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- Bachelors Physics Princeton University
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Thomas M. Dame is Director of the Radio Telescope Data Center at the Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, a Senior Radio Astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and a Lecturer on Astronomy at Harvard University. He is best known for mapping the Milky Way galaxy in Carbon Monoxide and for the discovery of both the Far 3 kpc Arm and the Outer Scutum–Centaurus Arm of the Milky Way.
Tom Dame's Published Works
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Published Works
- The Milky Way in Molecular Clouds: A New Complete CO Survey (2000) (1619)
- TRIGONOMETRIC PARALLAXES OF HIGH MASS STAR FORMING REGIONS: THE STRUCTURE AND KINEMATICS OF THE MILKY WAY (2014) (844)
- EGRET Observations of the Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission from the Galactic Plane (1993) (619)
- A Composite CO survey of the entire Milky Way (1987) (546)
- Molecular Clouds in the Milky Way (2015) (293)
- The largest molecular cloud complexes in the first galactic quadrant (1986) (277)
- Planck early results. XIX. All-sky temperature and dust optical depth from Planck and IRAS. Constraints on the "dark gas" in our Galaxy (2011) (251)
- Galactic structure from the Spacelab infrared telescope. II, Luminosity models of the Milky Way (1991) (250)
- Nonthermal X-Ray Emission from the Shell-Type Supernova Remnant G347.3–0.5 (1999) (220)
- Trigonometric Parallaxes of High-mass Star-forming Regions: Our View of the Milky Way (2019) (207)
- Diffuse gamma-ray emission in the Galactic plane from cosmic-ray, matter, and photon interactions (1993) (154)
- A PARALLAX-BASED DISTANCE ESTIMATOR FOR SPIRAL ARM SOURCES (2016) (145)
- Molecular Clouds and Star Formation in the Inner Galaxy: A Comparison of CO, H ii, and Far-Infrared Surveys (1986) (140)
- ON THE NATURE OF THE LOCAL SPIRAL ARM OF THE MILKY WAY (2013) (137)
- Molecular clouds and galactic spiral structure (1980) (134)
- A uniform CO survey of the molecular clouds in Orion and Monoceros (2004) (117)
- Enhanced CO J = 2-1/J = 1-0 Ratio as a Marker of Supernova Remnant-Molecular Cloud Interactions: The Cases of W44 and IC 443 (1998) (114)
- A wide-latitude CO survey of molecular clouds in the northern Milky Way (1985) (112)
- TRIGONOMETRIC PARALLAXES OF STAR FORMING REGIONS IN THE PERSEUS SPIRAL ARM (2014) (111)
- Trigonometric parallaxes of star-forming regions in the Sagittarius spiral arm (2014) (108)
- Supernova remnants and γ-ray sources (2002) (107)
- A New Spiral Arm of the Galaxy: The Far 3 kpc Arm (2008) (104)
- PARALLAXES FOR W49N AND G048.60+0.02: DISTANT STAR FORMING REGIONS IN THE PERSEUS SPIRAL ARM (2013) (95)
- Planck early results. XXI. Properties of the interstellar mediumin the Galactic plane (2011) (90)
- A UNIFORM CATALOG OF MOLECULAR CLOUDS IN THE MILKY WAY (2016) (89)
- TRIGONOMETRIC PARALLAXES TO STAR-FORMING REGIONS WITHIN 4 kpc OF THE GALACTIC CENTER (2013) (78)
- THE BONES OF THE MILKY WAY (2014) (78)
- A MOLECULAR SPIRAL ARM IN THE FAR OUTER GALAXY (2011) (78)
- THE PARALLAX OF W43: A MASSIVE STAR-FORMING COMPLEX NEAR THE GALACTIC BAR (2013) (75)
- X-Ray Emission From the Shell-Type SNR G347.3-0.5 (1999) (63)
- Mapping spiral structure on the far side of the Milky Way (2017) (63)
- The Distance of the Soft Gamma Repeater SGR 1806–20 (1996) (62)
- A Complete CO Survey of M31. I. Distribution and Kinematics (1993) (60)
- TRIGONOMETRIC PARALLAXES OF MASSIVE STAR-FORMING REGIONS. VII. G9.62+0.20 AND THE EXPANDING 3 kpc ARM (2009) (57)
- Chandra/Very Large Array Follow-Up of TeV J2032+4131, the Only Unidentified TeV Gamma-Ray Source (2003) (56)
- GIANT MOLECULAR CLOUDS AND MASSIVE STAR FORMATION IN THE SOUTHERN MILKY WAY (2014) (55)
- Trigonometric Parallaxes of Massive Star Forming Regions: G012.88+0.48 and W33 (2013) (54)
- The local spiral structure of the Milky Way (2016) (53)
- CO Observations of the Cepheus Flare. I. Molecular Clouds Associated with a Nearby Bubble (1989) (51)
- A comparison of the local spiral structure from Gaia DR2 and VLBI maser parallaxes (2018) (51)
- The Distance to the Soft Gamma Repeater SGR 1627–41 (1999) (50)
- The radial distribution of galactic gamma rays. III - The distribution of cosmic rays in the Galaxy and the CO-H2 calibration (1986) (49)
- PARALLAXES OF STAR-FORMING REGIONS IN THE OUTER SPIRAL ARM OF THE MILKY WAY (2014) (45)
- The Columbia CO survey of molecular clouds in the first galactic quadrant (1986) (42)
- The radial distribution of galactic gamma rays. IV - The whole galaxy (1988) (39)
- Detection of a thick molecular disk in the galaxy (1994) (37)
- Is the Supernova Remnant RX J1713.7–3946 a Hadronic Cosmic-Ray Accelerator? (2001) (34)
- TRIGONOMETRIC PARALLAXES OF MASSIVE STAR-FORMING REGIONS. IX. THE OUTER ARM IN THE FIRST QUADRANT (2011) (34)
- Chandra Detection of Ejecta in the Small-Diameter Supernova Remnant G349.7+0.2 (2004) (33)
- Optimization of Moment Masking for CO Spectral Line Surveys (2011) (32)
- Comparative Analysis of Molecular Clouds in M31, M33, and the Milky Way (2007) (31)
- A wide-latitude CO survey of molecular clouds in the northern Milky Way (1984) (31)
- On the Distance and Molecular Environment of Westerlund 2 and HESS J1023–575 (2007) (30)
- Molecular gas in the Galactic center region - I. Data from a large scale (J = 1 0) survey (1997) (28)
- Astrophysics (Communication arising): Supernova-remnant origin of cosmic rays? (2002) (28)
- A broadband study of galactic dust emission (2006) (27)
- The X-Ray Halo of GX 5-1 (2002) (27)
- Observation of VHE Gamma Radiation from HESS J1834–087/W41 with the MAGIC Telescope (2006) (27)
- Deeper Chandra Follow-up of Cygnus TeV Source Perpetuates Mystery (2005) (27)
- TRIGONOMETRIC PARALLAXES OF STAR FORMING REGIONS IN THE SCUTUM SPIRAL ARM (2014) (23)
- On the distance to the North Polar Spur and the local CO-H2 factor. (2016) (23)
- EGRET Observations of Monoceros: Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission in the Outer Galaxy (2001) (21)
- Trigonometric Parallaxes of Star-forming Regions beyond the Tangent Point of the Sagittarius Spiral Arm (2019) (20)
- Evidence for an X-Ray-emitting Galactic Bulge: Shadows Cast by Distant Molecular Gas (1996) (20)
- ON THE ROTATION SPEED OF THE MILKY WAY DETERMINED FROM H i EMISSION (2016) (19)
- The distribution of neutral gas in the Milky Way (2008) (19)
- A Sensitive Search for Molecular Gas in High-Velocity Clouds (1997) (19)
- Molecular Spiral Arms in M31 (1996) (18)
- A ROSAT-detected, New Galactic Supernova Remnant in Sagittarius, G13.3-1.3 (1995) (18)
- H i OBSERVATIONS OF THE ASYMPTOTIC GIANT BRANCH STAR X HERCULIS: DISCOVERY OF AN EXTENDED CIRCUMSTELLAR WAKE SUPERPOSED ON A COMPACT HIGH-VELOCITY CLOUD (2010) (18)
- A complete co survey of the large magellanic cloud (1988) (18)
- A large molecular cloud toward the SNR W50 and SS 433 (1983) (17)
- Parallaxes for Star-forming Regions in the Inner Perseus Spiral Arm (2019) (17)
- A Peculiar Jet and Arc of Molecular Gas toward the Rich and Young Stellar Cluster Westerlund 2 and a TeV Gamma Ray Source (2009) (17)
- Where are all the Young Stars in Aquila (2008) (13)
- CHANDRA/VLA follow-up of TeV J2032+4131 (2002) (13)
- A complete CO survey of M31 (1991) (12)
- Noncircular Motions in the Outer Perseus Spiral Arm (2019) (12)
- Milky Ways Surveys: the structure and evolution of our galaxy, Boston, USA., 15-17 June 2003 (2004) (11)
- The Mass–Size Relation and the Constancy of GMC Surface Densities in the Milky Way (2020) (11)
- High-mass Star Formation in the Outer Scutum–Centaurus Arm (2015) (10)
- Evidence for the Galactic X-Ray Bulge. II. (1998) (10)
- High-Latitude Molecular Clouds as Gamma-Ray Sources for the Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope (2005) (10)
- EXAMINING DUST GRAIN MODELS USING THE REDDENING AND X-RAY DUST HALO OF TERZAN 2 (2009) (9)
- THE JET AND ARC MOLECULAR CLOUDS TOWARD WESTERLUND 2, RCW 49, AND HESS J1023−575; 12CO AND 13CO (J = 2–1 and J = 1–0) OBSERVATIONS WITH NANTEN2 AND MOPRA TELESCOPE (2014) (9)
- CH 3 GHz Observations of Molecular Clouds along the Galactic Plane (2005) (8)
- The interrelation of cosmic gamma-rays and interstellar gas in the range l:65-180 deg (1982) (8)
- The Molecular Environment of the Gamma-Ray Source TeV J2032+4130 (2008) (7)
- CH 3 GHz Observations of the Galactic Center (2005) (7)
- A CO survey of the southwest half of M 31 (1999) (5)
- Trigonometric Parallaxes of Four Star-forming Regions in the Distant Inner Galaxy (2021) (3)
- Status of the Connection between Unidentified Egret Sources and Supernova Remnants: The Case of Cta 1 (2004) (3)
- WIDE-LINE MOLECULAR CLOUDS AND THE GAMMA-RAY DEFICIT TOWARD THE GALACTIC CENTER (1989) (2)
- The Role of Neutral Hydrogen in Setting the Abundances of Molecular Species in the Milky Way’s Diffuse Interstellar Medium. II. Comparison between Observations and Theoretical Models (2021) (2)
- The Milky Way in Molecular Clouds: A CO Panorama (1986) (2)
- Cosmic Ray Acceleration by Stellar Associations? The Case of Cygnus OB2 (2003) (2)
- The Role of Neutral Hydrogen in Setting the Abundances of Molecular Species in the Milky Way’s Diffuse Interstellar Medium. I. Observational Constraints from ALMA and NOEMA (2021) (2)
- The lambda -Orionis Ring in CO (2000) (2)
- Molecular Beam Dumps as Tracers of Hadronic Cosmic Ray Sources: the Case of SNR IC443 (2002) (2)
- Did EGRET detect distant supernova remnants (2003) (1)
- Molecular gas in the Galactic center region - I. Data from a large scale $\bf C^{18}O$(J = 1 $\rightarrow $ 0) survey (1997) (1)
- A Large Extension of the CfA Galactic CO Survey (2003) (1)
- The molecular gas component of M31 and the Milky Way (2000) (1)
- OBSERVATIONAL EVIDENCE FOR TRIGGERED STAR FORMATION ON SCALES OF 1 TO 300 PC (2003) (1)
- Imaging Entire Molecular Clouds in many Lines: Formation of Stars and Planets (2019) (1)
- Gamma-Ray / Gas Correlations Over the Whole Galaxy (1987) (1)
- The Molecular Gas in the Galactic Center Region based on C-18 O Measurements (1996) (1)
- CO AND IRAS OBSERVATIONS OF THE CHAMAELEON MOLECULAR CLOUDS (1998) (1)
- Acceleration of cosmic ray protons in the supernova remnant RX J1713.7-3946? (2002) (1)
- High-Latitude Molecular Clouds as Gamma-Ray Sources for GLAST (2005) (1)
- High energy gamma ray observations and the coupling between galactic cosmic rays and matter (1991) (1)
- Positions and Masses of the Largest Molecular Clouds in the Inner Galaxy (1982) (1)
- A gradient of the CO J=2−1/J=1−0 intensity ratio over the Galactic Plane (2008) (1)
- The λ-Orionis Ring in CO (2000) (1)
- A Global View of Molecule-Forming Clouds in the Galaxy (2015) (1)
- A Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission Model to Study the Galactic Cosmic Ray Matter Coupling at High Energies (1990) (1)
- Molecular Gas at High Z in the Milky Way (1995) (0)
- SUPERNOVA REMNANTS AS HADRONIC COSMIC RAY ACCELERATORS ? (2002) (0)
- The Largest Molecular Complexes in the First Galactic Quadrant (1985) (0)
- The Galactic Center in CH: A Comparison with CO (2000) (0)
- Molecular Clouds Associated with Supernova Remnants (1982) (0)
- Star Formation in the Far Outer Galaxy: Tracing Efficiencies Across the Disk (2019) (0)
- Measuring the CMB temperature in the classroom with a low-cost antenna and radiometer (2014) (0)
- A large molecular cloud toward W 50 and SS 433. (1982) (0)
- High-Resolution Optical Observations of NA I and CA II Absorption in ORFEUS-SPAS I and II Stars and a measurement of the CO to H2 conversion factor toward the line of sight to HD 192575 (1998) (0)
- Comparing Giant Molecular Clouds in M31, M33 & the Milky Way (2000) (0)
- Ja n 20 05 High-Latitude Molecular Clouds as γ-ray Sources for GLAST (2005) (0)
- A Molecular Worm in Scutum (1997) (0)
- The X-Ray Dust Halo toward Terzan 2 (2008) (0)
- 02 09 56 5 v 2 2 7 M ar 2 00 3 Supernova remnants and γ-ray sources ∗ (2008) (0)
- Properties of Cold HI Emission Clouds in the Inner-Galaxy ALFA Survey (2017) (0)
- Massive Star Formation in Westerlund 2 and Strange Molecular Clouds Toward the Associated TeV Source HESS J1023-575 (2008) (0)
- Scant Evidence for the Gangotri Wave (2022) (0)
- Molecular Clouds in the Far 3kpc Arm (2009) (0)
- High-Latitude Molecular Clouds as γ-ray Sources for GLAST 1 (2005) (0)
- Molecular gas in the Galactic center region .1. Data from a large scale (CO)-O-18(J=1->0) survey (1997) (0)
- Patrick Thaddeus (2017) (0)
- Giant Molecular Clouds as Dark Nebulae at 2.4 Microns (1989) (0)
- Two CO Surveys of the First Galactic Quadrant (1980) (0)
- Diffuse high-energy gamma-ray emission in Monoceros (2008) (0)
- A,12CO Survey of the large magellanic cloud (1988) (0)
- 1 1 0 A pr 2 00 6 Observation of VHE Gamma Radiation from HESS J 1834-087 / W 41 with the MAGIC Telescope (2006) (0)
- EGRET Observations of Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission in Monoceros (1998) (0)
- VizieR Online Data Catalog: Parallaxes and Proper Motions of OB stars (Xu+, 2018) (2018) (0)
- Three new galactic CO surveys (1995) (0)
- A Complete HCN Survey of the Perseus Molecular Cloud (2023) (0)
- An updated view of the Milky Way from the BeSSeL programme (2021) (0)
- VizieR Online Data Catalog: The λ-Orionis ring in CO (Lang+ 2000) (2000) (0)
- A Prospective ISRO-CfA Himalayan Sub-millimeter-wave Observatory Initiative (2020) (0)
- Distant Molecular Clouds Toward the Cygnus-X Region (1984) (0)
- The Impact of Massive Stars on the Formation of Young Stellar Clusters (2001) (0)
- A Molecular Cloud Associated With The SNR G74.9+1.2 (1983) (0)
- A CO Survey of the Most Extensive Translucent Molecular Cloud Complex, MBM 53-55 (2004) (0)
- A Complete Census of the ~7000 Milky Way HII Regions (2018) (0)
- GALFA HI: Candidate Sites for H2 Formation in Cold HI Emission and Other Tracers (2012) (0)
- Structure and kinematics of CO in the Large Magellanic Cloud: comparision with H I. (1994) (0)
- Systematic Investigation of Dust and Gaseous CO in 12 Nearby Molecular Clouds (2022) (0)
- Molecular Milky Way (1988) (0)
- G A ] 2 1 Se p 20 09 TRIGONOMETRIC PARALLAXES OF MASSIVE STAR-FORMING REGIONS . VII . G 9 . 62 + 0 . 20 AND THE EXPANDING 3 KPC-ARM (2018) (0)
- Constraints on the galactic distribution of cosmic rays from the COS-B gamma-ray data (1985) (0)
- Composite CO Survey of the Milky Way (1995) (0)
- Patrick Thaddeus (1932–2017) (2021) (0)
- A CO Survey of the Entire Southwest Half of M31 with the FCRAO 14-m Telescope (1998) (0)
- Re-examining Molecular Clouds Associated With Tev-emitting Snr G347.3-0.5 (2010) (0)
- Infrared Background Starlight - Observations and Galaxy Models (1990) (0)
- A CO Survey of the Entire Northern Sky (2022) (0)
- Small Molecular Clouds at High Latitudes as Gamma-Ray Sources for GLAST (2004) (0)
- Magnetic Field in Cooling Flow Clusters (1990) (0)
- An Expanding Complex of Molecular Clouds High Above the Perseus Spiral Arm (2001) (0)
- Columbia CO Survey: Molecular Clouds and Spiral Structure (1980) (0)
- On the Origin of the Diffuse High-Energy Gamma-Ray Emission: Final Results of a CO Survey at High Galactic Latitudes (1991) (0)
- A New Molecular Arm in the Far Outer Galaxy (2011) (0)
- Erratum - Gamma-Rays from Atomic and Molecular Gas in the First Galactic Quadrant (1984) (0)
- The Tokyo-NRO 60cm Survey Telescope and its Recent Results (1993) (0)
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