Bibliography of William B. Latter

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Refereed Publications:

``The Rotationally Modulated Zeeman Spectrum at Nearly One Billion Gauss of the White Dwarf PG 1031+234,''
W. B. Latter, G. D. Schmidt, and R. F. Green 1987, Astrophysical Journal, 320, 308. Paper.

``Properties of Evolved Mass-Losing Stars in the Milky Way and Variations in the Interstellar Dust Composition,''
H. A. Thronson, W. B. Latter, J. H. Black, J. Bally, and P. Hacking 1987, Astrophysical Journal, 322, 770. Paper.

``Mass-Loss from Evolved Stars: Response to a Review by Zuckerman (1987),''
H. A. Thronson, W. B. Latter, J. H. Black, J. Bally, and P. Hacking 1988, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 100, 1446. Paper.

``The Interacting Galaxy Pair NGC 4485 and NGC 4490: Star Formation and the Interstellar Medium,''
H. A. Thronson, D. A. Hunter, S. Casey, W. B. Latter, and D. A. Harper 1989, Astrophysical Journal, 339, 803. Paper.

``A New Magnetic White Dwarf Discovered During the Large, Bright Quasar Survey,''
C. B. Foltz, W. B. Latter, P. C. Hewett, R. J. Weymann, S. L. Morris, and S. F. Anderson 1989, Astronomical Journal, 98, 665. Paper.

``On the Spectrum and Field Strength of the Magnetic White Dwarf GD 229,''
G. D. Schmidt, W. B. Latter, and C. B. Foltz 1990, Astrophysical Journal, 350, 758. Paper.

``Molecular Hydrogen Formation by Excited Atom Radiative Association,''
W. B. Latter, and J. H. Black 1991, Astrophysical Journal, 372, 161. Paper.

``Large Molecule Production by Mass-Losing Carbon Stars: The Primary Source of Interstellar Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons?,''
W. B. Latter 1991, Astrophysical Journal, 377, 187. Paper.

``Near-Infrared Observations of the Proto-Planetary Nebula AFGL 618,''
W. B. Latter, P. R. Maloney, D. M. Kelly, J. H. Black, G. H. Rieke, and M. J. Rieke 1992, Astrophysical Journal, 389, 347. Paper.

``Near-Infrared Observations of AFGL 618 II. The Atomic Spectrum,''
D. M. Kelly, W. B. Latter, and G. H. Rieke 1992, Astrophysical Journal, 395, 174. Paper.

``A New Near-Infrared Imaging Study of AFGL 2688,''
W. B. Latter, J. L. Hora, D. M. Kelly, L. K. Deutsch, and P. R. Maloney 1993, Astronomical Journal, 106, 260. Paper.

``Detection of the Carbon Monoxide Ion in the Interstellar Medium and a Planetary Nebula,''
W. B. Latter, C. K. Walker, and P. R. Maloney 1993, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 419, L97. Paper.

``A Millimeter-Wavelength Survey of S Stars for Mass Loss and Chemistry,''
J. H. Bieging, and W. B. Latter 1994, Astrophysical Journal, 422, 765. Paper.

``The Near-Infrared Structure and Spectra of the Bipolar Nebulae M 2-9 and AFGL 2688: The Role of Ultraviolet Pumping and Shocks in Molecular Hydrogen Excitation,''
J. L. Hora, and W. B. Latter 1994, Astrophysical Journal, 437, 281. Paper.
Erratum: 1995, Astrophysical Journal, 449, 397.

``Molecular Emission from Comet P/Swift-Tuttle 1992t,''
A. Wootten, W. B. Latter, and D. Despois 1994, Planetary and Space Science, 42, 727. Abstract.

``Spectroscopy of Evolved Stars in the Near-Infrared: Explorations Beyond the AGB,''
D. M. Kelly, and W. B. Latter 1994, Astronomical Journal, 109, 1320. Paper.

``Investigating the Near-Infrared Properties of Planetary Nebulae I. Narrowband Images,''
W. B. Latter, D. M. Kelly, J. L. Hora, and L. K. Deutsch 1995, Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 100, 159.

``A Butterfly in the Making: Revealing the Near-Infrared Structure of Hubble 12,''
J. L. Hora, and W. B. Latter 1996, Astrophysical Journal, 461, 288. Paper.

``Methanol in the Circumstellar Envelope of IRC+10216,''
W. B. Latter, and S. B. Charnley 1996, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 463, L37. Paper.
Erratum: 1996, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 465, L81.

``Observations and Modeling of the Nuclear Starburst in NGC 6946,''
C. W. Engelbracht, M. J. Rieke, G. H. Rieke, and W. B. Latter 1996, Astrophysical Journal, 467, 227. Paper.

``Methane in Oxygen-Rich Circumstellar Envelopes: A Search for CH3OH and CCH,''
S. B. Charnley, and W. B. Latter 1997, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 287, 538.

 ``Molecular Line Observations of Southern S Stars,''
J. H. Bieging, L. Knee, W. B. Latter, and H. Olofsson 1998, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 339, 881. Paper.

``Investigating the Near-Infrared Properties of Planetary Nebulae II. Medium Resolution Spectra,''
J. L. Hora, W. B. Latter, and L. K. Deutsch 1999, Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 124, 195. Paper.

``A Spectral Line Study of Serpens S68 FIRS1 Region,''
J. McMullin, L. Mundy, G. Blake, B. Wilking, J. Mangum, W. B. Latter 2000, Astrophysical Journal, in press.

``Revealing the Molecular Dissociation Region: HST/NICMOS Imaging of NGC 7027,''
W.B. Latter, A. Dayal, J.H. Bieging, C. Meakin, J.L. Hora, D.M. Kelly, A.G.G.M. Tielens, 2000,
Astrophysical Journal, in press.  Preprint: PDF or PostScript

Papers in Preparation and Nearing Completion:

``Carbon-Rich Chemistry in Photon-Dominated Regions,''
W. B. Latter, and A. G. G. M. Tielens 1999, Astrophysical Journal, in preparation.

``Imaging of Molecular Hydrogen in Planetary Nebulae: Evolved and Extended Nebulae,''
J. L. Hora, and W. B. Latter 1999, Astronomical Journal, in preparation.

``A Study of the Carbon Monoxide Ion in Photon-Dominated Regions,''
W. B. Latter, J. H. Black, and C. K. Walker 1999, Astrophysical Journal, in preparation.

``The 205 to 232 GHz Spectrum of the Carbon Star IRC+10o216,''
W. B. Latter, and P. R. Jewell 1999, Astrophysical Journal, in preparation.

``Images of HC3N Emission from AFGL 2688,''
A. Wootten, W. B. Latter, Nguyen-Q-Rieu, Truong-Bach 1999, Astronomy and Astrophysics, in preparation.

``High Velocity HCO+ in HH 7-11,''
G. A. Fuller, and W. B. Latter 1999, Astrophysical Journal, in preparation.
 

Books Edited:

The First Symposium on the Infrared Cirrus and Diffuse Interstellar Clouds 1994, Editors: Roc M. Cutri and William B. Latter (San Francisco: A.S.P. Conference Series), Volume 58
 
 
 

IAU Symposium 170, CO: Twenty-five Years of Millimeter-wave Spectroscopy 1996, Editors: William B. Latter, Simon Radford, John Bally, Philip R. Jewell, and Jeffery G. Mangum (Dordrecht: Kluwer).

IAU Symposium 170, The Poster Presentations, 1996, editors: Jeffery G. Mangum, Simon Radford, and William B. Latter (Charlottesville: NRAO). An online version is here.

Contributed Papers and Abstracts:

``The Rotationally Modulated Zeeman Spectrum at Nearly One Billion Gauss of the White Dwarf PG 1031+234,''
W. B. Latter, G. D. Schmidt, and R. F. Green 1986, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 18, 975.

``The Distribution of Carbon-Rich Circumstellar Envelopes in the Milky Way,''
H. A. Thronson, W. B. Latter, J. H. Black, J. Bally, and P. Hacking 1986, in The Late Stages of Stellar Evolution, eds. S. Kwok and S. R. Pottasch (Dordrecht: Reidel), p. 131.

``Mass-Return to the Interstellar Medium from Highly-Evolved Carbon Stars,''
W. B. Latter, H. A. Thronson, P. Hacking, J. Bally, and J. Black 1986, in Summer School on Interstellar Processes: Abstracts of Contributed Papers, eds. D. J. Hollenbach and H. A. Thronson (NASA Technical Memorandum 88342), p. 65. Abstract.

``Near-IR Spectroscopy of Planetary and Proto-Planetary Nebulae,''
W. B. Latter, and D. M. Kelly 1991, Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 85, 192.

``Observations in the Near-Infrared of the Proto-Planetary Nebula AFGL 618,''
D. M. Kelly, G. H. Rieke, and W. B. Latter 1991, in Proceedings of the 1991 North American Workshop on Infrared Spectroscopy, ed. Robert E. Stencel, Univ. of Colorado Reprint No. 107, 85.

``The Chemistry of the Early Universe at the Epoch of Recombination,''
W. B. Latter, and J. H. Black 1991, Molecular Clouds, eds. R. A. James and T. J. Millar (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press), p. 255.

``Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of the Proto-Planetary Nebula AFGL 618,''
D. M. Kelly, G. H. Rieke, and W. B. Latter 1992, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 23, 1399.

``A Near-Infrared Study of AFGL 2688,''
W. B. Latter, J. L. Hora, D. M. Kelly, L. K. Deutsch, and P. R. Maloney 1992, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 24, 1180. Abstract.

``A Millimeter-wave Survey of S Stars for Mass Loss and Chemistry,''
W. B. Latter, and J. H. Bieging 1993, in Astronomical Infrared Spectroscopy: Future Observational Directions, ed. S. Kwok (San Francisco: A.S.P. Conference Series), p. 143.

``Mass Loss Rates and Circumstellar Envelope Chemistry of S Stars,''
J. H. Bieging, and W. B. Latter 1993, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 25, 887. Abstract.

``The Infrared Spectra of Planetary Nebulae,''
D. M. Kelly, W. B. Latter, M. Luhman, S. Pak, and J. Lacy 1995 Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 26, 1384. Abstract.

``Near-Infrared Study of NGC 6946,''
C. W. Engelbracht, M. J. Rieke, G. H. Rieke, and W. B. Latter 1995, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 26, 1432. Abstract.

``An Initial Study of the Carbon Monoxide Ion in Photodissociation Regions,''
W. B. Latter, and C. K. Walker 1995, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 26, 1458. Abstract.

``The Dense Gas Structure and Kinetic Temperature in the Serpens Molecular Cloud,''
J. G. Mangum, W. B. Latter, and J. P. McMullin 1996, in IAU Symposium 170, CO: Twenty-five Years of Millimeter-wave Spectroscopy, eds. W. B. Latter et al. (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 435. Extended abstract.

``Unravelling Mysteries in the Late Stages of Stellar Evolution: The Enigma of the S-Type Stars,''
W. B. Latter, and J. H. Bieging 1996, in IAU Symposium 170, CO: Twenty-five Years of Millimeter-wave Spectroscopy, eds. W. B. Latter et al. (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 367. An online version is here.

``Abundance and Excitation of Reactive Molecular Ions,''
J. H. Black, W. B. Latter, and P. R. Maloney 1996, IAU Symposium 178, Molecules in Astrophysics: Probes and Processes.

``Using Molecules to Study the Evolution of Photodissociation Regions in the Early and Late Stages of Stellar Evolution,''
W. B. Latter, D. Hollenbach, J. H. Hora, and A. G. G. M. Tielens 1996, IAU Symposium 178, Molecules in Astrophysics: Probes and Processes.

``Molecular Hydrogen Imaging of Bipolar Planetary Nebulae,''
J.  L. Hora, and W. B. Latter 1997, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 28, 1402. Abstract.

 ``Staring into the Winds of Destruction: HST/NICMOS Imaging of Young Planetary Nebulae,''
W. B. Latter, J. L. Hora, D. M. Kelly, A. Dayal, J. H. Bieging, A. G. G. M. Tielens, S. Trammell 1998, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 191, #15.10. Abstract.

“Optical/Infrared Imaging and Modeling of Dust and Ionized Gas in the Planetary Nebulae M 4-18,”
A. Dayal, R. Sahai, J. Trauger, J. L. Hora, G. G. Fazio, W. F. Hoffmann, J. H. Bieging, L. K. Deutsch, W. B. Latter 1998, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 191, #15.09. Abstract.

``Investigating the Near-Infrared Properties of Planetary Nebulae: Deep Imaging of Molecular Hydrogen Emission,''
W. B. Latter, and J. H. Hora 1997, in IAU Symposium 180, Planetary Nebulae, eds. H. J. Habing and H. J. G. L. M. Lamers (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 254

``A Near-Infrared Spectral Survey of Planetary Nebulae,''
J. H. Hora, W. B. Latter, and L. K. Deutsch 1997, in IAU Symposium 180, Planetary Nebulae, eds. H. J. Habing and H. J. G. L. M. Lamers (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 238.

``Molecular Hydrogen Kinematics in Planetary Nebulae,''
D. M. Kelly, W. B. Latter, J. H. Hora 1997, and C. E. Woodward, in IAU Symposium 180, Planetary Nebulae, eds. H. J. Habing and H. J. G. L. M. Lamers (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 245.

``Determining the Structure of Planetary and Proto-Planetary Nebulae with NICMOS,''
A. Dayal, W. B. Latter, J. H. Bieging, D. M. Kelly, J. H. Hora, and A. G. G. M. Tielens 1998, 1998, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 193, 1404.

``Carbon-Rich Photodissociation Regions: Star Formation Regions and Planetary Nebulae,''
 W. B. Latter, and A. G. G. M. Tielens 1999, SOFIA/Center for Star Formation Studies Summer Workshop.

“The Mid-Infrared morphology of the Planetary Nebula NGC 7027 ,”
A. Dayal, W.B. Latter, J.L. Hora, G.G. Fazio,  W.F. Hoffmann, J.H. Bieging, L.K. Deutsch 2000, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 195, #110.02.

``HST/NICMOS Imaging of the Planetary Nebula BD+30 3639.''
 W. B. Latter, A. Dayal, J.H. Bieging, D. M. Kelly, J. L. Hora, and A. G. G. M. Tielens 1999, Asymmetric Planetary Nebulae II, in press.

``HST/NICMOS Imaging of the Planetary Nebula Hubble 12.''
 J  L. Hora, W. B. Latter, A. Dayal, J.H. Bieging, D. M. Kelly, A. G. G. M. Tielens, and  S. Trammell 1999, Asymmetric Planetary Nebulae II, in press.

``HST/NICMOS Imaging of the Proto-Planetary Nebula OH231.8+4.2.''
 J. H. Bieging, W. B. Latter, A. Dayal, J. L. Hora, D. M. Kelly, and A. G. G. M. Tielens 1999, Asymmetric Planetary Nebulae II, in press.

``HST/NICMOS Imaging of the Planetary Nebula NGC 7027.''
 A. Dayal, W. B. Latter, J.H. Bieging, D. M. Kelly, J. L. Hora, and A. G. G. M. Tielens 1999, Asymmetric Planetary Nebulae II, in press.

  Selected Technical Reports:

``The 30 days Exercise for IRAC and MIPS Observations,''
 W. B. Latter 1997, SIRTF Science Center Internal Report SSC-WBL-1997-001.

 ``Observing with SIRTF: User Tools and the Proposal Process,''
 S. K. Potts, W. B. Latter, L. Armus, R. Ebert, M. Moshir, J. B. Nichols, G. Helou, B. T.
Soifer 1998, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 191, #42.04. Abstract.

``The SIRTF Science Center: Overview,''
B. T. Soifer, G. Helou, L. Armus, R. Ebert, W. B. Latter, M. Moshir, J. B. Nichols, S. K.
Potts 1998, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 191, #42.05. Abstract.

"Space InfraRed Telescope Facility (SIRTF) Enters Development,"
M. D. Bicay, M. W. W. Werner, W. B. Latter, L. L. Simmons 1998, in Space Telescopes and Instruments V, SPIE Volume 3356, p. 653.

``The SIRTF Astronomical Observing Templates,''
 W. B. Latter 1998, SIRTF Science Center Internal Report, Baseline (v1.0) Versions.

"Phased Implementation Plan for the SIRTF Performance and Sensitivity Estimation Tool,"
W. B. Latter 1998, SIRTF Science Center Internal Report SSC-WBL-1998-002.

“The SIRTF Pipeline Data Products,”
W. B. Latter, M. M. Moshir, and the SSC Team 2000, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 195, #119.08.
 

Selected Invited Presentations (abbreviated list of locations):

Royal Observatory of Edinburgh, Scotland
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Workshop on Star Formation, Montreal, Canada
National Radio Astronomy Observatory Visiting Committee, Tucson, Arizona
Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, Toronto, Canada
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Canada
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Canada
University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Toronto, Canada
National Radio Astronomy Observatory -- Tucson Operations, Tucson, Arizona
IAU Symposium 170, Tuscon, Arizona
Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
Center for Star Formation Studies, Moffett Field, California
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, La Canada, California
University of California at Santa Barbara, Goleta, California
SOFIA/Star Formation Workshop, University of California at Santa Cruz
Rice University, Houston, Texas

Other:

``Molecular Evolution in Astrophysical Environments,''
W. B. Latter 1989, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Arizona. Abstract.

Astronomy Magazine 1993, Kalmbach Publishing Co., Vol. 21, No. 8, Pg. 20 (AstroNews).

Sky and Telescope Magazine 1993, Sky Publishing Corp., Vol. 86, No. 3, Pg. 13 (News Notes).

Zenit Magazine 1994, Stichting `De Koepel,' Vol. 2, Pg. 90.

Astronomy Magazine 1994, Kalmbach Publishing Co., Vol. 22, No. 12, Pg. 18 (AstroNews).

Astronomy Magazine 1998, Kalmbach Publishing Co., Vol. 26, No. 10, Pg. 34 (AstroNews).

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