keywords
- Ultraviolet Astronomy
- Contact Info
Penton, Steven V
Positions
- Professional Research Asst, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP)
Research Areas
Research
Publications
selected publications
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conference proceeding
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Characterizing, controlling, and correcting distortions in the COS FUV detector.
Proceedings of SPIE.
2015
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Characterization, modeling and management of the COS FUV detector lifetime.
Proceedings of SPIE.
2013
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Gain sag in the FUV detector of the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph.
Proceedings of SPIE.
2011
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Hubble Space Telescope - Cosmic Origins Spectrograph FUV detector initial on-orbit performance.
Proceedings of SPIE.
2010
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Commissioning of the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope: an overview of COS Servicing Mission Observatory Verification.
Proceedings of SPIE.
2010
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Monitoring of the Wavelength Calibration Lamps for the Hubble Space Telescope.
Proceedings of SPIE.
2010
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Observations of Pt-Ne hollow cathode lamps similar to those used on the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph: photometry and vacuum testing.
Proceedings of SPIE.
2008
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Preliminary calibration results for the HST/Cosmic Origins Spectrograph.
Proceedings of SPIE.
93-99.
2003
- The baryon content of the local LYa forest. Astrophysics and Space Science Library. 57-62. 2002
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Algorithms for correcting geometric distortions in delay line anodes.
Proceedings of SPIE.
267-274.
2001
- Search for a relationship between galaxies and the local Ly alpha forest: First results. 74-75. 2000
- The local Ly alpha forest: HI in nearby intergalactic space. 21-30. 2000
- Discovery of a Ly alpha cloud in a cosmic void. 347-350. 1994
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Characterizing, controlling, and correcting distortions in the COS FUV detector.
Proceedings of SPIE.
2015
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journal article
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The Cosmic Ultraviolet Baryon Survey (CUBS) - I. Overview and the diverse environments of Lyman limit systems at z < 1.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
498-520.
2020
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A Galaxy Redshift Survey Near HST/COS AGN Sight Lines.
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.
2018
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Characterizing the Circumgalactic Medium of Nearby Galaxies with HST/COS and HST/STIS Absorption-line Spectroscopy. II. Methods and Models.
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.
2017
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AN HST/COS SURVEY OF THE LOW-REDSHIFT INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM. I. SURVEY, METHODOLOGY, AND OVERALL RESULTS.
The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
2016
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CO/H-2 ABUNDANCE RATIO approximate to 10(-4) IN A PROTOPLANETARY DISK.
The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
2014
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CHARACTERIZING THE CIRCUMGALACTIC MEDIUM OF NEARBY GALAXIES WITH HST/COS AND HST/STIS ABSORPTION-LINE SPECTROSCOPY.
The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
2013
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Lifetime and Failure Characteristics of Pt/Ne Hollow Cathode Lamps Used as Calibration Sources for UV Space Instruments.
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
1295-1308.
2012
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THE COSMIC ORIGINS SPECTROGRAPH.
The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
2012
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HST-COS OBSERVATIONS OF HYDROGEN, HELIUM, CARBON, AND NITROGEN EMISSION FROM THE SN 1987A REVERSE SHOCK.
The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
2011
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A HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE/COSMIC ORIGINS SPECTROGRAPH SEARCH FOR WARM-HOT BARYONS IN THE Mrk 421 SIGHT LINE.
The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
2011
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HST/COS OBSERVATIONS OF GALACTIC HIGH-VELOCITY CLOUDS: FOUR ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEUS SIGHT LINES THROUGH COMPLEX C.
The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
2011
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THE DEARTH OF CHEMICALLY ENRICHED WARM-HOT CIRCUMGALACTIC GAS.
The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
1514-1521.
2010
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The metallicity of intergalactic gas in cosmic voids.
The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
146-152.
2007
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Does the Milky Way produce a nuclear Galactic wind?.
The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
951-964.
2006
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The galaxy environment of OVI absorption systems.
The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
217-228.
2006
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The local Ly alpha forest. IV. Space telescope imaging spectrograph G140M spectra and results on the distribution and baryon content of HI absorbers.
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.
29-62.
2004
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Algorithms for correcting geometric distortions in delay-line anodes.
Review of Scientific Instruments.
38-46.
2003
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The local Ly alpha forest: Absorbers in galaxy voids.
The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
L115-L118.
2002
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The local Ly alpha forest. III. Relationship between Ly alpha absorbers and galaxies, voids, and superclusters.
The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
720-742.
2002
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High-velocity cloud Complex C: Galactic fuel or galactic waste?.
The Astronomical Journal.
3280-3292.
2001
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The local Ly alpha forest. II. Distribution of HI absorbers, Doppler widths, and baryon content.
The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
150-175.
2000
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Metal abundances in the Magellanic Stream.
The Astronomical Journal.
1830-1840.
2000
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The local Ly alpha forest. I. Observations with the GHRS/G160M on the Hubble space telescope.
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.
121-164.
2000
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Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer observations of the low-redshift Ly beta forest.
The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
L13-L16.
2000
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The metagalactic ionizing radiation field at low redshift.
The Astronomical Journal.
1450-1460.
1999
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The low-redshift intergalactic medium.
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia.
95-99.
1999
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A cluster of low-redshift Ly alpha clouds toward PKS 2155-304. I. Limits on metals and D/H.
The Astronomical Journal.
2094-2107.
1998
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Multiwavelength observations of short-timescale variability in NGC 4151 .1. Ultraviolet observations.
The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
322-335.
1996
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Multiwavelength observations of short-timescale variability in NGC 4151 .4. Analysis of multiwavelength continuum variability.
The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
364-377.
1996
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The Cosmic Ultraviolet Baryon Survey (CUBS) - I. Overview and the diverse environments of Lyman limit systems at z < 1.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
498-520.
2020