Aaron S. Evans
born: June 1968, place: Texas
pre-doctorate institution: B. Sc. (Physics & Astronomy) University of Michigan (1990); M. S. (Astronomy) Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii (1993)
doctorate institution: Ph. D. (Astronomy) Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii (1996)
area: Astronomy
current employment: Asst. Professor, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, SUNY at Stony Brook
url: http://www.ess.sunysb.edu/aevans/
email: aevans@mail.astro.sunysb.edu
An intensely luminous star on the horizon is 32-year-old Aaron S. Evans at the State University of New York at Stony Brook who, incredibly, in his young career has published 30 articles since earning his doctorate in astronomy at the University of Hawaii in 1996. Evans' research has focused on supermassive nuclear black holes, ultraluminous infrared galaxies, radio galaxies/quasars, and superburst galaxies.
Professional Experience
Research Assistant (Jan 1987 -- May 1990)
Michigan Spectral Catalogue
University of Michigan
Summer Undergraduate Research Assistantship Program (Summer
1989)
Wyoming Infrared Observatory
University of Wyoming
Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant (August 1990 -- June 1996)
Institute for Astronomy
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI 96822
NICMOS Postdoctoral Scholar (July 1996 -- June 1999)
Dept. of Astronomy
Caltech
Pasadena, CA 91125
AWARDS
National Science Foundation Fellowship - (1990-1993)
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists, Farrar Scholarship - (1993)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies; Supermassive Nuclear Black
Holes'; Radio Galaxies/Quasars; Starburst Galaxies
Summary of Research
Current research focuses on observations of colliding galaxies and their associated phenomena (starbursts and active galactic nuclei). The study of these galaxies requires a multi-wavelength approach, which to date has included optical to mid-infrared imaging, as well as near-infrared and (sub)millimeter spectroscopy. The observing facilities used to carry out these programs are the Mauna Kea Observatories in Hawaii, the Hubble Space Telescope, the Owens Valley Millimeter Array in California, the NRAO 12m telescope at Kitt Peak, Arizona, and the IRAM 30m telescope in Spain. He has 21 refereed publications and 7 non-refereed publications.
Publications
The interested scientist will find pdf versions of many of these papers on Dr. Evans' web site.
The Compact Nucleus of the Deep Silicate Absorption Galaxy NGC 4418 Evans, A S., Becklin, E. E., Scoville, N. Z., Neugebauer, G., Soifer, B. T., Matthews, K., Ressler, M., Werner, M. & Rieke, M. 2003, AJ, 125, 2341 [astro-ph/0303216]
28. Near-Infrared Observations of Powerful High-Redshift Radio Galaxies: 4C 40.36 and 4C 39.37 Egami, E., Armus, L., Neugebauer, G., Murphy Jr., T. W., Soifer, B. T., Matthews, K., & Evans, A. S. 2003, AJ, 125, 1038 [astro-ph/0212175]
27. Molecular Gas and Nuclear Activity in Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies with Double Nuclei Evans. A. S., Mazzarella, J. M., Surace, J. A., & Sanders, D. B. 2002, ApJ, 580, 749 [astro-ph/0208541]
26. Optical/Near-Infrared Imaging of Infrared-Excess Palomar-Green QSOs Surace, J. A., Sanders, D. B., & Evans, A. S. 2001, AJ, 122, 2791 [astro-ph/0109405]
25. The Farthest Known Supernova: Support for an Accelerating Universe and a Glimpse at the Epoch of Deceleration Riess, A. G., Nugent, P. E., Schmidt, B. P., Tonry, J., Dickinson, M., Thompson, R. I., Budavari, T., Casertano, S., Evans, A. S., Filippenko, A. V., Gilliland, R. L., Livio, M., Sanders, D. B., Shapley, A. E., Spinrad, H., Steidel, C. C., Stern, D., Surace, J. A., & Veilleux, S. 2001, ApJ, 560, 49 [astro-ph/0104455]
24. The Size and Albedo of the Kuiper Belt Object (20000) Varuna Jewitt, D. J., Aussel, H., & Evans, A. S. 2001, Nature, 411, 446
23. Molecular Gas in Infrared-Excess, Optically-Selected QSOs and the Connection with Infrared Luminous Galaxies Evans, A. S., Frayer, D. T., Surace, J. A., & Sanders, D. B. 2001, AJ, 121, 3286 (corrected version of AJ, 121, 1893) [astro-ph/0101308]
22. Galaxies in the Fields of z ~ 1.5 Radio Loud Quasars Hall, P. B., Sawicki, M., Martini, P., Finn, R. A., Pritchet, C. J., Osmer, P. S., McMarthy, D. W., Evans, A. S., Lin, H., & Hartwick, F. D. A. 2001, AJ, 121, 1840 [astro-ph/0101239]
21. Resolved CO(1-0) Nuclei in IRAS 14348-1447: Evidence for Massive Bulge Progenitors to Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies Evans, A. S., Surace, J. A., & Mazzarella, J. M. 2000, ApJ, 529, L85 astro-ph/9912047
20. High Resolution Mid-Infrared Imaging of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies Soifer, B. T., Neugebauer, G., Matthews, K., Egami, E., Becklin, E. E., Weinberger, A. J., Ressler, M., Werner, M. W., Evans, A. S., Scoville, N. Z., Surace, J. A., Condon, J. J. 2000, AJ, 119, 509 astro-ph/9911045
19. HST NICMOS Observations of Infrared Luminous Galaxies, Scoville, N. Z., Evans, A. S., Thompson, R. I., Rieke, M. Hines, D. C., Low, F., Dinshaw, N., Armus, L. & Surace, J. A. 2000, AJ, 119, 991 astro-ph/9912246
18. Molecular Gas in the Powerful Radio Nucleus of the Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxy PKS 1345+12, Evans, A. S., Kim, D.-C., Mazzarella, J. M., Scoville, N. Z., & Sanders, D. B., 1999, ApJL, 521, L107 astro-ph/9907397
17. High-Resolution Optical/Near-Infrared Imaging of Cool Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies, Surace, J. A., Sanders, D. B., & Evans, A. S. 2000, ApJ, 529, 170 astro-ph/9909085
16. High Resolution Infrared Imaging of the Compact Nuclear Source in NGC 4258, Chary, R., Becklin, E. E., Evans, A. S., Neugebauer, G., Scoville, N. Z., Matthews, K., & Ressler, M. E. 1999, ApJ, 531, 756 astro-ph/9910557
15. NICMOS Observations of Interaction Triggered Star Formation in the Luminous Infrared Galaxy NGC 6090, Dinshaw, N., Evans, A. S., Epps, H., Scoville, N. Z., & Rieke, M 1999, ApJ, 525, 702 astro-ph/9907395
14. HST NICMOS Observations of Luminous and Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies, Evans, A. S. 1999, Ap&SS, in Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies: Babies or Monsters, eds. R. Genzel, D. Lutz, & L. Tacconi, 266, 73 astro-ph/9903272
13. Molecular Gas in the z=2.6 Submillimeter Galaxy SMM J14011+0252, Frayer, D. T., Ivison, R. J., Scoville, N. Z., Evans, A. S., Yun, M. S., Smail, I., Barger, A. J., Blain, A. W., & Kneib, J.-P 1999, ApJL, 514, L13 astro-ph/9901311
12. HST NICMOS Observations of Rest-Frame Optical Continuum and H-alpha+[N II] Emission in FSC10214+4724, Evans, A. S., Scoville, N. Z., Dinshaw, N., Armus, L., Soifer, B. T., Neugebauer, G., & Rieke, M. 1999, ApJ, 518, 145 astro-ph/9812196
11. Molecular Gas in 3C 293: First Detection of CO Emission and Absorption in an FR II Type Radio Galaxy, Evans, A. S., Sanders, D. B., Surace, J. A., & Mazzarella, J. M. 1999, ApJ, 511, 730 astro-ph/9810159
10. Molecular Gas in the z = 2.8 Submillimeter Galaxy SMM 02399-0136, Frayer, D. T., Ivison, R. J., Scoville, N. Z., Yun, M., Evans, A. S., Smail, I., Blain, A. W., Kneib, J.-P 1998, ApJ, 506, L7 astro-ph/9808109
9. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and a Search for CO Emission in Three Extremely Luminous IRAS Sources; IRAS F09105+4108, IRAS F15307+3252, and PG 1634+706, Evans, A. S., Sanders, D. B., Cutri, R., Radford, S. J. E., Surace, J. A., Solomon, P. M., Downes, D., & Kramer, C. 1998, ApJ, 506, 205 astro-ph/9806091
8. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of the High Redshift Quasar B1422+321 at z = 3.62, Murayama, T., Taniguchi, Y., Evans, A. S., Sanders, D. B., Hodapp, K. W., Kawara, K., & Arimoto, N. 1999, AJ, 117, 1645 astro-ph/9812380
7. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of Powerful Radio Galaxies at z=2.2-2.6, Evans, A. S. 1998, ApJ, 498, 553 astro-ph/9802151
6. NICMOS Imaging of the Nuclei of Arp 220, Scoville, N.Z., Evans, A. S., Dinshaw, N., Thompson, R., Rieke, M., Schneider, G., Low, F. J., Hines, D., Stobie, B., Becklin, E., & Epps, H. 1998 ApJ, 492, L107 astro-ph/9801006
5. The [O III] Emission-line Nebula of the z=3.594 Radio Galaxy 4C +19.71, Armus, L., Soifer, B. T., Murphy, T. W., Neugebauer, G., Evans, A. S., & Matthews, K. 1998, ApJ, 495, 276 astro-ph/9709292
4. Evidence for a Supermassive Black Hole in NGC 3377, Kormendy, J., Bender, R., Evans, A. S., & Richstone. D. 1998, AJ, 115, 1823 astro-ph/9803087
3. Near Infrared Spectroscopy of a High Redshift Quasar: S4 0636+68 at z=3.2, Murayama, T., Taniguchi, Y., Evans, A. S., Sanders, D. B., Ohyama, Y., Kawara, K., & Arimoto, N. 1998, AJ, 115, 2237 astro-ph/9803102
2. A Search for CO Emission in High Redshift Powerful Radio Galaxies, Evans, A. S., Sanders, D. B., Mazzarella, J. M., Solomon, P. M., Downes, D., Kramer, C., & Radford, S. J. E. 1996, ApJ, 457, 658.
1. Non-Thermal MM Continuum Emission from the Radio Galaxy B2 0902+34, and Non-Detection of CO(4-3), Downes, D., Solomon, P. M., Sanders, D. B., & Evans, A. S. 1996, A&A, 313, 91.
Non-refereed Publications
7. Molecular Gas Distribution in Double-Nucleus Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies Evans, A. S., Surace, J. A., Mazzarella, J. M., & Sanders, D. B. 2000, in Science with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, ed. Al Wootten (PASP conference series), in press astro-ph/9912460
6. The Nature of the Compact/Symmetric Near-IR Continuum Source in 4C 40.36, Egami, E., Armus, L., Neugebauer, G., Soifer, B. T., Evans, A. S., & Murphy Jr., T. W. 1999, in The Hy-Redshift Universe: Galaxy Formation and Evolution at High Redshift, eds. A. J. Bunker & W. J. M. van Breugel (San Francisco: ASP), 193, 85 astro-ph/9909517
5. Observations of Candidate z=1.54 Quasar Host Clusters, Hall, P. B., Sawicki, M., Pritchet, C. J., Hartwick, F. D. A., & Evans, A. S. 1999, in The Hy-Redshift Universe: Galaxy Formation and Evolution at High Redshift, eds. A. J. Bunker & W. J. M. van Breugel (San Francisco: ASP), 193, 415 astro-ph/9908102
4. CO Emission in Powerful Radio Galaxies at Low and High Redshift, Evans, A. S. 1998, in Highly Redshifted Radio Lines, eds. C. Carilli, S. J. E. Radford, K. Menten, & G. Langston (San Francisco: PASP), 156, 74 astro-ph/9810163
3. Imaging CO Emission in Gas Rich Galaxies at High Redshifts, Yun, M. S., Scoville, N. Z., & Evans, A. S. 1998, in Highly Redshifted Radio Lines, eds. C. Carilli, S. J. E. Radford, K. Menten, & G. Langston (San Francisco: PASP), 58
2. The Epoch of Major Star Formation in High-z Quasar Hosts, Taniguchi, Y., Arimoto, N., Murayama, T., Evans, A. S., Sanders, D. B., & Kawara, K. 1997, in Quasar Hosts, eds. D.L. Clements, I. Pe'rez-Fournon (Berlin: Springer-Verlag), 122 astro-ph/9706103
1. CO Observations of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies, QSOs, and Powerful Radio Galaxies with the 12m Telescope, Sanders, D. B. & Evans, A. S. 1997, in CO: Twenty-Five Years of Millimeter-wave Spectroscopy, eds. W. B. Latter et al. (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 344.
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