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Rolf A. Jansen's bibliography

Publications in scientific journals

  • "HST ACS/WFC Hα Imaging of Nearby Galaxies, I: the data'', R.A. Jansen, et al. ApJS (in prep.)
  • "Red Halos around low surface brightness edge-on galaxies, revisited'', A. Mott, R.A. Jansen, & D. Burstein, (in prep.)
  • "Bubbles and Blow-outs, or the complex interplay of star formation and the ISM: a case study'', R.A. Jansen, et al., ApJL (in prep.)
  • "Hα Imaging of Interacting and Isolated Galaxies'', R.A. Jansen & E.J. Barton, ApJS (in prep.)
  • "A mid-UV SNAPshot survey of Nearby Late-type Irregular and Merging Galaxies'', R.A. Jansen, R.A. Windhorst, S.C. Odewahn, et al., ApJS (in prep.)
  • "Models and Measurements of the effect of resolution on deriving star formation rates'', K. Tamura & R.A. Jansen, ApJ (in prep.)
  • "An improved method for the automated removal of pattern noise in CCD data", R.A. Jansen, N. Collins & R.A. Windhorst, 2008, PASP (in prep.)
  1. "The Nearby and Extremely Metal-Poor Galaxy CGCG 269–049", M.R. Corbin, H. Kim, R.A. Jansen, R.A. Windhorst, & R. Cid Fernandes 2008, ApJ 675, 194
  2. "Surface Brightness Profiles of Composite Images of Compact Galaxies at z~4–6 in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field", N.P. Hathi, R.A. Jansen, R.A. Windhorst, S.H. Cohen, W.C. Keel, M.R. Corbin, & R.E. Ryan, Jr. 2008, AJ 135, 156
  3. "Star Clusters in the Nearby Late-type Galaxy NGC 1311", P.B. Eskridge, R. de Grijs, P. Anders, R.A. Windhorst, V.A. Mager, & R.A. Jansen, 2008, AJ 135, 120
  4. "High resolution science with high redshift galaxies", R.A. Windhorst, N.P. Hathi, S.H. Cohen, R.A. Jansen, D. Kawata, S.P. Driver, & B. Gibson 2007, J. Adv. Space Res. (in press)
  5. "Dependence of Galaxy Structure on Rest-frame Wavelength and Galaxy Type", V.A. Taylor-Mager, C.J. Conselice, R.A. Windhorst & R.A. Jansen 2007, ApJ 659, 162
  6. "Tracing Galaxy Assembly: Tadpole Galaxies in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field", A.N. Straughn, S.H. Cohen, R. Ryan, N.P. Hathi, R.A. Windhorst & R.A. Jansen 2006, ApJ 639, 724
  7. "UBVR and HST mid-UV and near-IR surface photometry and radial color gradients of late-type, irregular, and peculiar galaxies", V.A. Taylor, R.A. Jansen, R.A. Windhorst, S.C. Odewahn, & J.E. Hibbard, 2005, ApJ 630, 784
  8. "Aperture effects on Star Formation Rate, Metallicity and Reddening", L.J. Kewley, R.A. Jansen, & M.J. Geller 2005, PASP 117, 227
  9. "Observing conditions at Mt.Graham: VATT UBVR sky surface brightness and seeing measurements from 1999 through 2003'', V.A. Taylor, R.A. Jansen & R.A. Windhorst 2004, PASP 116, 762
  10. "[O II] as a Star Formation Rate Indicator'', L.J. Kewley, M.J. Geller, & R.A. Jansen 2004, AJ 127, 2002
  11. "Forming Young Bulges within Existing Disks: Statistical Evidence for External Drivers'', S.J. Kannappan, R.A. Jansen, & E.J. Barton 2004, AJ 127, 1371
  12. "Photometry and Spectroscopy of GRB 030329 and its Associated Supernova 2003dh: The First Two Months'', T. Matheson, P.M. Garnavich, K.Z. Stanek, et al. 2003, ApJ 599, 394
  13. "Spectroscopic Discovery of the Supernova 2003dh associated with GRB 030329'', K.Z. Stanek, T. Matheson, P.M. Garnavich, et al. 2003, ApJ 591, L17
  14. "Caught in the act: A helium-reionizing quasar near the line of sight to Q0302-003", P. Jakobsen, R.A. Jansen, S. Wagner, & D. Reimers 2003, A&A 397, 891
  15. "The Hα and Infrared Star Formation Rates for the Nearby Field Galaxy Survey", L.J. Kewley, M.J. Geller, R.A. Jansen, & M.A. Dopita 2002, AJ 124, 3135
  16. "An HST Survey of the Mid-UV Morphology of Nearby Galaxies", R.A. Windhorst, V.A. Taylor, R.A. Jansen, S.C. Odewahn, C.A.T. Chiarenza, C.J. Conselice, R. de Grijs, R.S. de Jong, J.W. McKenty, P.B. Eskridge, J.A. Frogel, J.S. Gallagher, III, J.E. Hibbard, L.D. Matthews & R.W. O'Connell 2002, ApJS 143, 113.
  17. "The Nearby Field Galaxy Survey: A Spectrophotometric and Photometric Study of Nearby Galaxies'', R.A. Jansen & S.J. Kannappan 2001, Ap&SS 276, 1151   (A PDF version with color figures is available here ).
  18. "The late-time expansion of the ejecta of SN 1987A", R.A. Jansen & P. Jakobsen 2001, A&A 370, 1056
  19. "[O II] as a Tracer of Current Star Formation", R.A. Jansen, M. Franx, & D. Fabricant 2001, ApJ 551, 825
  20. "The Nearby Field Galaxy Survey; a spectrophotometric study of 196 galaxies in the local field", R.A. Jansen 2000, Ph.D. Thesis (University of Groningen), ISBN 90-367-1311-0.
  21. "Redshifts of 10 quasar candidates in the field of the rich absorption line quasar Q0122-380", R.A. Jansen & P. Jakobsen 2000, A&A 359, 429.
  22. "Spectrophotometry of Nearby Field Galaxies: the data", R.A. Jansen, D. Fabricant, M. Franx & N. Caldwell 2000, ApJS 126, 331.
  23. "Surface photometry of Nearby Field Galaxies: the data", R.A. Jansen, M. Franx, D. Fabricant & N. Caldwell 2000, ApJS 126, 271.
  24. "BVRI Light Curves for 22 Type Ia Supernovae", A.G. Riess, R.P. Kirshner, B.P. Schmidt, et al. 1999, AJ 117, 707
  25. "The Morphology of Nearby Field Galaxies", R.A. Jansen, M. Franx, D. Fabricant & N. Caldwell, 1997 [published in: Jansen, R.A. 2000, Ph.D. Thesis (Univ. Of Groningen), ch. 5]
  26. "Measurements of dust extinction in highly inclined spiral galaxies", R.A. Jansen, J.H. Knapen, J.E. Beckman, R.F. Peletier, & R. Hes 1994, MNRAS 270, 373

Conference proceedings and Technical Reports

  1. "Did Galaxy Assembly and Supermassive Black-Hole Growth go Hand-in-Hand?", R.A. Windhorst, S.H. Cohen, A.N. Straughn, R.E. Ryan Jr., N.P. Hathi, R.A. Jansen, A.M. Koekemoer, N. Pirzkal, C. Xu, B. Mobasher, S. Malhotra, L. Strolger & J.E. Rhoads 2006, in the Proceedings of the Leiden/Lorentz Workshop on "QSO Host Galaxies: Evolution and Environment", eds. P.D. Barthel & D.B. Sanders, New Astron. Rev., Vol. 50, 821
  2. "How JWST can measure First Light, Reionization and Galaxy Assembly", R.A. Windhorst, S.H. Cohen, R.A. Jansen, C. Concelice, & H. Yan 2006, in the Proceedings of the UC Irvine Workshop on ``First Light and Reionization: Theoretical Study and Experimental Detection of the First Luminous Sources in the Universe'', eds. A. Cooray & E. Barton, New Astron. Rev., Vol. 50, 113
  3. "Emission Line Diagnostics of Star Formation: Nearby and at High Redshift", L.J. Kewley, M.J. Geller, & R.A. Jansen 2005, in: ``The Spectral Energy Distribution of Gas-Rich Galaxies'', eds. C.C. Popescu & R.J. Tuffs (AIP Conference Series, Vol. 761), 59
  4. "Final Report of the NASA Origins Science Mission concept study on the High ORbit Ultraviolet-visible Satelitte, HORUS", J. Morse, P. Scowen, M. Beasley, J. Hester, R. Windhorst, S. Desch, R. Jansen, D. Calzetti, D. Padgett, P. Hartigan, S. Oey, J. Bally, N. Smith, J. Gallagher, R. O'Connell, R. Kennicutt, T. Lauer, J. Bechtold, J. Tumlinson, M. McGrath, A. Roberge, C. Johns-Krull, D. Stern, A. Fullerton, C. Howk, O. Siegmund, R. Woodruff, D. Tenerelli, D. Anderson, K. Chan, T. Decker, D. Haas, K. Hooper, A. Klavins, D. Kobobel, N. Renda, B. Sable, T. Sherrill, & J. Wynn 2005, Design Reference Mission presented to NASA for review, May 12
  5. "An HST ACS/WFC Hα Imaging Survey of Nearby Galaxies", R.A. Jansen 2004, in: ``Penetrating Bars through Masks of Cosmic Dust: The Hubble Tuning Fork Strikes a New Note'', eds. D.L. Block et al., (Springer: Dordrecht), p. 423
  6. "HST mid-UV imaging of nearby galaxies", R.A. Windhorst, V.A. Taylor & R.A. Jansen 2004, in: ``Penetrating Bars through Masks of Cosmic Dust: The Hubble Tuning Fork Strikes a New Note'', eds. D.L. Block et al., (Springer: Dordrecht), p. 429
  7. "Star Formation and Dust in the Nearby Field Galaxy Sample", L.J. Kewley, M.J. Geller, R.A. Jansen, & M.A. Dopita 2003, in: ``The Astrophysics of Dust'', ed. A.N. Witt, p. 15
  8. "ORION: Next Generation Wide-field Imager for the Hubble Space Telescope, J. Morse, R. Woodruff, P. Scowen, J. Hester, R. Windhorst, S. Odewahn, R. Jansen, T. Lauer, A. Riess, P. Hartigan, J. Bally, R. Kennicutt, E. Cheng, B. Drake 2003, Input to the HST-JWST Transition Plan Review Panel
  9. "Requirements on roundness, variability across the FOV, and stability of the JWST PSF", R.A. Windhorst & R.A. Jansen 2003, Internal Technical Report to the JWST Project, SWG meeting, June 2003
  10. "The impact of the JWST Point Spread Function on the recoverability of the structural parameters of faint galaxies: a critical comparison of six proposed mirror configurations", R.A. Jansen & R.A. Windhorst 2003, Internal Technical Report to the JWST Project, GSFC, Mar 2003
  11. "Hα and Infrared Star Formation Rates for the Nearby Field Galaxy Survey", L.J. Kewley, M.J. Geller, R.A. Jansen & M.A. Dopita 2003, in the proceedings of the 201st AAS Meeting, Jan 5–9
  12. "Study of the Effects from an Oval JWST PSF on the Recoverability of the Structural Parameters of Faint Galaxies", R.A. Jansen, R.A. Windhorst & S.H. Cohen 2002, Internal Technical Report to the JWST Project, Jan 2003
  13. "Autofilet.pro: An Improved Method for Automated Removal of Herring-bone Pattern Noise from CCD Data",
    R.A. Jansen, N. Collins & R.A. Windhorst 2003, in: ``The 2002 HST Calibration Workshop; Hubble After the Installation of the ACS and the NICMOS Cooling System'', eds. S. Arribas, A. Koekemoer & B. Whitmore, (STScI: Baltimore), p. 193
  14. "The Nearby Field Galaxy Survey: A Spectrophotometric and Photometric Study of 196 Galaxies in the Local Field", R.A. Jansen 2000, in: ``Building galaxies: from the Primordial Universe to the Present'', eds. F. Hammer, T.X. Thuan, V. Cayatte, B. Guiderdoni & J. Tran Thanh Van, (Singapore: World Scientific), p. 33
  15. "A Kinematic Survey of Nearby Field Galaxies for the Study of Galaxy Structure and Evolution", S.J. Kannappan, D.G. Fabricant, M. Franx & R.A. Jansen 1999, AAS 194, 407
  16. "Spectroscopic and Photometric Nearby Field Galaxy Survey", R.A. Jansen, M. Franx, D.G. Fabricant & N. Caldwell 1996, in: ``New Light on Galaxy Evolution'', eds. R. Bender & R. Davies, (Dordrecht: Kluwer), p. 396
  17. "Dust extinction in highly inclined spirals", J.H. Knapen, J.E. Beckman, R.A. Jansen, R.F. Peletier & R. Hes 1995, in: ``The Opacity of Spiral Disks'', eds. J.I. Davies & D. Burstein, (Dordrecht: Kluwer), p. 185

Poster papers / Circulars

  1. "Technical Aspects of How the James Webb Space Telescope Can Measure First Light, Reionization, And Galaxy Assembly", R.A. Windhorst, R.A. Jansen, S.H. Cohen, M. Mechtley, N.P. Hathi, R.E. Ryan Jr, H. Yan, & C.J. Conselice 2008, presented at the 211th AAS Meeting, Austin TX, Jan 7–11
  2. "PSF Photometry of HST ACS/HRC Images of CGCG 269-049, H. Kim, R.A. Jansen, M.R. Corbin, R.A. Windhorst & R. Cid Fernandes 2008, presented at the 211th AAS Meeting, Austin TX, Jan 7–11
  3. "Multi-Color Pixel-Based Analysis of Nearby Galaxies", K. Tamura, R.A. Windhorst, & R.A. Jansen 2008, presented at the 211th AAS Meeting, Austin TX, Jan 7–11
  4. "Surface Brightness Profiles of Composite Images of Compact Galaxies at z~4–6 in the HUDF", N.P. Hathi, R.A. Jansen, R.A. Windhorst, & S.H. Cohen 2007, presented at workshop on ``Astrophysics in the Next Decade: JWST and Concurrent Facilities'', Tucson AZ, Sep 24–27
  5. "Technical aspects of how JWST can measure First Light, Reionization, and Galaxy Assembly", R.A. Windhorst, R.A. Jansen, S.H. Cohen, N.P. Hathi, M. Mechtley, R.E. Ryan Jr., H. Yan, & C.J. Conselice 2007, presented at workshop on ``Astrophysics in the Next Decade: JWST and Concurrent Facilities'', Tucson AZ, Sep 24–27
  6. "The Dependence of Galaxy Structure on Rest-frame Wavelength and Galaxy Type", V.A. Taylor-Mager, C.J. Conselice, R.A. Windhorst, & R.A. Jansen 2007, presented at the workshop ``A New Zeal for Old Galaxies'', Rotorua, New Zealand, Mar 25–30.
  7. "The Nearby and Extremely Metal-Poor Galaxy CGCG 269-049", M.R. Corbin, H. Kim, R. Jansen, & R. Cid Fernandes 2007, presented at the workshop ``A New Zeal for Old Galaxies'', Rotorua, New Zealand, Mar 25–30.
  8. "How can the James Webb Space Telescope measure First Light, Reionization, and Galaxy Assembly?", R.A. Windhorst, R.A. Jansen, S.H. Cohen, M. Mechtley, H.-J. Yan & C.J. Conselice 2007, presented at the 209th AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, Seattle WA, Jan 5–10.   A full-resolution PDF version is available here.
  9. "Surface Brightness Properties of z~4–6 Galaxies in the HUDF", N.P. Hathi, R.A. Jansen, S.H. Cohen, R.A. Windhorst, S. Malhotra & J. Rhoads 2007, presented at the 209th AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, Seattle WA, Jan 5–10   (Chambliss Student Achievement Awards – Honorable Mention)
  10. "The Unresolved Stellar Populations of Galaxies in the HUDF", R.E. Ryan Jr., R.A. Jansen, S.H. Cohen, & R.A. Windhorst 2007, presented at the 209th AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, Seattle WA, Jan 5–10   (Chambliss Student Achievement Awards – Honorable Mention)
  11. "HST and Spitzer Observations of Extremely Metal-Poor Galaxies", M.R. Corbin, R.A. Jansen & D. Burstein 2006, presented at the workshop on ``Making the Most of the Great Observatories'', Pasadena CA, May 22–24
  12. "How can the James Webb Space Telescope measure First Light, Reionization, and Galaxy Assembly?", R.A. Windhorst, R.A. Jansen, S.H. Cohen, H.-J. Yan & C.J. Concelice 2006, presented at the 207th AAS Meeting, Washington DC, Jan 8–12
  13. "Clues to Galaxy Assembly: Tadpole Galaxies in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field", A.N. Straughn, S.H. Cohen, R.E. Ryan, Jr., N.P. Hathi, R.A. Windhorst & R.A. Jansen 2006, presented at the 207th AAS Meeting, Washington DC, Jan 8–12
  14. "ORION: Hierarchical Space-based Observations of Star Formation, From Near to Far", P.A. Scowen, J.A. Morse, M. Beasley, T. Veach and the ORION Science Team 2006, in the proceedings of the 207th AAS Meeting, Jan 8–12
  15. "SN 2005bk in MCG +07-33-27", R.A. Jansen, K. Tamura, & N.A. Grogin 2005, IAUC no. 8512 (this SN was confirmed and typed in IAUC no. 8514 by Ganeshalingam et al.)
  16. "Hubble Space Telescope Imaging of the Extremely Metal-Poor Galaxy SDSS J0133+1342", M.R. Corbin, W.D. Vacca, J.E. Hibbard, R.S. Somerville, R.A. Jansen, R.A. Windhorst & P.A. Scowen 2005, presented at the 205th AAS Meeting, San Diego CA, Jan 10–14
  17. "Resolved Stars and Unresolved Light in NGC 1311", P.B. Eskridge, A.J. Monson, R.A. Jansen, V.A. Taylor, R.A. Windhorst & R. de Grijs 2005, presented at the 205th AAS Meeting, San Diego CA, Jan 10–14
  18. "A Systematic Survey of Star Formation with the ORION MIDEX Mission", P. Scowen, J. Morse, M. Beasley, J. Hester, R. Windhorst, S. Desch, R. Jansen, D. Calzetti, D. Padgett, P. Hartigan, S. Oey, J. Bally, J. Gallagher, R. O'Connell, R. Kennicutt, T. Lauer & M. McCaughrean 2005, presented at the 205th AAS Meeting, San Diego CA, Jan 10–14
  19. "HST ACS/WFC Hα Imaging of Nearby Late-type Galaxies'', R.A. Jansen 2004, presented at the October Astrophysics Conference on "New Windows on Star Formation in the Cosmos", College Park MD, Oct 11–13
  20. "The HORUS Origins Science Mission: A Comprehensive Study of Planetary, Star and Galaxy Formation", P. Scowen, J. Morse, M. Beasley, J. Hester, R. Windhorst, S. Desch, R. Jansen, D. Calzetti, D. Padgett, P. Hartigan, S. Oey, J. Bally, J. Gallagher, R. O'Connell, R. Kennicutt, T. Lauer, J. Bechtold, J. Tumlinson, M. McGrath, A. Roberge, C. Johns-Krull, D. Stern, O. Siegmund & R. Woodruff 2004, presented at the 204th AAS Meeting, Denver CO, May 30–Jun 3
  21. "A Systematic Survey of Star Formation with the ORION MIDEX Mission", P. Scowen, J. Morse, M. Beasley, J. Hester, R. Windhorst, S. Desch, R. Jansen, D. Calzetti, D. Padgett, P. Hartigan, S. Oey, J. Bally, J. Gallagher, R. O'Connell, R. Kennicutt & T. Lauer, 2004, presented at the 204th AAS Meeting, Denver CO, May 30–Jun 3
  22. "[O II] as a SFR indicator and the Cosmic Star Formation History", L.J. Kewley, M.J. Geller, & R.A. Jansen 2003, presented at the 203th AAS Meeting, Atlanta GA, Jan 4–8
  23. "Space-based Observations of Star Formation using ORION: The MIDEX", P. Scowen, J. Morse, M. Beasley, J. Hester, R. Windhorst, R. Jansen, T. Lauer, E. Danielson, C. Sepulveda, G. Olarte, and the ORION MIDEX Science Team 2004, presented at the 203th AAS Meeting, Atlanta GA, Jan 4–8
  24. "Dark Energy, High-redshift Galaxies, and Star Formation with ORION: HST-SM5 Wide Field Camera", J. Morse, P. Scowen, J. Hester, M. Beasley, T. Lauer & ORION Science Team 2003, presented at the 203th AAS Meeting, Atlanta GA, Jan 4–8
  25. "Discovering Clues to Galaxy Evolution in the Radial Color Gradients of Late-type Spiral and Irregular Galaxies", V.A. Taylor, S.C. Odewahn, R.A. Jansen, R.A. Windhorst & J.E. Hibbard 2004, presented at the 203th AAS Meeting, Atlanta GA, Jan 4–8
  26. "Star Formation and Dust in the Nearby Field Galaxy Survey", L. Kewley, M. Geller, R. Jansen & M. Dopita 2003, presented at the meeting on the Astrophysics of Dust, Estes Park CO, May 26–30
  27. "GRB030329", P. Garnavich, T. Matheson, D. Pindor, N. Hathi, R. Jansen, R. Windhorst, L. Echevarria, J. Lee, K. Krisciunas, P. Martini, W. Brown, N. Caldwell, P. Berlind, M. Calkins & K. Stanek, 2003, IAUC no. 8108
  28. "GRB030329: Supernova Confirmed", T. Matheson, P. Garnavich, E. Olszewski, P. Harding, D. Eisenstein, B. Pindor, N. Hathi, R. Jansen, R. Windhorst, L. Echevarria, J. Lee, W. Brown, N. Caldwell, P. Berlind, M. Calkins & K.Z. Stanek 2003, GCN GRB Observation Report, no. 2120
  29. "GRB030329: Supernova Spectrum Emerging", T. Matheson, P. Garnavich, N. Hathi, R. Jansen, R. Windhorst, L. Echevarria, J. Lee, W. Brown, N. Caldwell, P. Berlind, M. Calkins & K.Z. Stanek 2003, GCN GRB Observation Report, no. 2107
  30. "Object Sizes from Reionization to the Present, and the Natural Confusion Limit Expected in Ultradeep Surveys", R.A. Windhorst, S.H. Cohen, R.A. Jansen, S.C. Odewahn, S. Driver, D. Kawata, B. Gibson, J.P. Gardner & A. Hopkins 2003, presented at the 201st AAS Meeting, Seattle WA, Jan 5–9
  31. "Hα and Infrared Star Formation Rates for the Nearby Field Galaxy Survey", L.J. Kewley, M.J. Geller, R.A. Jansen & M.A. Dopita 2003, presented at the 201st AAS Meeting, Seattle WA, Jan 5–9
  32. "Autofilet.pro: An Improved Method for Automated Removal of Herring-bone Pattern Noise from CCD Data", R.A. Jansen, N. Collins & R.A. Windhorst 2002, presented at the "HST Calibration Workshop", STScI, Baltimore MD, Oct 17–18
  33. "Fundamental Limitations to the Observability of Outskirts of (Dwarf) Galaxies at High Redshifts: the Natural Confusion Limit in Ultra-Deep Optical–IR and Radio Surveys", R.A. Windhorst, S.H. Cohen, R.A. Jansen, S.C. Odewahn, S.P. Driver, D. Kawata, B.K. Gibson & A. Hopkins 2002, presented at the Lowell Observatory workshop on "The Outer Edges of Dwarf Irregular Galaxies", Flagstaff AZ, Oct 10–11
  34. "HST/WFPC2 Analysis of the Mid-UV–Optical Colors within the Disks of Nearby Galaxies", S.C. Odewahn, R.A. Jansen, R.A. Windhorst, V.A. Taylor & P.B Eskridge 2002, presented at the Lowell Observatory workshop on "The Outer Edges of Dwarf Irregular Galaxies", Flagstaff AZ, Oct 10–11
  35. "UV–Optical Light Profiles and Color Gradients of Late-type, Irregular, and Peculiar Galaxies", V.A. Taylor, S.C. Odewahn, R.A. Jansen, R.A. Windhorst, 2002, presented at the Lowell Observatory workshop on "The Outer Edges of Dwarf Irregular Galaxies", Flagstaff AZ, Oct 10–11
  36. "The expected natural confusion limit for the Next Generation Space Telescope and for the Square Kilometer Array", R.A. Windhorst, S.H. Cohen, R.A. Jansen, S.C. Odewahn, S.P. Driver & A. Hopkins 2002, presented at the 36th ASA meeting, Harvey Woods NSW, Australia, July.
  37. "Caught in the Act? Late reionization of He II in the Universe.", R.A. Jansen & P. Jakobsen 2001, presented at the 56th Dutch Astronomers Conference (NAC), Dalfsen, May 16–18
  38. "The Nearby Field Galaxy Survey: A spectrophotometric atlas of 196 nearby galaxies", R.A. Jansen, D.G. Fabricant, M. Franx & N. Caldwell 1999, presented at the 54th Dutch Astronomers Conference (NAC), Elspeet, May 5–7
  39. "The Nearby Field Galaxy Survey: surface photometry, spectrophotometry and internal kinematics of a representative sample of nearby galaxies", R.A. Jansen & S.J. Kannappan 1998, presented at the Euroconference on `Galaxy evolution on cosmological timescales', Puerto la Cruz, Spain, November 30–December 5
  40. "The Nearby Field Galaxy Survey, II: Spectrophotometry of a representative sample of nearby galaxies", R.A. Jansen 1998, presented at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge MA, July 21
  41. "The Nearby Field Galaxy Survey, I: Surface photometry of a representative sample of nearby galaxies", R.A. Jansen 1998, presented at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge MA, July 18
  42. "The Nearby Field Galaxy Survey: Galaxy Morphology in the Local Field", R.A. Jansen, M. Franx, D.G. Fabricant & N. Caldwell 1997, presented at the 52nd Dutch Astronomers Conference (NAC), Dalfsen, May 14–16
  43. "Supernova 1996Z in NGC 2935", Johnson, W., et al. 1996, IAUC 6401, 1
  44. "Supernova 1995ai in NGC 7794", Pollas, C., et al. 1995, IAUC 6252, 1
  45. "Supernova 1995L in NGC 5157", Pollas, C., et al. 1995, IAUC 6165, 1
  46. "Supernova 1995J in NGC4512", Johnson, W., et al. 1995, IAUC 6157, 1
  47. "Spectroscopic and Photometric Nearby Field Galaxy Survey", R.A. Jansen, M. Franx, D.G. Fabricant & N. Caldwell 1995, presented at IAU Symposium no.171 ``New Light on Galaxy Evolution'', Heidelberg, June 26–30
  48. "Spectroscopic and Photometric Nearby Field Galaxy Survey", R.A. Jansen, M. Franx, D.G. Fabricant & N. Caldwell 1995, presented at the 50th Dutch Astronomers Conference (NAC), Rokanje, May 18–20 (identical to the above)
  49. "Extinction by Dust in highly inclined galaxies", R.A. Jansen 1993, presented at the 48th Dutch Astronomers Conference (NAC), De Haan aan Zee (Belgium), May 6–8
  50. "Extinction by Dust in Nearly Edge-on Galaxies", R.A. Jansen, J.H. Knapen & J.E. Beckman 1992, presented at the IVth Canary Islands Winterschool on Infrared Astronomy, December 7–19

Publications in popular scientific journals / Press Releases

  1. `Monster Black Holes Grow After Galactic Mergers', HST press-release STScI-2006-04, Jan 10 2006.
  2. Astrolink — Foto van de dag, Short news item in Govert Schilling's Heelalrubriek for November 2005 on www.allesoversterrenkunde.nl.
  3. Supernova Discovered on the VATT, Science News item in the Fall 2005 Vatican Observatory Newsletter, p. 5
  4. Sterrenplaatje van de dag, Short news item in De Standaard (Belgian newspaper), October 13 2005
  5. Astronomy Picture of the Day nu met Nederlandse uitleg!, Short news item on Sterrenkunde.net, September 8 2005
  6. Possible VATT supernova, Astro byte on Astronomy Magazine's web-site, April 15 2005 (with April 18 follow-up).
  7. Astronomers Use MMT Telescope to Detect Origin of Gamma-Ray Bursts, on UA News's SCI/TECH, April 18, 2003
  8. NASA Helps Link Gamma Ray Burst and Supernova, NASA News 03-135, April 10 2003. See also the ASU Physics & Astronomy Department News and the HETE web-page for GRB030329.
  9. Press-release of the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (in dutch) on the Nearby Field Galaxy Survey, which accompanied the announcement of my Ph.D. Thesis defense, 2000, Pers informatie, nr.147 (also available here)
  10. "Dust in spiral galaxies", J.H. Knapen, J.E. Beckman, R.A. Jansen, R. Hes & R.F. Peletier, June 1994, Spectrum Newsletter of the Royal Observatories no.2
  11. The true shape of our Milky Way galaxy (in dutch), R.A. Jansen 1993, ZENIT nr.4, 153–156


Talks / Colloquia

  1. Arizona State University (Tempe AZ), 2007, Apr 20, ``Measuring Star Formation Rates in Galaxies'', Astrophysics Seminar ("Journal Club") presentation
  2. Arizona State University (Tempe AZ), 2007, Jan 19, ``Spectrophotometric Properties of Nearby Galaxies'', Astrophysics Seminar ("Journal Club") presentation
  3. Arizona State University (Tempe AZ), 2006, Mar 2, `` Accretion in the Early Kuiper Belt. I+II. Coagulation, Velocity Evolution & Fragmentation'', Astrophysics Seminar ("Journal Club") presentation of Kenyon & Luu (1998,1999) papers
  4. Arizona State University (Tempe AZ), 2005, Sep 2, `` Evolution of the Stars and Gas in Galaxies'', Astrophysics Seminar ("Journal Club") presentation of Tinsley (1968) paper
  5. Arizona State University (Tempe AZ), 2005, Aug 26, `` Evidence from the motions of old stars that the Galaxy collapsed'', Astrophysics Seminar ("Journal Club") presentation of Eggen, Lynden-Bell & Sandage (1962) paper
  6. October Astrophysics Conference on "New Windows on Star Formation in the Cosmos", (College Park MD), 2004, Oct 12, ``An HST ACS/WFC Hα Imaging Survey of Nearby Galaxies'', short invited talk
  7. International Conference on "Penetrating Bars Through Masks of Cosmic Dust: The Hubble Tuning Fork Strikes a New Note", (Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa), 2004, Jun 10, ``An HST ACS/WFC Hα Imaging Survey of Nearby Galaxies'', invited talk
  8. Steward Observatory Internal Symposium (Tucson AZ), 2003, Oct 6, ``HST/ACS High-resolution Hα imaging of nearby galaxies: bubbles and blow-outs?'', contributed talk
  9. University of Arizona (Tucson AZ), 2003, Sep 23, ``A bit of Vaudeville; PSFs, pattern noise, SFRs and more'', "Robfest" talk
  10. Arizona State University (Tempe AZ), 2002, October 23, ``Using shell scripts to make life more manageable'', Astronomy Computer Users Group talk
  11. Arizona State University (Tempe AZ), 2002, April 17, ``Lyman-break Galaxies: an X-rayted tale about exciting drop-outs'', Journal Club talk
  12. Steward Observatory Internal Symposium (Tucson AZ), 2001, November 2, ``The Nearby Field Galaxy Survey'', invited talk
  13. European Space Agency, ESTEC (Noordwijk, NL), 2001, September 28, ``A Spectrophotometric Survey of Nearby Field Galaxies'', RSSD seminar
  14. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (Cambridge MA), 2001, March 7, ``The Nearby Field Galaxy Survey'', special seminar
  15. Arizona State University, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy (Tempe AZ), 2001, February 28, ``The Nearby Field Galaxy Survey'', lunch talk
  16. Kapteyn Astronomical Institute (Groningen, NL), 1999, July 14, ``Results from the Nearby Field Galaxy Survey'', lunch talk
  17. 54th Dutch Astronomers Conference (Elspeet, NL), 1999, May 5--7, ``Results from the Nearby Field Galaxy Survey'', contributed talk
  18. XIXth Rencontres de Moriond (Les Arcs 1800, FR), 1999, March 13--20, ``The Nearby Field Galaxy Survey'', invited contribution
  19. Kapteyn Astronomical Institute (Groningen, NL), 1994, July 4, ``Observations of a sample of nearby galaxies at Mt.Hopkins, Arizona'', lunch talk
  20. 1st NOVA autumn school (Dwingeloo, NL), 1993, November 8-12, ``Comparison of Nearby and Distant Galaxies'', project presentation
  21. Kapteyn Astronomical Institute (Groningen, NL), 1993, March 31, ``Extinction by dust in highly inclined galaxies'', lunch talk

Popular Talks / Lectures

  1. East Valley Astronomy Club (Gilbert AZ), 2007, April 20, ``Measuring Star Formation Rates in Galaxies''
  2. Haarlemse Weer- en Sterrenkunde Kring (Haarlem, NL), 2000, December 14, ``Evolutie van sterrenstelsels''
  3. Noord-Nieuws, TV Noord (Groningen, NL), 1999, August 27, ``SETI@home - Zoektocht naar buitenaardse intelligentie''
  4. Noord-Nieuws, Radio Noord (Groningen, NL), 1999, August 27, ``SETI@home - Zoektocht naar buitenaardse intelligentie''
  5. Vereniging voor Weer en Sterrenkunde Limburg (Venlo, NL), 1999, April 23, ``Evolutie van sterrenstelsels''
  6. Vereniging voor Weer en Sterrenkunde Zuid-Drenthe (Hoogeveen, NL), 1999, April 9, ``Survey van nabije sterrenstelsels''
  7. Vereniging voor Weer en Sterrenkunde Noord-Drenthe (Assen, NL), 1999, January 22, ``Survey van nabije sterrenstelsels''
  8. Vereniging voor Weer en Sterrenkunde Groningen (Groningen, NL), 1998, November 6, ``Evolutie van sterrenstelsels''
  9. Jambouree of the International Scouting Organisation (Groningen, NL), 1994, July 28, ``Het Heelal in tien makkelijke vragen''
  10. Vereniging voor Weer en Sterrenkunde Zuid-Drenthe (Dwingeloo, NL), 1994, January 28, ``De invloed van interstellair stof op onze waarnemingen''
  11. Nationale Wetenschapsweek, scholieren manifestatie (Groningen, NL), 1993, October 14-15, ``Het heelal op straat: wandeltocht van de zon naar de oerknal'' (with W.J.G. de Blok, R.A. Swaters, P.A. Woudt, R. de Grijs & J.P.E. Gerritsen).
  12. Vereniging voor Weer en Sterrenkunde Zuid-Drenthe (Dwingeloo, NL), 1991, November, ``Sterrenkundige Observatoria in de USA'' (with W.J.G. de Blok)
  13. Vereniging voor Weer en Sterrenkunde Overijsel (Dieren, NL), 1991, October, ``Sterrenkundige Observatoria in de USA'' (with W.J.G. de Blok)


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