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Infrared Mid-Plane
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GLIMPSE Publications, Publications using GLIMPSE Data and other Publications of Interest

GLIMPSE Publications

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2008

IR Dust Bubbles: Probing the Detailed Structure and Young Massive Stellar Populations of Galactic HII Regions
- C. Watson, M.S. Povich, E.B. Churchwell, B.L. Babler, G. Chunev, M. Hoare, R. Indebetouw, M.R. Meade, T.P. Robitaille, B.A. Whitney, (pdf) ApJ,in press.

2007
Infrared point source variability between Spitzer and MSX surveys of the Galactic mid-plane
- T.P. Robitaille, M. Cohen, B.A. Whitney, M.R. Meade, B.L. Babler, R. Indebetouw, and E.B. Churchwell, (pdf) AJ, 134, 2099.
The Bubbling Galactic Disk II: The Inner 20 Degrees - E. Churchwell, D.F. Watson, M.S. Povich, M.G. Taylor, B.L. Babler, M.R. Meade, R.A. Benjamin, R. Indebetouw, and B.A. Whitney, (pdf) ApJ, 670, 428.
Spitzer IRAC observations of newly-discovered planetary nebulae from the Macquarie-AAO-Strasbourg H-alpha Planetary Nebula Project - M. Cohen, Q.A. Parker, A.J. Green, T. Murphy, B. Miszalski, D.J. Frew, M.R. Meade, B.L. Babler, R. Indebetouw, B.A. Whitney, C. Watson, E.B. Churchwell, and D.F. Watson, (pdf), ApJ, 669, 343.
Molecular Outflows and a Mid-Infrared Census of the Massive Star-Formation Region Associated with IRAS 18507+0121 - D.S. Shepherd, M.S. Povich, B.A. Whitney, T.P. Robitaille, D.E.A. Nurnberger, L. Bronfman, D.P. Stark, R. Indebetouw, M.R. Meade, and B.L. Babler (pdf), ApJ, 669, 464.
Embedded Star Formation in the Eagle Nebula with Spitzer GLIMPSE
- R. Indebetouw, T.P. Robitaille, B. A. Whitney, E. Churchwell, B. Babler, M. Meade, C. Watson, and M. Wolfire, ApJ, 666, 321. (pdf),
A Multiwavelength Study of M17: The Spectral Energy Distribution and PAH Emission Morphology of a Massive Star-Formation Region 2007 - Matthew S. Povich, Jennifer M. Stone, Ed Churchwell, Ellen G. Zweibel, Mark G. Wolfire, Brian L. Babler, Remy Indebetouw, Marilyn R. Meade, and Barbara A. Whitney, ApJ, 660, 346. (pdf)
Interpreting Spectral Energy Distributions from Young Stellar Objects. II. Fitting observed SEDs using a large grid of pre-computed models 2007 - T. P. Robitaille, B. A. Whitney, R. Indebetouw, and K. Wood, ApJS, 169, 32 (pdf)

The Frequency of Mid-Infrared Excess Sources in Galactic Surveys 2007, ApJ, 658, 1264
B. Uzpen, H.A. Kobulnicky, A.J. Monson, M.J. Pierce, D.P. Clemens, D.E. Backman, M.R. Meade, B.L. Babler, R. Indebetouw, B.A. Whitney, C. Watson, M.G. Wolfire, R.A. Benjamin, S. Bracker, T.M. Bania, M. Cohen, C.J. Cyganowski, K.E. Devine, F. Heitsch, J.M. Jackson, J.S. Mathis, E.P. Mercer, M.S. Povich, J. Rho, T.P. Robitaille, M. Sewilo, S.R. Stolovy, D.F. Watson, M.J. Wolff, and E. Churchwell, (pdf)

Discovery of Two Galaxies Deeply Embedded in the Great Attractor Wall 2007 - T.H. Jarrett, B.S Koribalski, R.C. Kraan-Korteweg, P.A. Woudt, B.A. Whitney, M.R. Meade, B. Babler, E. Churchwell, R.A. Benjamin, and R. Indebetouw, AJ, 133, 979 (pdf)

Structure Generation by Irradiation: What Can GLIMPSE Teach us About ISM Structure? 2007 - F. Heitsch, B. Whitney, R. Indebetouw, M. Meade, B. Babler, & E. Churchwell, ApJ, 656, 227 (pdf)

A GLIMPSE of the Southern Jellyfish Nebula and its Massive YSO 2007 - E.P. Mercer, D.P. Clemens, J.M. Rathborne, M.R. Meade, B.L. Babler, R. Indebetouw, B.A. Whitney, C. Watson, M.G. Wolfire, M.J. Wolff, T.M. Bania, R.A. Benjamin, M. Cohen, J.M. Dickey, J.M. Jackson, H.A. Kobulnicky, J.S. Mathis, S.R. Stolovy, B. Uzpen, E.B. Churchwell, ApJ, 656, 242 (pdf)

Absolute diffuse calibration of IRAC through mid-infrared and radio study of HII regions 2007 - M. Cohen, A. Green, M. Meade, B. Babler, R. Indebetouw, B. Whitney, C. Watson, M. Wolfire, M. Wolff, J. Mathis, and E. Churchwell, MNRAS, 374, 979. (pdf)

2006

Interpreting Spectral Energy Distributions from Young Stellar Objects. I. A grid of 200,000 YSO model SEDs 2006 - T. Robitaille, B. Whitney, R. Indebetouw, K. Wood, P. Denzmore, ApJS, 167, 256. (pdf)

The Bubbling Galactic Disk 2006 - E.B. Churchwell, M.S. Povich, D. Allen, M.G. Taylor, M.R. Meade, B.L. Babler, R. Indebetouw, C. Watson, B.A. Whitney, M.G. Wolfire, T.M. Bania, R.A. Benjamin, D.P. Clemens, M. Cohen, C.J. Cyganowski, J.M. Jackson, H.A. Kobulnicky, J.S. Mathis, E.P. Mercer, S.R. Stolovy, B. Uzpen, D.F. Watson, and M.J. Wolff, ApJ, 649, 759. (pdf)

Spitzer Space Telescope Infrared Survey of Supernova Remnants in the Inner Galaxy 2006 - W.T. Reach, J. Rho, A. Tappe, T.G. Pannuti, C.L. Brogan, E.B. Churchwell, M.R. Meade, B. Babler, R. Indebetouw, and B. A. Whitney (pdf) AJ, 131, 1479.

Three-Dimensional Models of Embedded High-Mass Stars: Effects of a Clumpy Circumstellar Medium 2006 - R. Indebetouw, B.A. Whitney, K.E. Johnson, K. Wood (pdf) Ap J, 636, 3621.

2005

New Star Clusters Discovered in the GLIMPSE Survey 2005 - E.P. Mercer, D.P. Clemens, M.R. Meade, B.L. Babler, R. Indebetouw, B.A. Whitney, C. Watson, M.G. Wolfire, M.J. Wolff, T.M. Bania, R.A. Benjamin, M. Cohen, J.M. Dickey, J.M. Jackson, H.A. Kobulnicky, J.S. Mathis, J.R. Stauffer, S.R. Stolovy, B. Uzpen, and E.B. Churchwell (pdf) ApJ, 635, 560.

First GLIMPSE Results on the Stellar Structure of the Galaxy 2005 -- R.A. Benjamin, E. Churchwell, B.L. Babler, R. Indebetouw, M.R. Meade, B.A. Whitney, C. Watson, M.G. Wolfire, M.J. Wolff, R. Ignace, T.M. Bania, S. Bracker, D.P. Clemens, L. Chomiuk, M. Cohen, J.M. Dickey, J.M. Jackson, H.A. Kobulnicky, E.P. Mercer, J.S. Mathis, S.R. Stolovy, and B. Uzpen, (pdf) ApJ Letters, 630, L149.

Massive Protostars in the Infrared Dark Cloud MSXDC G034.43+00.24 2005 -- J.M. Rathborne, J.M. Jackson, E.T. Chambers, R. Simon, R. Shipman, amd W. Frieswijk, (pdf) ApJ Letters, 630, L181 .

Identification of Main Sequence Stars with Mid-Infrared Excesses Using GLIMPSE: Beta-Pictoris Analogs? 2005 -- B. Uzpen, H.A. Kobulnicky, K.A.G. Olsen, D.P. Clemens, T.. Laurance, M.R. Meade, B.L. Babler, R. Indebetouw, B.A. Whitney, C. Watson, M.G. Wolfire, M.J. Wolff, R.A. Benjamin, T.M. Bania, M.Cohen, K.E. Devine, J.M. Dickey, F. Heitsch, J.M. Jackson, A.P. Marston, J.S. Mathis, E.P. Mercer, J.R. Stauffer, S.R. Stolovy, D.E. Backman, and E. Churchwell, ApJ, 629, 512 (pdf)

G313.3+00.3: A New Planetary Nebula discovered by the Australia Telescope Compact Array and the Spitzer Space Telescope 2005 -- M. Cohen, A.J. Green, M.S.E. Roberts, M.R. Meade, B. Babler, R. Indebetouw, B.A. Whitney, C. Watson, M. Wolfire, M.J. Wolff, J.S. Mathis, and E. Churchwell, ApJ, 627,446 (pdf).

The Wavelength Dependence of Interstellar Extinction from 1.25 to 8.0 microns Using GLIMPSE Data 2005 -- R. Indebetouw, J.S. Mathis, B.L. Babler, M.R. Meade, C. Watson, B.A. Whitney, M.J. Wolff, M.G. Wolfire, T.M. Bania, R.A. Benjamin, D.P. Clemens, Martin Cohen, J.M. Dickey, J.M. Jackson, H.A. Kobulnicky, A.P. Marston, E.P. Mercer, J.R. Stauffer, S.R. Stolovy, E. Churchwell, ApJ, 619, 931 [pdf file].

Discovery of a New Low-Latitude Milky Way Globular Cluster using GLIMPSE 2005 -- H.A. Kobulnicky, A.J. Monson, B.A. Buckalew, J.M. Darnel, B. Upzen, M.R. Meade, B.L. Babler, R. Indebetouw, B.A. Whitney, C. Watson, E. Churchwell, M.G. Wolfire, M.J. Wolff, D.P. Clemens, R. Shah, T.M. Bania, R.A. Benjamin, M. Cohen, J.M. Dickey, J.M. Jackson, A.P. Marston, J.S. Mathis, E.P. Mercer, J.R. Stauffer, S.R. Stolovy, J.P.Norris, A. Kutyrev, R. Canterna, and M.J. Pierce, AJ, 129, 239 [pdf file]

2004

Two Dimensional Radiative Transfer Models in Protostellar Envelopes: III. Effects of Stellar Temperature 2004--Barbara A. Whitney, Remy Indebetouw, J.E. Bjorkman, and Kenneth Wood, Ap.J., 617, 1177 [pdf file].

RCW49 at Mid-IR Wavelengths: A GLIMPSE from the Spitzer Space Telescope 2004 -- E.B. Churchwell, B.A. Whitney, B.L. Babler, R. Indebetouw, M.R. Meade, C. Watson, M.J. Wolff, M.G. Wolfire, T.M. Bania, R.A. Benjamin, D.P. Clemens, M. Cohen, K.E. Devine, J.M. Dickey, F. Heitsch, J.M. Jackson, H.A. Kobulnicky, A.P. Marston, J.S. Mathis, E.P. Mercer, J.R. Stauffer, and S.R. Stolovy, [pdf file] ApJS, 154, 322.

Discovery of a Distant Star Formation Region using GLIMPSE 2004 -- E.P. Mercer, D.P. Clemens, T.M. Bania, J.M. Jackson, J.M. Rathborne, R.Y. Shah, B.L. Babler, R. Indebetouw, M.R. Meade, C. Watson, B.A. Whitney, M.J. Wolff, M.G. Wolfire, R.A. Benjamin, M. Cohen, J.M. Dickey, H.A. Kobulnicky, A.P. Marston, J.S. Mathis, J.R. Stauffer, S.R. Stolovy, and E.B. Churchwell, [pdf file] ApJS, 154, 328.

A GLIMPSE of Star Formation in the Giant H II Region RCW49 2004 -- B.A. Whitney, R. Indebetouw, B.L. Babler, M.R. Meade, C. Watson, M.J. Wolff, M.G. Wolfire, D.P. Clemens, T.M. Bania, R.A. Benjamin, M. Cohen, K.E. Devine, J.M. Dickey, F. Heitsch, J.M. Jackson, H.A. Kobulnicky, A.P. Marston, J.S. Mathis, E.P. Mercer, J.R. Stauffer, S.R. Stolovy, and E.B. Churchwell [pdf file] ApJS, 154, 315.

2002-2003

2-D Radiative Transfer in Protostellar Envelopes: II. An Evolutionary Sequence 2003--Barbara A. Whitney, Kenneth Wood, J.E. Bjorkman, & Martin Cohen, Ap.J., 598, 1079 .[pdf file].

2-D Radiative Transfer in Protostellar Envelopes: I. Effects of Geometry on Class I Sources 2003--Barbara A. Whitney, Kenneth Wood, J.E. Bjorkman, & Michael J. Wolff, Ap.J., 591, 1049.[pdf file].

GLIMPSE: I. A SIRTF Legacy Project to Map the Inner Galaxy 2003-- R.A. Benjamin, E.B. Churchwell, B. Babler, T.M. Bania, D.P. Clemens, M. Cohen, J.M. Dickey,R. Indebetouw, J.M. Jackson, H.A. Kobulnicky, A. Lazarian, A.P. Marston, J. Mathis, M.R. Meade, S. Seager, S.R. Stolovy, C. Watson, B. Whitney, M.J. Wolff, and M.G. Wolfire, PASP, 115, 953. [pdf file],

Resolution of Distance Ambiguities of Inner Galaxy Massive Star Formation Regions I 2003-- C. Watson, E. Araya, M. Sewilo, E. Churchwell, P. Hofner, and S. Kurtz, ApJ, 587, 714 [pdf file].

Arecibo Observations of Formaldehyde and Radio Recombination Lines toward Ultracompact H II Regions 2002 -- Araya, Esteban; Hofner, Peter; Churchwell, Ed; Kurtz, Stan, ApJS, 138, 63. [pdf file]

Publications using GLIMPSE Data

2007

IRAS 18511+0146: a proto Herbig Ae/Be cluster? 2007 -- S. Vig, L. Testi, M. Walmsley, S. Molinari, S. Carey, A. Noriega-Crespo, A&A, in press

Identification of Very Red Counterparts of SiO Maser and OH/IR Objects in the GLIMPSE Survey 2007 -- S. Deguchi, J. Nakashima, S. Kwok, and N.Koning, ApJ, 655, in press

Spitzer-IRAC GLIMPSE of high mass protostellar objects I. Infrared point sources and nebulae 2007 -- M.S.N. Kumar and J.M.C. Grave, A&A, in press

XMM-Newton observations of HESS J1813-178 reveal a composite Supernova remnant 2007 -- S. Funk, J.A. Hinton, Y. Moriguchi, F.A. Aharonian, Y. Fukui, W. Hofmann, D. Horns, G. Puehlhofer, O. Reimer, G. Rowell, R. Terrier, J. Vink, S. Wagner, A&A, submitted

XMM-Newton observations reveal the X-ray counterpart of the very-high-energy gamma-ray source HESSJ1640-465 2007 -- S. Funk, J.A. Hinton, G. Puehlhofer, F.A. Aharonian, W. Hofmann, O. Reimer, S. Wagner , ApJ, in press

A GLIMPSE-based search for 6.7-GHz Methanol Masers and the lifetime of their spectral features 2007 -- S.P. Ellingsen, MNRAS, in press

The low frequency radio emission and spectrum of the extended SNR W44: new VLA observations at 74 and 324 MHz 2007 -- G. Castelletti, G. Dubner, C. Brogan, N.E. Kassim, A&A, in press

A tale of two cores: Triggered massive star formation in the bright-rimmed cloud SFO 75 2007 -- J.S. Urquhart, M.A. Thompson, L.K. Morgan, M.R. Pestalozzi, G.J. White, D.N. Muna, A&A, in press

An X-ray Imaging Study of the Stellar Population in RCW49 2007 -- M. Tsujimoto, E.D. Feigelson, L.K. Townsley, P.S. Broos, K.V. Getman, J. Wang, G.P. Garmire, D. Baba, T. Nagayama, M. Tamura, E.B. Churchwell, ApJ, in press

Discovery of the Putative Pulsar and Wind Nebula Associated with the TeV Gamma-ray Source HESS J1813-178 2007 -- D.J. Helfand, E.V. Gotthelf, J.P. Halpern, F. Camilo, D.R. Semler, R.H. Becker, R.L. White, ApJ, in press

Infrared Extinction Toward Nearby Star-Forming Regions 2007 -- K.M. Flaherty, J.L. Pipher, S.T Megeath, E.M. Winston, R.A. Gutermuth, J. Muzerolle, and G.G. Fazio, ApJ, in press

A search for 22-GHz water masers within the giant molecular cloud associated with RCW 106 2007 -- S. L. Breen, S. P. Ellingsen, M. Johnston-Hollitt, S. Wotherspoon, I. Bains, M. G. Burton, M. Cunningham, N. Lo, C. E. Senkbeil, T. Wong, MNRAS, 377, 491.

Infrared study of the southern Galactic star-forming region associated with IRAS 14416-5937 2007 -- S. Vig, S.K. Ghosh, D.K. Ojha, R.P. Verma, A&A, 463, 175.

High-Resolution Mid-Infrared Imaging of Radio Ultracompact H II Regions 2007 -- U. Giveon, M.J. Richter, R.H. Becker, R.L. White, AJ, 133, 639.

Discovery of a Nearby Twin of SN 1987A's Nebula around the Luminous Blue Variable HD 168625: Was Sk -69 202 an LBV? 2007 -- N. Smith, AJ, 133, 1034.

Lost and Found: A New Position and Infrared Counterpart for the X-Ray Binary Scutum X-1 2007 -- D.L. Kaplan, A.M. Levine, D. Chakrabarty, E.H. Morgan, D.K. Erb, B.M. Gaensler, D.S. Moon, P.B. Cameron, ApJ, 661, 437

Searching for hidden Wolf-Rayet stars in the Galactic plane - 15 new Wolf-Rayet stars 2007 -- L.J. Hadfield, S.D. van Dyk, P.W. Morris, J.D. Smith, A.P. Marston, D.E. Peterson, MNRAS, 376, 248.

Young Stellar Groups around Herbig Ae/Be Stars: A Low-Mass YSO Census 2007 -- S. Wang, and L.W. Looney, ApJ, 659, 1360.

The Protostar in the Massive Infrared Dark Cloud IRDC 18223-3 2007 -- H. Beuther and J. Steinacker, ApJ, 656, L85.

2006

A New Galactic 6 cm Formaldehyde Maser -- E. Araya, P. Hofner, W.M. Goss, S. Kurtz, H. Linz, and L. Olmi, ApJ, 643, 33

Spitzer/IRAC and ISOCAM/CVF insights on the origin of the near to mid-IR Galactic diffuse emission -- N. Flagey, F. Boulanger, L. Verstraete, M.A. Milville Deschenes, A. Noriega Crespo, and W.T. Reach, A&A, 453, 969

A New Young Galactic Supernova Remnant Containing a Compact Object: G15.9+0.2 -- S.P. Reynolds, K.J. Borkowski, U. Hwang, I. Harrus, R. Petre, and G. Dubner, ApJ, 652, L45.

Long-Wavelength Excesses in Two Highly Obscured High-Mass X-Ray Binaries: IGR J16318-4848 and GX 301-2 -- D.L. Kaplan, D.-S. Moon, and W.T. Reach, ApJ, 649, L107.

Discovery of new Milky Way star cluster candidates in the 2MASS point source catalog. V. Follow-up observations of the young stellar cluster candidates RCW87, [BDSB2003]164 and [DBSB2003]172 -- J. Borissova, V.D. Ivanov, D. Minniti, and D. Geisler, A&A, 455, 923.

Molecular excitation in the Eagle nebula's fingers -- F. Schuller, S. Leurini, C. Hieret, K.M. Menten, S.D. Philipp, R. Gusten, P. Schilke, and L.-A. Nyman, A&A, 454, L87.

Class I methanol masers in the outflow of IRAS16547-4247 -- M.A. Voronkov, K.J. Brooks, A.M. Sobolev, S.P. Ellingsen, A.B. Ostrovskii, and J.L. Caswell, MNRAS, 373, 411.

A census of the Wolf-Rayet content in Westerlund 1 from near infrared imaging and spectroscopy -- P.A Crowther, L.J. Hadfield, J.S. Clark, I. Negueruela, and W.D. Vacca, MNRAS, 372, 1407.

Extinction at 7 um and 15 um from the ISOGAL survey -- B.W. Jiang, J. Gao, A. Omont, F. Schuller, and G. Simon, A&A, 446, 551.

The young massive stellar cluster associated to RCW121 -- A. Roman-Lopes and Z. Abraham, AJ, 131, 951.

Methanol masers: Reliable tracers of the early stages of high-mass star formation -- S.P. Ellingsen, Ap J, 638, 241.

Infrared Supernova Remnants in the Spitzer GLIMPSE Field -- H.-G. Lee, JKAS, 38, 385.

High mass star formation in the infrared dark cloud G11.11-0.12 -- T. Pillai, F. Wyrowski, K.M. Menten, E. Krugel, A&A, 447, 929.

Discovery of the X-ray Counterpart to the Rotating Radio Transient J1819-1458 -- S.P. Reynolds, K.J. Borkowski, B.M. Gaensler, N. Rea, M. McLaughlin, A. Possenti, G. Israel, M. Burgay, F. Camilo, S. Chatterjee, M. Kramer, A. Lyne, I. Stairs, ApJL, 639, 71.

Radio and infrared recombination studies of the southern massive star forming region G333.6-0.2 -- T. Fujiyoshi, C.H. Smith, J.L. Caswell, T.J.T. Moore, S.L. Lumsden, D.K. Aitken, and P.F. Roche, MNRAS, 368, 1843.

Triggered massive-star formation on the borders of Galactic HII regions II. Evidence for the collect and collapse process around RCW79 -- A. Zavagno, L. Deharveng, F. Comeron, J. Brand, F. Massi, J. Caplan, and D. Russell, A&A, 446, 171.

Discovery of an Extraordinarily Massive Cluster of Red Supergiants -- D. Figer, J. MacKenty, M. Robberto, K. Smith, F. Najarro, R. Kudritzki, and A. Herrero, ApJ, 643, 1166.

2005

Caught in the Act: The Onset of Massive Star Formation -- H. Beuther, T. K. Sridharan, and M. Saito, ApJL, 634, L185-L188 (pdf)

Tycho-2 stars with infrared excess in the MSX Point Source Catalogue -- A.J. Clarke, R.D. Oudmaijer, and S.L. Lumsden, MNRAS, 363, 1111.

Swift, INTEGRAL, RXTE, and Spitzer Reveal IGR J16283-4838 -- V. Beckmann, J.A. Kennea, C. Markwardt, A. Paizis, S. Soldi, J. Rodriguez, S.D. Barthelmy, D.N. Burrows, M. Chester, N. Gehrels, N. Mowlavi, J. Nousek., ApJ, 631, 596.

Discovery of a Radio Supernova Remnant and Nonthermal X-Rays Coincident with the TeV Sources HESS J1813-178 -- C.L. Brogan, B.M. Gaensler, J.D. Gelfand, J.S. Lazendic, T.J.W. Lazio, N.E. Kassim, and N.M. McClure-Griffiths, ApJL, 629, 105.

Red giant branch stars as probes of stellar populations. II. Properties of the newly discovered globular cluster GLIMPSE-C01 -- V.D. Ivanov, R. Kurtev, and J. Borissova, A&A, 442, 195.

Abstracts using GLIMPSE Data

A GLIMPSE at Hidden Wolf-Rayet Stars in the Galaxy 2006 -- L.J. Hadfield, S.D. Van Dyk, A.P. Marston, P.W. Morris, and J.D.T. Smith, BAAS, 207, 63,51.