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Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.

      ~ Plato, The Republic

Publications

    First Author Papers

  • 9. Foster, J.B., Cottaar, M., Covey, K.R., Arce, H.G., Meyer, M.R., Nidever, D.L., Stassun, K.G., Tan, J.C., Chojnowski, S.D., da Rio, N., Flaherty, K.M., Rebull, L., Frinchaboy, P.M., Majewski, S.R., Skrutskie, M., Wilson, J.C., Zasowski, G., IN-SYNC II: Virial Stars from Subvirial Cores--the Velocity Dispersion of Embedded Pre-main-sequence Stars in NGC 1333, 2015, ApJ, 799, 136. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 8. Foster, J.B., Arce, H.G., Kassis, M., Sanhueza, P., Jackson, J.M., Finn, S.C., Offner, S., Sakai, T., Sakai, N., Yamamoto, S., Guzmán, A.E., Rathborne, J.M., Distributed Low-mass Star Formation in the IRDC G34.43+00.24, 2014, ApJ, 791, 108. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 7. Foster, J.B., Rathborne, J.M., Sanhueza, P., Claysmith, C., Whitaker, J.S., Jackson, J.M., Mascoop, J.L., Wienen, M., Breen, S.L., Herpin, F., Duarte-Cabral, A., Csengeri, T., Contreras, Y., Indermuehle, B., Barnes, P.J., Walsh, A.J., Cunningham, M.R., Britton, T.R., Voronkov, M.A., Urquhart, J.S., Alves, J., Jordan, C.H., Hill, T., Hoq, S., Brooks, K.J., Longmore, S.N., Characterisation of the MALT90 Survey and the Mopra Telescope at 90 GHz, 2013, PASA, 30, 38. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 6. Foster, J.B., Mandel, K.S., Pineda, J.E., Covey, K.R., Arce, H.G., Goodman, A.A., Evidence for grain growth in molecular clouds: A Bayesian examination of the extinction law in Perseus, 2013, MNRAS, 428, 1606. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 5. Foster, J.B., Stead, J.J., Benjamin, R.A., Hoare, M.G., Jackson, J.M., Distances to Dark Clouds: Comparing Extinction Distances to Maser Parallax Distances, 2012, ApJ, 751, 157. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 4. Foster, J.B., Jackson, J.M., Barnes, P.J., Barris, E., Brooks, K., Cunningham, M., Finn, S.C., Fuller, G.A., Longmore, S.N., Mascoop, J.L., Peretto, N., Rathborne, J., Sanhueza, P., Schuller, F., Wyrowski, F., The Millimeter Astronomy Legacy Team 90 GHz (MALT90) Pilot Survey, 2011, ApJs, 197, 25. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 3. Foster, J.B., Rosolowsky, E.W., Kauffmann, J., Pineda, J.E., Borkin, M.A., Caselli, P., Myers, P.C., Goodman, A.A., Dense Cores in Perseus: The Influence of Stellar Content and Cluster Environment, 2009, ApJ, 696, 298. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 2. Foster, J.B., Román-Zúñiga, C.G., Goodman, A.A., Lada, E.A., Alves, J., Hunting Galaxies to (and for) Extinction, 2008, ApJ, 674, 831. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 1. Foster, J.B., Goodman, A.A., Cloudshine: New Light on Dark Clouds, 2006, ApJL, 636, 105. (astro-ph | ADS)

    Other Referereed Publications

  • 34. Stephens, I.W., Jackson, J.M., Sanhueza, P., Whitaker, J.S., Hoq, S., Rathborne, J.M., Foster, J.B., Interferometric Observations of High-Mass Star-Forming Clumps with Unusual N2H+/HCO+ Line Ratios, 2015, accepted to ApJ.(astro-ph)
  • 33. Bally, J., Rathborne, J.M., Longmore, S.N., Jackson, J.M., Alves, J.F., Bressert, E., Contreras, Y., Foster, J.B., Garay, G., Ginsburg, A., Johnston, K.G., Kruijssen, J.M., Testi, L., Walsh, A.J., Absorption Filaments toward the Massive Clump G0.253+0.016, 2014, ApJ, 795, 28. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 32. Rathborne, J.M., Longmore, S.N., Jackson, J.M., Kruijssen, J.M., Alves, J.F., Bally, J., Bastian, N., Contreras, Y., Foster, J.B., Garay, G., Testi, L., Walsh, A.J., Turbulence Sets the Initial Conditions for Star Formation in High-pressure Environments, 2014, ApJL, 795, 25. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 31. Yanagida, T., Sakai, T., Hirota, T., Sakai, N., Foster, J.B., Sanhueza, P., Jackson, J.M., Furuya, K., Aikawa, Y., Yamamoto, S., ALMA Observations of the IRDC Clump G34.43+00.24 MM3: 278 GHz Class I Methanol Masers, 2014, ApJL, 794, 10. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 30. Cottaar, M., Covey, K.R., Meyer, M.R., Nidever, D.L., Stassun, K.G., Foster, J.B., Tan, J.C., Chojnowski, S.D., da Rio, N., Flaherty, K.M., Frinchaboy, P.M., Skrutskie, M., Majewski, S.R., Wilson, J.C., Zasowski, G., IN-SYNC I: Homogeneous Stellar Parameters from High-resolution APOGEE Spectra for Thousands of Pre-main Sequence Stars, 2014, ApJ, 794, 125. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 29. Rathborne, J.M., Longmore, S.N., Jackson, J.M., Foster, J.B., Contreras, Y., Garay, G., Testi, L., Alves, J.F., Bally, J., Bastian, N., Kruijssen, J.M., Bressert, E., G0.253+0.016: A Centrally Condensed, High-mass Protocluster, 2014, ApJ, 786, 140. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 28. Milisavljevic, D., Margutti, R., Crabtree, K.N., Foster, J.B., Soderberg, A.M., Fesen, R.A., Parrent, J.T., Sanders, N.E., Drout, M.R., Kamble, A., Chakraborti, S., Pickering, T.E., Cenko, S.B., Silverman, J.M., Filippenko, A.V., Kirshner, R.P., Mazzali, P., Maeda, K., Marion, G.H., Vinko, J., Wheeler, J.C., Interaction between the Broad-lined Type Ic Supernova 2012ap and Carriers of Diffuse Interstellar Bands, 2014, ApJL, 782, 5. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 27. Hoq, S., Jackson, J.M., Foster, J.B., Sanhueza, P., Guzmán, A., Whitaker, J.S., Claysmith, C., Rathborne, J.M., Vasyunina, T., Vasyunin, A., Chemical Evolution in High-mass Star-forming Regions: Results from the MALT90 Survey, 2013, ApJ, 777, 157. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 26. Jackson, J.M., Rathborne, J.M., Foster, J.B., Whitaker, J.S., Sanhueza, P., Claysmith, C., Mascoop, J.L., Wienen, M., Breen, S.L., Herpin, F., Duarte-Cabral, A., Csengeri, T., Longmore, S., Contreras, Y., Indermuehle, B., Barnes, P.J., Walsh, A.J., Cunningham, M.R., Brooks, K.J., Britton, T.R., Voronkov, M.A., Urquhart, J.S., Alves, J., Jordan, C.H., Hill, T., Hoq, S., Finn, S., C., S., Bains, I., Bontemps, S., Bronfman, L., Caswell, J.L., Deharveng, L., Ellingsen, S.P., Fuller, G.A., Garay, G., Green, J.A., Hindson, L., Jones, P.A., Lenfestey, C., Lo, N., Lowe, V., Mardones, D., Menten, K.M., Minier, V., Morgan, L.K., Motte, F., Muller, E., Peretto, N., Purcell, C.R., Schilke, P., Schneider-Bontemps, N., Schuller, F., Titmarsh, A., Wyrowski, F., Zavagno, A., MALT90: The Millimetre Astronomy Legacy Team 90 GHz Survey, 2013, PASA, 30, 57. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 25. Sakai, T., Sakai, N., Foster, J.B., Sanhueza, P., Jackson, J.M., Kassis, M., Furuya, K., Aikawa, Y., Hirota, T., Yamamoto, S., ALMA Observations of the IRDC Clump G34.43+00.24 MM3: Hot Core and Molecular Outflows, 2013, ApJL, 775, 31. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 24. Sanhueza, P., Jackson, J.M., Foster, J.B., Jimenez-Serra, I., Dirienzo, W.J., Pillai, T., Distinct Chemical Regions in the 'Prestellar' Infrared Dark Cloud G028.23-00.19, 2013, ApJ, 773, 123. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 23. Chen, X., Arce, H.G., Zhang, Q., Bourke, T.L., Launhardt, R., Jørgensen, J.K., Lee, C.-F., Foster, J.B., Dunham, M.M., Pineda, J.E., Henning, T., SMA Observations of Class 0 Protostars: A High Angular Resolution Survey of Protostellar Binary Systems, 2013, ApJ, 768, 110. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 22. Sanhueza, P., Jackson, J.M., Foster, J.B., Garay, G., Silva, A., Finn, S.C., Chemistry in Infrared Dark Cloud Clumps: A Molecular Line Survey at 3 mm, 2012, ApJ, 756, 60. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 21. Longmore, S.N., Rathborne, J., Bastian, N., Alves, J., Ascenso, J., Bally, J., Testi, L., Longmore, A., Battersby, C., Bressert, E., Purcell, C., Walsh, A., Jackson, J., Foster, J., Molinari, S., Meingast, S., Amorim, A., Lima, J., Marques, R., Moitinho, A., Pinhao, J., Rebordao, J., Santos, F.D., G0.253 + 0.016: A Molecular Cloud Progenitor of an Arches-like Cluster, 2012, ApJ, 746, 117. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 20. Pineda, J.E., Arce, H.G., Schnee, S., Goodman, A.A., Bourke, T., Foster, J.B., Robitaille, T., Tanner, J., Kauffmann, J., Tafalla, M., Caselli, P., Anglada, G., The Enigmatic Core L1451-mm: A First Hydrostatic Core? Or a Hidden VeLLO?, 2011, ApJ, 743, 201. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 19. Jones, D.O., West, A.A., Foster, J.B., Using M Dwarf Spectra to Map Extinction in the Local Galaxy, 2011, AJ, 142, 44. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 18. Pineda, J.E., Goodman, A.A., Arce, H.G., Caselli, P., Foster, J.B., Myers, P.C., Rosolowsky, E.W., Direct Observation of a Sharp Transition to Coherence in Dense Cores, 2010, ApJL, 712, 116. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 17. Schnee, S., Enoch, M., Noriega-Crespo, A., Sayers, J., Terebey, S., Caselli, P., Foster, J., Goodman, A., Kauffmann, J., Padgett, D., Rebull, L., Sargent, A., Shetty, R., The Dust Emissivity Spectral Index in the Starless Core TMC-1C, 2010, ApJ, 708, 127. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 16. Schnee, S., Rosolowsky, E., Foster, J., Enoch, M., Sargent, A., The Gas Temperature of Starless Cores in Perseus, 2009, ApJ, 691, 1754. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 15. Goodman, A.A., Rosolowsky, E.W., Borkin, M.A., Foster, J.B., Halle, M., Kauffmann, J., Pineda, J.E., A role for self-gravity at multiple length scales in the process of star formation, 2009, Nature, 457, 63. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 14. Rosolowsky, E.W., Pineda, J.E., Foster, J.B., Borkin, M.A., Kauffmann, J., Caselli, P., Myers, P.C., Goodman, A.A., An Ammonia Spectral Atlas of Dense Cores in Perseus, 2008, ApJs, 175, 509. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 13. Ridge, N.A., Schnee, S.L., Goodman, A.A., Foster, J.B., The COMPLETE Nature of the Warm Dust Shell in Perseus, 2006, ApJ, 643, 932. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 12. Ridge, N.A., Di Francesco, J., Kirk, H., Li, D., Goodman, A.A., Alves, J.F., Arce, H.G., Borkin, M.A., Caselli, P., Foster, J.B., Heyer, M.H., Johnstone, D., Kosslyn, D.A., Lombardi, M., Pineda, J.E., Schnee, S.L., Tafalla, M., The COMPLETE Survey of Star-Forming Regions: Phase I Data, 2006, AJ, 131, 2921. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 11. Mochejska, B.J., Stanek, K.Z., Sasselov, D.D., Szentgyorgyi, A.H., Adams, E., Cooper, R.L., Foster, J.B., Hartman, J.D., Hickox, R.C., Lai, K., Westover, M., Winn, J.N., Planets in Stellar Clusters Extensive Search. IV. A Detection of a Possible Transiting Planet Candidate in the Open Cluster NGC 2158, 2006, AJ, 131, 1090. (astro-ph | ADS)
  • 10. Błażejowski, M., Blaylock, G., Bond, I.H., Bradbury, S.M., Buckley, J.H., Carter-Lewis, D.A., Celik, O., Cogan, P., Cui, W., Daniel, M., Duke, C., Falcone, A., Fegan, D.J., Fegan, S.J., Finley, J.P., Fortson, L., Gammell, S., Gibbs, K., Gillanders, G.G., Grube, J., Gutierrez, K., Hall, J., Hanna, D., Holder, J., Horan, D., Humensky, B., Kenny, G., Kertzman, M., Kieda, D., Kildea, J., Knapp, J., Kosack, K., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M., LeBohec, S., Linton, E., Lloyd-Evans, J., Maier, G., Mendoza, D., Milovanovic, A., Moriarty, P., Nagai, T.N., Ong, R.A., Power-Mooney, B., Quinn, J., Quinn, M., Ragan, K., Reynolds, P.T., Rebillot, P., Rose, H.J., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G.H., Swordy, S.P., Syson, A., Valcarel, L., Vassiliev, V.V., Wakely, S.P., Walker, G., Weekes, T.C., White, R., Zweerink, J., VERITAS Collaboration, , Mochejska, B., Smith, B., Aller, M., Aller, H., Teräsranta, H., Boltwood, P., Sadun, A., Stanek, K., Adams, E., Foster, J., Hartman, J., Lai, K., Böttcher, M., Reimer, A., Jung, I., A Multiwavelength View of the TeV Blazar Markarian 421: Correlated Variability, Flaring, and Spectral Evolution, 2005, ApJ, 630, 130. (astro-ph | ADS)