources of error in the Tully-Fisher relation - Reducing the scatter with CCD I-band surface photometry of spiral galaxies (1987)

  19. A distance scale from the infrared magnitude/H I velocity-width relations. V - Distance moduli to 10 galaxy clusters, and positive detection of bulk supercluster motion toward the microwave anisotropy (1986)
  20. The Distances and Properties of a Sample of Sc I Galaxies (1984)
  21. A distance scale from the infrared magnitude/H I velocity-width relation. III - The expansion rate outside the local supercluster (1980)

Galactic Structure/Stellar Populations

  1. Star Formation in H I-selected Galaxies. II. H II Region Properties (2005)
  2. Star Formation in H I-Selected Galaxies. I. Sample Characteristics (2004)
  3. Companions to Isolated Elliptical Galaxies: Revisiting the Bothun-Sullivan Sample (2004)
  4. The Intrinsic Structure and Color of IC 342 from CCD Observations (2003)
  5. Near-infrared imaging of ellipticals: surface brightness profiles and photometry (2002)
  6. Far-Ultraviolet and H-alpha; Imaging of Nearby Spiral Galaxies: The OB Stellar Population in the Diffuse Ionized Gas (2001)
  7. Precision Velocity Fields in Spiral Galaxies. II. Rotation Motions (2001))
  8. Structural Characteristics of Faint Galaxies Serendipitously Discovered with the Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 (2000)
  9. The Baryonic Tully-Fisher Relation (2000)
  10. Precision Velocity Fields in Spiral Galaxies. I. Noncircular Motions and rms Noise in Disks (1999)

  11. The Ages of Disturbed Field Ellipticals II. Central Properties (1998)
  12. The Ages of Disturbed Field Ellipticals I. Global Properties (1998)
  13. A Method For Obtaining the Age and Scale Height of The Thick Disk from Faint Stromgren Photometry (1993)
  14. Detection of the Globular Cluster Population Around NGC 7814 (1992)
  15. Surface photometry of disk galaxies at 60 and 100 microns - Radial gradients in dust temperature in optically thin disks (1992)

  16. The Bulge/Halo Luminosity of M33 and its Globular Cluster Population (1992)
  17. Carbon Stars at High Galactic Latitude (1991)
  18. The Kinematics of Star Clusters in M33 (1991)
  19. The Globular-Cluster System of the Edge-On Sb Galaxy NGC 5170 (1990)
  20. The mean ages of S0 disks - Evidence for star formation 5 gigayears ago (1990)

  21. The luminosities of bright H II regions in NGC 628 and its O star formation rate (1990)
  22. IRAS observations of optically selected galaxies. I - The properties of the UGC redshift sample (1989)
  23. The methodology and reliability of determining bulge-to-disk ratios for spiral galaxies (1987)
  24. The neutral hydrogen content of red spiral galaxies (1987)
  25. Globular clusters in galaxies beyond the Local Group. VI - The spiral galaxy NGC 2683 (1985)

  26. A constraint on the infall of H I into big disk galaxies (1985)
  27. An unsuccessful search for very extended halos around NGC 1300 and M61 (1984)
  28. Searching for the optimal means of comparative H I analysis (1984)
  29. Metallicity Estimates for H II Regions in M81 (1984)
  30. A possible relationship between metal abundance and luminosity for disk galaxies (1984)

  31. The chemical composition of distant globular clusters - Are there any metal-poor clusters? (1983)
  32. Very Red, Yet H I Rich Galaxies (1983)
  33. The evolution of disk galaxies and the S0 problem, revisited (1982)
  34. Are Anemic Spirals Deficient in Neutral Hydrogen (1980)
  35. A Search for Close Dwarf Companions of Elliptical Galaxies (1977)

Properties of Low Mass Irregular/Dwarf Galaxies

  1. An H I Survey of Actively Star-forming Dwarf Galaxies (2002)
  2. Large Scale Structure of the Ionized Gas in the Magellanic Clouds (1995)
  3. ROSAT Observations of Low Mass Disk Galaxies: No Evidence of Baryonic Blow Out (1994)
  4. An upper limit on the H I content of the Carina dwarf spheroidal galaxy (1990)
  5. Medium-resolution spectroscopy of nucleated dwarf elliptical galaxies (1988)

  6. Observations with the parking lot camera. I - Surface photometry and color distribution of the Magellanic Clouds (1988)
  7. Dwarf elliptical galaxies in the Fornax cluster. II - Their structure and stellar populations (1987)
  8. Neutral hydrogen observations of four dwarf irregular galaxies in the Virgo Cluster (1987)
  9. Comparative photometric parameters of dwarf irregular and elliptical galaxies in the Virgo Cluster - Two different classes of dwarf galaxies? (1986)
  10. UGC 8508 - A dwarf galaxy associated with the M 101 group (1986)

  11. Two-color CCD mapping of the luminous Type I irregular galaxy NGC 4449 (1986)
  12. H I synthesis observations of two low surface brightness dwarf galaxies in Virgo (1986)
  13. An investigation of dwarf galaxies in the Virgo cluster (1985)
  14. Infrared photometry and optical spectroscopy of dwarf galaxies in the Virgo Cluster (1984)

Clusters of Galaxies

  1. The Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey: precursor observations of the NGC 628 group (2006)
  2. Extraordinary Diffuse Light in Hickson Compact Group 90 (2003)
  3. Globular Cluster Population of Hickson Compact Group 22a and 90c (2001)
  4. Ultraviolet Imaging Observations of the cD Galaxy in Abell 1795: Further Evidence for Massive Star Formation in a Cooling Flow (1997)
  5. Deep UV Imaging of Galaxies in the Fornax Cluster (1996)
  6. Neutral Hydrogen Profiles of Cluster Galaxies (1995)

  7. A Spatial, Kinematical and Dynamical Analysis of Abell 400 (1992)
  8. More Bound Populations Around cD Galaxies (1990)
  9. A Reanalysis of Substructure in Clusters of Galaxies and their Surroundings (1990)
  10. Bound populations around cD galaxies (1988)
  11. Isophotal diameters of cluster spirals (1987)

  12. Blue disk galaxies in the Coma Cluster - Analogs to z = 0.5 cluster members? (1986)
  13. A catalog of radio, optical, and infrared observations of spiral galaxies in clusters (1985)
  14. The infrared color-magnitude and color-gas content relations for cluster spirals (1985)
  15. H-alpha observations of spiral galaxies in Cancer, A1367, and Coma (1984)
  16. Spiral galaxies in clusters. V - Radial gradients in Coma and A1367 (1984)

  17. A Redshift Survey of the Poor Cluster A1142 (1984)
  18. The Cancer Cluster - An Unbound Collection of Groups (1983)
  19. The relationships between morphological type and quantitative measures in the cluster environment (1982)
  20. Spiral Galaxies in Clusters IV. The H I and Color Properties of Spirals in Nine Clusters (1982)
  21. Sprial Galaxies in Clusters III. Gas-rich Galaxies in the Pegasus I Cluster of Galaxies (1982)

  22. Spiral galaxies in clusters. II - Neutral hydrogen observations in Cancer, Hercules /A 2151/, and Pegasus I (1981)
  23. Spiral galaxies in clusters. I - Neutral hydrogen observations in Abell 1367, Coma, and Zwicky 74-23 (1981)

Active Galaxies and QSOS

  1. Tracing Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Warm Dust Emission in the Seyfert Galaxy NGC 1068 (2007)
  2. A search for dead quasars among nearby luminous galaxies. I - The stellar kinematics in the nuclei of NGC 2613, NGC 4699, NGC 5746, and NGC 7331 (1993)
  3. Was 49: Mirror for a Hidden Seyfert I Nucleus (1992)
  4. Far Infrared Properties of Markarian Galaxies with Multiple Nuclei: Warm Dust Emission in Mergers (1991)
  5. The Wasilewski sample of emission-line galaxies - Follow-up CCD imaging and spectroscopic and IRAS observations (1989)
  6. A dwarf galaxy with Seyfert characteristics (1987)

  7. Galaxy collisions and mergers - The genesis of very powerful radio sources? (1986)
  8. On the nature of QSO host galaxies (1986)
  9. 1E 1415.6+2557 - An X-ray-selected BL Lacertae object in a luminous galaxy (1986)
  10. The effect of local galaxy density on the production of powerful radio sources by early-type galaxies (1985)
  11. CCD imaging and neutral hydrogen emission in IZw1 and other low-redshift QSOs/AGNs (1984)

  12. Low-redshift quasars as the active nuclei of cosmologically distant interacting galaxies - A spectroscopic investigation (1984)
  13. 0351+026 - A QSO spawned by interacting galaxies (1982)
  14. Detection of neutral hydrogen emission and optical nebulosity in the low redshift QSO 0351+026 (1982)

Interacting/Peculiar Galaxies

  1. H-alpha Velocity Mapping of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies (1998)
  2. NGC 2442: Tidal Encounters and the Evolution of Spiral Galaxies (1997)
  3. Ultraviolet Imaging of NGC 3310: A Merger-driven Global Starburst (1996)
  4. Modelling the Spatial Distribution of Star Formation in Interacting Disk Galaxies (1993)
  5. Models of Star Formation in Interacting and Merging Disk Galaxies (1992)

  6. A Numerical Study of Star Formation in Interacting Disk Galaxies (1991)
  7. Stellar Populations in Shell Galaxies (1990)
  8. H I Absorption in the Peculiar Galaxy UGC 6081 (1983)
  9. The peculiar disk galaxy UGC 7576 (1982)
  10. Observations of Peculiar Galaxies in Clusters of Galaxies (1982)

  11. The Peculiar Galaxy IC 1182 (1981)

Instructional Technology

  1. Data Driven Inquiry: Reforming the Teaching of Science 101 Through the Use of Instructional Technology (2004)
  2. CyberProf: The University in the Next Millennium (1999)
  3. Distance Education over the Internet: Effective Learning or Content Free Credits? (1998)
  4. Seven Points to Overcome to Make the Virtual University Viable (1997)
  5. Networked Physics Curriculum: From Static Web to Dynamic Java (1997)
  6. Teaching With Electrons (1996)
  7. Networked Physics in Undergraduate Instruction (1996)

Miscellaneous

  1. A Database for Galaxy Evolution Modeling (1996)
  2. A Fast Focal Reducing Camera for CCD Observations (1991)
  3. The Faint End of the Zwicky Magnitude Scale: CCD Isophotal Magnitudes Versus Zwicky Magnitudes (1990)
  4. The peculiar X-ray and radio star AS431 (1985)
  5. The Zwicky magnitude scale - How reliable is it in the estimation of blue luminosity (1982)

  6. VLA observations of the giant cluster spiral UGC 12423 (1982)
  7. The X-ray and optical characteristics of the cataclysmic variables V794 Aquilae (1981)

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