Papers/Abstracts On-line
Papers on astro-ph
in preparation
- A Second Epoch of Radial Velocities for Stars in the Central Parsec of the Galaxy
- Figer, D. et al. 2006, ApJ, in preparation
- Spitzer/IRS Spectra of Three Luminous Blue Variables
- Figer, D. et al. 2006, ApJ, in preparation
- Keck Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of a Massive Star in the Galactic Center
- Figer, D. et al. 2006, ApJ, in preparation
- Metallicity in the Galactic Center: The Quintuplet cluster
- Najarro, F. et al. 2006, ApJ, in preparation
2007
- A massive cluster of Red Supergiants at the base of the Scutum-Crux arm|astro-ph
- Davies, B., Figer, D., Herrero, A., Kudritzki, R.P., MacKenty, J., Najarro, F., C. 2007, ApJ, in press
- The LSST Sensor Development Program
- Radeka, V., Geary, J. C., Gilmore, K., Nordby, M., Tyson, J. A., Oliver, J., Figer, D., & Stubbs, C. 2007, AAS, 0.86.LSST
- High Resolution Radio Observations of the Nebulae of Luminous Blue Variable Stars
- Mercer, A., Chizek, M., Lang, C. C., Figer, D. F., & Najarro, P. 2007, AAS, 101
- Spitzer Space Telescope Observations of SGR and AXP Environments
- Wachter, S., Kouveliotou, C., Patel, S., Figer, D., & Woods, P. 2007, AAS, 131
- Massive Binaries in the Galactic Center|PDF
- Figer, D. F. & Kim, S. S. 2007, August 16-20, 2004, Montreal, Canada, at Massive Stars in Interacting Binaries, 367, Massive Stars in Interactive Binaries, 679
2006
- The Arches Cluster Mass Function
- Kim, S. S., Figer, D. F., Kudritzki, R. P., & Najarro, F. N. 2006, ApJ, 653, L113
- Pinwheels in the Quintuplet Cluster
- Tuthill, P., Monnier, J., Tanner, A., Figer, D., Ghez, A., & Danchi, W. 2006, Science, 313, 935
- Mass Distribution in the Central Few Parsecs of Our Galaxy
- Oh, S. K., Kim, S. S., Figer, D. F. & Morris, M. 2006, Black Holes: >From Stars to Galaxies - Across the Range of Masses, International Astronomical Union. Symposium no. 238, held 21-25 August, 2006 in Prague, Czech Republic, S238, #120
- Filters for WFC3
- Baggett, S., Brown, T., Boucrarut, R., Figer, D., Hartig, G. F., Kimble, R., MacKenty, J., Robberto, M., Telfer, R. C., Quijada, M. A., Quijano, J., Arsenovic, P., Allen, G., Hilbert, B., Lupie, O. L., Townsend, J. M. 2006, SPIE, 6265
- Silicon Sensor Thickness Optimization for LSST
- O'Connor, P., Figer, D., Geary, J. C., Gilmore, K., Oliver, J., Stubbs, C. W., Takacs, P. Z., Tyson, J. A. 2006, SPIE, 6276
- Discovery of an Extraordinarily Massive Cluster of Red Supergiants|astro-ph|PDF
- Figer, D. F., MacKenty, J., Robberto, M., Smith, K.,
Najarro, P., Kudritzki, R. P., Herrero, A. 2006, ApJ, 643, 1166
- Improved Infrared Focal Plane Arrays for HST/Wide Field Camera 3
|abstract
- R.A. Kimble (NASA's GSFC), J.W. MacKenty (STScI), R.J. Hill (NASA's GSFC), M. Robberto (STScI), G. Delo, R. Foltz, E.M. Malumuth, S. Reed, A.M. Russell, A. Waczynski, Y. Wen (NASA's GSFC), D. Figer (STScI), WFC3 Team
2006, AAS, #125.02
- Characterization Tests of WFC3 Filters
|abstract
- S. Baggett (STScI), R. Boucarut (GSFC), R. Telfer (OSC/GSFC), J. Kim-Quijano (STScI), M. Quijada, P. Arsenovic (GSFC), T. Brown (STScI), M. Dailey (GSFC), D. Figer, G. Hartig, B. Hilbert (STScI), R.A. Kimble, O. Lupie (GSFC), J. MacKenty (STScI), T. Madison (GSFC), M. Robberto (STScI), S. Rice, J. Shu, J. Townsend (GSFC)
2006, AAS, #125.01
- Discovery of an Extraordinarily Massive Young Stellar Cluster
|abstract
- D. Figer, J. MacKenty, M. Robberto, K. Smith (STScI), F. Najarro (CSIC), R. Kudritzki (UH)
2006, AAS, #91.02
- Development of NIR Detectors and Science Driven Requirements for SNAP
|abstract
- M. G. Brown, M. Schubnell, G. Tarle (U. Michigan), R. Smith, M. Bonati, D. Guzman (Caltech), D. Figer (IDTL), N. Mostek, S. Mufson (Indiana), D. Cole, S. Seshardi (JPL), SNAP Collaboration, SNAP Simulation Team 2006, AAS, #73.04
- Nonlinear Reddening Behavior in the Near-Infrared Color-Magnitude Diagram
|abstract
- S. S. Kim (Kyung Hee University), D. F. Figer (STScI), M. G. Lee (Seoul National University) 2005, AAS, #133.12
- High Spectral Resolution Observations of the Massive Stars in the Galactic Center
|Astro-ph
- Tanner, A., Figer, D. F., Najarro, P., Kudritzki, R. P., Gilmore, D.,
Morris, M., Becklin, E. E., McLean, I. S., Gilbert, A. M., Graham, J. R.,
Larkin, J. E., Levenson, N. A., Teplitz, H. I. 2006, ApJ, 641, 891
2005
- Theoretical Isochrones with Extinction in the K Band
|Astro-ph
- Kim S. S., Figer, D. F., Lee, M. G., & Oh, S. 2005, PASP, 117, 445
- An Upper Limit to the Masses of Stars
|PDF
|PDF, Supplementary Material
|PDF, News and Views
- Figer, D. F. 2005, Nature, Vol. 34, No. 7030, 192
- Massive Stars in the SGR 1806-20 Cluster
|PDF
|Astro-ph
- Figer, D. F., Najarro, F., Geballe, T. R., Blum, R. D., & Kudritzki, R. P. 2005, ApJL, 622, L49
- Mass Distribution in the Central Few Parsecs of Our Galaxy
|abstract
- S. Oh, S. S. Kim (Kyung Hee University), D. F. Figer (STScI), M. Morris (UCLA) 2005, AAS, #24.03
- Issues and Science Driven Specifications for the Near Infrared Detector System for SNAP
|abstract
- Tarle, G. et al. 2005, AAS, #131.05
- LSST Focal Plane and Detector Development
|abstract
- P. O’Connor (BNL), D. Figer (STScI), J. Geary (CfA), K. Gilmore (SLAC), J. Oliver (Harvard), V. Radeka (BNL), C. Stubbs (Harvard), P. Takacs (BNL), Tony Tyson (UC Davis) 2005, AAS, #108.07
- Design study for a WIYN high resolution infrared camera
|abstract
- M. Meixner (STScI), E. B. Churchwell (Univ. of Wisconsin), P. Knezek (WIYN Obs.), D. F. Figer,
R. Doering (STScI), R.H. Barkhouser, S. Smee (JHU/IDG) 2005, AAS, #49.12
- Independent Testing of Silicon PIN Detector Arrays for LSST
|abstract
- Figer, D. F., Regan, M., & Morse, E. 2005, AAS, #108.08
2004
- Metallicity in the Galactic Center: The Arches cluster
|PDF
|Astro-ph
|PS
- Najarro, F., Figer, D. F., Hillier, D. J., & Kudritzki, R. P. 2004, ApJL, 611, L105
- The Double-lined Spectrum of LBV 1806-20
|PDF
|Astro-ph
|ApJ
- Figer, D. F., Najarro, F., & Kudritzki, R. P. 2004, ApJL, 610, L109
- The Stellar Initial Mass Function in the Galactic Center|
astro-ph|
PS|
PDF
- Figer, D. F.,
May 16-20, 2004, Sienna, Italy, at IMF at 50, Invited Talk
- Massive Stars in the Galactic Center
|PPT
- Figer, D. F.,
March 25-26, 2004, Greenbank, West Virginia, at the GC at 30, Invited Talk
- Limits on routine wavefront sensing with NIRCam on JWST
- Sivaramakrishnan, A., Morse, E., Makidon, R. B., Bergeron, L. E., Casertano, S., Figer, D.F., Acton, D. S., Atcheson, P. D., & Rieke M. J. 2004, SPIE, 5487
- Detectors for the JWST Near-Infrared Spectrograph
- Rauscher, B.J., Regan, M.W., Figer, D.F., Boeker, T., Jakobsen, P., Strada, P., Brambora, C., Ericsson, A., Manthripragada, S., Mott, B., Shakoorzadeh, K., Balleza, J., & Morse, E. 2004, SPIE, 5487
- Detectors for the JWST Near-Infrared Spectrograph
|ADS
- Rauscher, B.J., Boeker, T., Figer, D.F., Jakobsen, P., Regan, M.W., Strada, P., Balleza, J., Brambora, C., Ericsson, A., Manthripragada, S., Mott, B., Shakoorzadeh, K., & Morse, E. 2004, AAS, 204, #11.02
- Design study for the WIYN high resolution infrared camera
- Meixner, M., Doering, R., Knezek, P., Indebetouw, R., Barkhouser, R., Smee, S., Figer, D. F., Churchwell, E., Fruchter, A., MacKenty, J. 2004, SPIE, 5492
- Young Massive Clusters in the Galactic Center|PDF
- Figer, D.F.
2004, in ASP Conf. Ser. 322, The formation and evolution of massive young star clusters, eds. H.J.G.L.M. Lamers, L.J. Smith & A. Nota
(San Francisco: ASP), 49
- Dynamical Friction on Galactic Center Star Clusters with a Central Intermediate-Mass Black Hole
|PDF
|PS
- Kim S.S., Morris, M., & Figer, D.F.
2004, in ASP Conf. Ser. 322, The formation and evolution of massive young star clusters, eds. H.J.G.L.M. Lamers, L.J. Smith & A. Nota
(San Francisco: ASP), 475
- Dynamical Friction on Galactic Center Star Clusters with a Central Intermediate-Mass Black Hole
|ApJ
|PDF
- Kim S.S., Morris, M., & Figer, D.F. 2004, ApJ, 607, L123
- An Extended Star Formation History for the Galactic Center from Hubble Space Telescope/NICMOS Observations
|ADS
|PDF
- Figer, D.F., Rich, R. M., Kim, S. S., Morris, M., & Serabyn, E. 2004, ApJ, 601, 319
- Detectors for the JWST Near-Infrared Spectrometer
|PPT
- Rauscher, B.J., Strada, P., Regan, M.W., Figer, D.F., Jakobsen, P., Moseley, H.S., & Boeker, T. 2004, AAS, 203, 124.07
- Independent Testing of JWST Detector Prototypes
|ADS
|PPT
|Word
- Figer, D.F., Rauscher, B. J., Regan, M. W., Morse, E., Balleza, J., Bergeron, L., & Stockman, H. S. 2004, SPIE, 5167, 270
2003
- High Precision Stellar Radial Velocities in the Galactic Center
|ADS
|PDF
- Figer, D.F., Gilmore, D., Kim, S. S., Morris, M., Becklin, E. E., McLean, I. S., Gilbert, A. M., Graham, J. R., Larkin, J. E., Levenson, N. A., & Teplitz, H. I. 2003, ApJ, 599, 1139
- Silicon PIN Diodes:
A Promising Technology
for UV-Optical Space Astronomy
|Powerpoint
- Rauscher, B. J., Figer, D.F., & Regan, M. 2003, NHST Workshop
- The IMF in the Galactic Center
|PDF|Powerpoint
- Figer, D.F. 2003, in proceedings of The Centers of Galaxies
- Massive Stars and The Creation of our Galactic Center|PDF
- Figer, D.F. 2003, in proceedings of GC2002, 324, S1, 255
- Dynamical Friction Near the Galactic Center|Postscript
- Kim, S. S., Figer, D.F., & Morris, M. 2003,in proceedings of GC2002, in press
- NAOS-CONICA performance in a croweded field - The Arches Cluster
|ADS
- Stolte, A., Brandner, W., Grebel, E. K., Figer, D. F., Eisenhauer, F., Lenzen, R., & Harayama, Y. 2003,
The Messenger, 111, 9-13
- The Independent Detector Testing Laboratory and the NGST Detector Program|Word|Powerpoint|PS|PDF
- Figer, D.F., Agronin, M., Balleza, J., Barkhouser, R., Bergeron, L., Greene, G. R., McCandliss, S. R., Rauscher, B. J., Reeves, T., Regan, M. W., Sharma, U., Stockman, H. S. 2003, SPIE, 4850, 981
- Intra-Pixel Sensitivity in NIR Detectors for NGST|Word|Powerpoint
- Sharma, U., Figer, D.F., Sivaramakrishnan, A., Agronin, M., Balleza, J., Barkhouser, R., Bergeron, L., Greene, G. R., McCandliss, S. R., Rauscher, B. J., Reeves, T., Regan, M. W., Stockman, H. S. 2003, SPIE, 4850, 1001
- NIRCAM Image Simulations for NGST Wavefront Sensing|PS
- A. Sivaramakrishnan, D. Figer, H. Bushouse, H. S. Stockman (STScI),C. Ohara , D. Redding (JPL), M. Im (IPAC), & J. Offenberg (Raytheon) 2003, SPIE, 4850, 388
- Ultra-Low Background Operation of Near-Infrared Detectors for NGST|Word|Powerpoint
- Rauscher, B. J., Figer, D. F., Agronin, M., Balleza, J., Barkhouser, R., Bergeron, L., Greene, G. R., McCandliss, S. R., Reeves, T., Regan, M. W., Sharma, U., Stockman, H. S. 2003, SPIE, 4850, 962
- The Independent Detector Testing Laboratory and the JWST Detector Program|Abstract
- Figer, D.F. et al. 2003, AAS201, #131.05
- NIRCAM Image Simulations for NGST Wavefront Sensing|Abstract
- A. Sivaramakrishnan, D. Figer, H. Bushouse, H. S. Stockman (STScI),C. Ohara , D. Redding (JPL), M. Im (IPAC), & J. Offenberg (Raytheon) 2003, AAS201, #82.03
- Stellar Distribution and Population in the Central Few Parsecs of Our Galaxy|Abstract
- Kim, S. S., Lee, M. G., Figer, D.F.2003, AAS201, #145.01
- Massive Stars and The Creation of our Galactic Center|Astro-ph|Postscript
- Figer, D.F. 2003,in proceedings of IAU symposium 212 on "A MASSIVE STAR ODYSSEY,FROM MAIN SEQUENCE TO SUPERNOVA," 487
2002
- Massive Stars in the Arches Cluster|ApJ
|PDF
- Figer, D.F. et al. 2002, ApJ, 581, 258
- Infrared Imaging of the Arches Cluster - Adaptive Optics in the densest region of the Milky Way
- Stolte, A., Grebel, E. K., Brandner, W., & Figer, D.F. 2002,in proceedings of "Extragalactic Star Clusters," IAU Symposium 207eds. D. Geisler, E.K. Grebel, and D. Minniti, (Provo: ASP), 207, 132
- The Mass Function of the Arches Cluster from Gemini Adaptive Optics Data
- Stolte, A., Grebel, E. K., Brandner, W., & Figer, D.F.,Presented at the IAOC Workshop on "Galactic Star Formation Across the Stellar Mass Spectrum" held in La Serena, Chile, March 2002; ASP Conference Series, edited by J. M. De Buizer and Nicole S. van der Bliek, 433
- The Mass Function of the Arches Cluster from Gemini Adaptive Optics Data|ADS Abstract|A&A Paper
- Stolte, A., Grebel, E. K., Brandner, W., & Figer, D.F. 2002, A&A, 394, 459
- Starburst Clusters in Galactic Nuclei|Astro-ph preprint
- Figer, D.F., & Morris, M. 2002, in proceedings of "Modes of Star Formation and the Origin of Field Star Populations", ASP, 285, 381
- Characteristics of the Hubble Space Telescope's radiation environment inferred from charge-collection modeling of Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer dark frames
|Abstract
-
Ladbury, R., Pickel, J.C., Gee, G., Jordan, T.M., Bergeron, L., Rauscher, B., Reed, R.A., Marshall, P.W., Figer, D., Fodness, B., Kniffin, S. 2002, Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions, 49, 2765
2001
- Resolved IR Spectroscopy of Two High Redshift Radio Galaxies|ApJ
- Carson, Jennifer E.; Larkin, James E.; McLean, Ian S.; Graham, James R.; Becklin, E. E.; Figer, Donald F.; Gilbert, Andrea M.; Levenson, N. A.; Teplitz, Harry I.; Wilcox, Mavourneen K. 2001, ApJ, 563, 63
- Mass Function of the Arches Cluster - Gemini meets HST|Abstract
- Stolte, A., Grebel, E. K., Brandner, W., & Figer, D.F.2001, Astronomische Gesellschaft Meeting Abstracts, 18, 125
- High Precision Stellar Velocities in the Galactic Center|Abstract
- Figer, D.F., Gilmore, D., Morris, M., McLean, I. S., Becklin, E. E., Gilbert, A. M., Graham, J. R., Larkin, J. E., Levenson, N. A.,Teplitz, H. I. 2001, BAAS, 198, 87.06
- The Altitude of an Infrared Bright Cloud Feature on Neptune from Near-infrared Spectroscopy|AJ
- Roe, H. G., Graham, J. R., McLean, I. S., de Pater, I., Becklin, E. E., Figer, D.F., Gilbert, A. M., Larkin, J. E., Levenson, N. A.,Teplitz, H. I., & Wilcox, M. K. 2001, AJ, 122, 1023
- A Survey of Organic Volatile Species in Comet C/1999 H1 (Lee) Using NIRSPEC at the Keck Observatory|ApJ
- Mumma, M. J., McLean, I. S., DiSanti, M. A., Larkin, J. E., Russo, N. Dello, Magee-Sauer, K., Becklin, E. E., Bida, T., Chaffee, F., Conrad, A. R., Figer, D.F., Gilbert, A. M., Graham, J. R., Levenson, N. A., Novak, R. E., Reuter, D. C., Teplitz, H. I., Wilcox, M. K., Xu, Li-Hong 2001, ApJ, 546, 1183
- Mid-infrared imaging and spectroscopy of the enigmatic cocoon stars in the Quintuplet Cluster|AA
- Moneti, A., Stolovy, S., Blommaert, J. A. D. L., Figer, D.F., Najarro, F. 2001, A&A, 366, 106
- The IMF in the Galactic Center|Astro-ph preprint
- Figer, D.F. 2001, in Starburst Galaxies: Near and Far, Proceedings of a Workshop held at Ringberg Castle, Germany, 10-15 September, 2000. Edited by L. Tacconi and D. Lutz. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2001, p.13
- N-Body Simulations of Compact Young Star Clusters near the Galactic Center
- Kim, S.S., Figer, D.F., Lee, H.M., & Morris, M. 2001, ASP Conf. Ser. 228: Dynamics of Star Clusters and the Milky Way, 485
- Mid-Infrared Imaging and Spectroscopy of the Enigmatic Cocoon Stars in the Quintuplet Cluster
- Moneti, A., Blommaert, J.A.D.L., & Figer, D.F. 2001, ASP Conf. Ser. 243: From Darkness to Light: Origin and Evolution of Young Stellar Clusters, 517
2000
- Performance and results with the NIRSPEC echelle spectrograph on the Keck II telescope|ADS
- McLean, Ian S., Graham, James R., Becklin, Eric E., Figer, D.F., Larkin, James E., Levenson, N. A., Teplitz, Harry I. 2000, SPIE, 4008, 1048
- NIRSPEC brown dwarf spectroscopic survey|ADS
- Wilcox, Mavourneen K., McLean, Ian S., Becklin, Eric E., Figer, D.F., Gilbert, Andrea M., Graham, James R., Larkin, James E., Levenson, N. A., Teplitz, Harry I., Kirkpatrick, J. D., Burgasser, Adam J. 2000, 2000, SPIE, 4005, 296
- Stellar Collisions in the Galactic Center|Postscript|Astro-ph preprint
- Figer, D.F., & Kim, S. S. 2000, in "Stellar Collisions and Mergers",ASP, 263
- A survey of organic volatile species in comet C/1999 H1 (Lee) using NIRSPEC at the Keck Observatory|ADS Abstract
- Mumma, M. J., McLean, I. S., DiSanti, M. A., Larkin, J. E., Dello Russo, N., Magee-Sauer, K., Becklin, E. E., Bida, T., Chaffee, F., Conrad, A. R., Figer, D. F., Gilbert, A. M., Graham, J. R., Levenson, N. A., Novak, R. E., Reuter, D. C., Teplitz, H. I., Wilcox, M. K., Xu, Li-H, 2000, DPS, 32, 4404
- N-Body Simulations of Compact Young Clusters near the Galactic Center|ApJ
- Kim, S. S., Figer, D.F., Lee, H. M., &Morris, M. 2000, ApJ, 545, 301
- NIRSPEC Spectra of High-z Radio Galaxies|ADS
- Carson, J. E., Larkin, J. E., McLean, I. S.,Graham, J. R., Becklin, E. E., Figer, D.F.,Gilbert, A. M., Levenson, N. A.,Teplitz, H. I., & Wilcox, M. K. 2000, BAAS, 196, 50.15
- NIRSPEC Observations of the Galactic Center|Postscript|PDF
- Figer, D.F., McLean, I. S.,Becklin, E. E., Graham, J. R.,Larkin, J. E.,Levenson, N. A., & Teplitz, H. I., 2000, SPIE, 4005-17
- Keck/NIRSPEC Spectroscopy of Stars Near the Supermassive Black Hole at the Galactic Center|AAS Abstract
- Figer, D.F., Becklin, E. E., Morris, M., McLean, I. S.,Graham, J. R.,Gilbert, A. M., Larkin, J. E.,Levenson, N. A., & Teplitz, H. I.,2000, BAAS, 195, #62.02
- Measurement of [OIII] Emission in Lyman Break Galaxies|ApJ|Astro-ph preprint
- Teplitz, H. I., Malkan, M. A., Steidel, C. C., McLean, I. S., Becklin, E. E., Figer, D. F., Gilbert, A. M., Graham, J. R., Larkin, J. E.,Levenson, N. A., & Wilcox, M. K.2000, ApJ, 542, 18
- 2-micron Spectroscopy within 0.3 arcseconds of Sgr A*|ApJL HTML|ApJL PDF
- Figer, D.F., Becklin, E. E. , McLean, I. S. ,Gilbert, A. M., Graham, J. R.,Larkin, J. E.,Levenson, N. A., Teplitz, H. I.,Wilcox, M. K., &Morris, M., 2000, ApJL, 533, L49
- Infrared Spectroscopy of a Massive Obscured Star Cluster in the Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038/9) with NIRSPEC|ApJL HTML|ApJL PDF
- Gilbert, A. M.Graham, J. R.,McLean, I. S. ,Becklin, E. E. , Figer, D.F., Larkin, J. E.,Levenson, N. A., Teplitz, H. I., &Wilcox, M. K., 2000, ApJL, 533, L57
- Hot Stars and Cool Clouds: The Photodissociation Region M16|ApJL HTML|ApJL PDF
- Levenson, N. A., Graham, J. R.,McLean, I. S. ,Becklin, E. E. , Figer, D.F., Gilbert, A. M.Larkin, J. E.,Teplitz, H. I., &Wilcox, M. K.,2000, ApJL, 533, L53
- Discovery of an Obscured Broad Line Region in the High RedshiftRadio Galaxy MRC 2025-218|ApJL HTML|ApJL PDF
- Larkin, J. E., McLean, I. S., Graham, J. R.,Becklin, E. E., Figer, D.F., Gilbert, A. M.,Glassman, T. M., Levenson, N. A., Teplitz,H. I., & Wilcox, M. K., 2000, ApJL, 533, L61
- The Rest-Frame Optical Spectrum of MS 1512-cB58|ApJL HTML|ApJL PDF
- Teplitz, H. I.,McLean, I. S. ,Becklin, E. E. , Graham, J. R.,Figer, D.F., Gilbert, A. M.Larkin, J. E.,Levenson, N. A.Wilcox, M. K.,2000, ApJL, 533, L65
- J-band Infrared Spectroscopy of a Sample of Brown Dwarfs using NIRSPEC on Keck II|ApJL HTML|ApJL PDF
- McLean, I. S., Graham, J. R.,Becklin, E. E. , Figer, D.F., Gilbert, A. M.Larkin, J. E.,Levenson, N. A.,Teplitz, H. I., &Wilcox, M. K.,2000, ApJL, 533, L45
- Infrared Spectroscopy of the High Redshift Radio Galaxy MRC 2025-218 and a Neighboring ExtremelyRed Galaxy|Astro-ph preprint
- Larkin, J. E., McLean, I. S., Graham, J. R., Becklin, E. E., Figer, D.F., Gilbert, A. M., Glassman, T. M., Levenson, N. A., Teplitz, H., & Wilcox, M. K. 2000, in proceedings of The Hy-Redshift Universe: Galaxy Formation and Evolution at High Redshift, eds.A. J.Bunker and W. J. M. van Breugel, ASP, 193
1999
- Infrared Spectroscopy of a Massive Obscured Star Cluster in NGC 4038/4039 with NIRSPEC |Astro-ph preprint
- Gilbert, A. M., Graham, J. R., McLean, I. S., Becklin, E. E., Figer, D.F., Larkin, J.,Levenson, N. A., Teplitz, H. I., & Wilcox, M. 1999, in Proceedings of SOFIA-Star Formation Workshop in Santa Cruz, CA, July 12-17, 1999
- A Second Luminous Blue Variable in the Quintuplet Cluster |ApJL HTML|ApJL PDF
- Geballe, T. R., Najarro, F., & Figer, D.F. 2000, ApJL, 530, 97
- Radio Detections of Stellar Winds from the Pistol Star and from other Stars in theGalactic Center Quintuplet Cluster|AJ Postscript|AJ HTML|Astro-ph preprint
- Lang, C. C., Figer, D.F., Goss, W. M., & Morris, M. 1999, AJ, 118, 2327
- The Pistol Star: A Supergiant Among its Ponderous Peers|Magazine contents
- Figer, D.F. 1999, Mercury, 28, #6, 32
- HST/NICMOS Observations of Massive Stellar Clusters Near the Galactic Center|ApJ HTML|ApJ PDF|ApJ Postscript|Astro-ph preprint
- Figer, D.F., Kim, S. S., Morris, M., Serabyn, E., Rich, R. M., & McLean, I. S. 1999, ApJ, 525, 750
- High Resolution Infrared Imaging and Spectroscopy of the Pistol Nebula: Evidence for Ejection|ApJ HTML|ApJ PDF|ApJ Postscript|Astro-ph preprint
- Figer, D.F., Morris, M., Geballe, T. R., Rich, R. M., McLean, I. S., Serabyn, E., Puetter, R., & Yahil, A. 1999, ApJ, 525, 759
- Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Investigation of Neptune's Hazes and Storms at the Keck Telescope |ADS
- Roe, H., Graham, J. R., de Pater, I., Gibbard, S., Macintosh, B., Max, C., Baines, K., Gilbert, A. M., McLean, I. S.,Becklin, E. E., Figer, D.F., Larkin, J. E., Levenson, N. A., Teplitz, H. I., & Wilcox, M. K. 1999, American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #31, #51.09
- Detection of ethane, methane, OH and other volatile species in comet C/1999 H1 (Lee) with NIRSPEC at the KeckObservatory |ADS
- Mumma, M. J., Dello Russo, N., Disanti, M., Gilbert, A. M., Graham, J. R., McLean, I. S.,Becklin, E. E., Figer, D.F., Larkin, J. E., Levenson, N. A., Teplitz, H. I., & Wilcox, M. K. 1999, American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #31, #32.06
- Blowing a Carbon-rich Bubble in the Galactic Center Medium around the Quintuplet Cluster|Abstract|GZipped Paper
- Levine, D., Morris, M., & Figer, D.F. 1999, in P. Cox and M. F. Kessler (eds.), "The Universe as seenby ISO", (ESA-SP 427), p. 699
- Spectroscopy of the Pistol and Quintuplet Stars in the Galactic Centre|ADS Abstract|Astro-ph preprint|Abstract
- Moneti, A., Blommaert, J., Najarro, F., Figer, D.F., & Stolovy, S. 1999, in P. Cox and M. F. Kessler (eds.), "The Universe as seenby ISO", (ESA-SP 427), p. 723
- The Pistol Star and Massive Stars in the Galactic Center|Paper in Postscript|Paper in GZippedPostscript
- Figer, D.F., Najarro, F., Langer, N.1999, in Proceedings of Unsolved Problems in Stellar Evolution, STScI
- Massive Young Stars in the Arches Cluster|Paper in Postscript|ADS
- Serabyn, E., Shupe, D., & Figer, D.F. 1999, in Proceedings of "The Central Parsecs: Galactic Center Workshop '98", ASP Conf. Series, Vol. 186, 320
- HST/NICMOS Imaging of the Quintuplet and Arches Clusters|Paper in FTP directory|ADS
- Figer, D.F., Morris, M., Kim, S., & Serabyn, E. 1999, in Proceedings of "The Central Parsecs: Galactic Center Workshop '98", ASP Conf. Series, Vol. 186, 329
- Theoretical Modelling of Hot Stars|Paper in Postscript|ADS
- Najarro, F., Hillier, D. J., Figer, D.F., & Geballe, T. R., 1999, in Proceedings of "The Central Parsecs: Galactic Center Workshop '98", ASP Conf. Series, Vol. 186, 340
- A Prodigious Collection of Newly Identified Massive Stars in the Galactic Center as Revealed by NICMOS/HST|ADS Abstract
- Figer, D.F., in Proceedings of "IAU Symposium 192 - The Stellar Content of Local Group Galaxies"
- Super-star clusters in the Galactic Center as revealed by HST/NICMOS|Paper in FTP directory
- Figer, D.F., 1999, in: K.A. van der Hucht, G. Koenigsberger &P. R. J. Eenens (eds.), Wolf-Rayet Phenomena in Massive Stars and StarburstGalaxies, Proc. IAU Symposium No. 193 (San Francisco: ASP), 459
- Metal Abundances in the Galactic Center|Paper in Postscript
- Najarro, F., Hillier, D. J., & Figer, D.F., 1999, in: K.A. van der Hucht, G. Koenigsberger &P. R. J. Eenens (eds.), Wolf-Rayet Phenomena in Massive Stars and StarburstGalaxies, Proc. IAU Symposium No. 193 (San Francisco: ASP), 491
- Massive Stars in the Quintuplet Cluster|ApJ HTML|ApJ PDF|ApJ Postscript|Figure 1 in color postscript|Astro-ph preprint
- Figer, D.F., McLean, I. S., & Morris, M. 1999, ApJ, 514, 202
1998
- The Pistol Star|ADS|Postscript Preprint
- Najarro, F., & Figer, D.F. 1998, Astrophysics and Space Science, v. 263, Issue 1/4, p. 251-254
- An Extraordinary Cluster of Massive Stars in the Milky Way's Core|Postscript Preprint|GZipped Postscript Preprint|Figure 1 in color Postscript|Figure 1 in color Postscript and GZipped
- Serabyn, E., Shupe, D., & Figer, D.F., 1998, Nature, 394, 448
- The Pistol Star|ApJ HTML|ApJ PDF|ApJ Postscript
- Figer, D.F., Najarro, F., Morris, M.,McLean, I. S., Geballe, T. R., Ghez, A. M., & Langer, N. 1998, ApJ, 506, 384
- The Pistol Star|ADS Abstract|Postscript Preprint
- Figer, D.F., Morris, M.,McLean, I. S.,Ghez, A. M.,Najarro, F., Geballe, T. R., Serabyn, E., & Rich, R. M., 1998, BAAS 191
- FLITECAM: a 1-5 micron camera for testing the performance of SOFIA|ADS|Postscript|Zipped Postscript|Zipped Powerpoint Presentation
- Figer, D.F., McLean, I. S., & Becklin, E. E. 1998, SPIE Vol. 3354, 1179
- Cryogenic performance of the NIRSPEC three-mirror anastigmat|ADS
- Robichaud, J. L., Zellers, B., Philippon, R., McLean, I. S., & Figer, D.F. 1998, SPIE Vol. 3354, 1068
- Wavefront error budget and optomechanical tolerancing for NIRSPEC|ADS|Zipped Postscript|Zipped Powerpoint Presentation
- Figer, D.F., & McLean, I. S. 1998, SPIE Vol. 3354, 1005
- The Design and Development of NIRSPEC: A Near-InfraredEchelle Spectrograph for the Keck II Telescope|ADS|ZippedPostscript|HTML
- McLean, I. S., Becklin, E. E., Bendiksen, O., Brims, G., Canfield,J., Figer, D.F., Graham, J. R., Hare, J., Lacayanga, F., Larkin, J.,Larson, S. B., Levenson, N., Magnone, N., Teplitz, H., and Wong, W. 1998, SPIE Vol. 3354, 566
- The Stellar Content in the Quintuplet Cluster|Postscript
- Figer, D.F., McLean, I. S., Morris, M., & Najarro, F. 1998, in "The central regions of the Galaxy and galaxies," Proceedings of the 184th symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Kyoto, Japan, August 18-22, 1997. Edited by Yoshiaki Sofue. (Dordrecht: Kluwer), p. 61
- 12.5-Micron Imaging of Sgr A West with the Keck Telescope |Postscript
- Becklin, E., Morris, M.,Figer, D.F., Puetter, R., &Jones, B. 1998, in "The central regions of the Galaxy and galaxies," Proceedings of the 184th symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Kyoto, Japan, August 18-22, 1997. Edited by Yoshiaki Sofue. (Dordrecht: Kluwer), p. 293
1997
- A K-band Spectral Atlas of Wolf-Rayet Stars|Postscript|ApJ |PDF
- Figer, D.F., McLean, I. S., & Najarro, F. 1997, ApJ, 486, 420
1996
- H-Band Spectroscopic Classification of OB Stars|ADS
- Blum, R. D., Ramond, T. M., Conti, P. S., Figer, D.F., & Sellgren, K. 1996,AJ, 113, 1855
- Wolf-Rayet Stars in the Galactic Center|Postscript
- Cotera, A. S., Figer, D.F., & Blum, R. D. 1996, in Wolf-Rayet Stars in the Framework of Stellar Evolution, eds. J.-M. Vreux, A. Detal, D. Fraipont-Caro,E. Gosset, G. Rauw
- An LBV Candidate in the Quintuplet (AFGL 2004) near the Galactic Center|Postscript
- Figer, D.F., Najarro, F., McLean, I. S., Morris, M., & Geballe, T. R. 1996, in Luminous Blue Variables: Massive Stars in Transition, eds. A. Nota, H. J. G.L. M. Lamers, ASP Conference Series Vol. 120, 196
- Hot Stars in the Quintuplet |Postscript|Body only in postscript|Figure 1 in postscript|Figure 2 in postscript|Table 1 in postscript
- Figer, D.F., Morris, M. & McLean, I. S. 1996, 4th ESO/CTIO Workshop on The Galactic Center, ed. R. Gredel, (San Francisco: ASP), 263
1995
- Two New Wolf-Rayet Stars and a Luminous Blue Variable Star in the Quintuplet (AFGL 2004) Near the Galactic Center|ApJ|ADS|PDF
- Figer, D.F., McLean, I. S. & Morris, M. 1995, ApJL, 447, L29
- A Circumstellar h4O Maser Associatedwith the Circumnuclear Molecular Disk at the Galactic Center?|ApJ|ADS|PDF
- Levine, D. A., Figer, D.F., Morris, M. & McLean, I. S. 1995, ApJL, 447, L101
- NIRSPEC: a near-infrared cross-dispersed echelle spectrograph for the Keck IItelescope|ADS
- McLean, I. S., Becklin, E. E., Figer, D.F., Larson, S., Liu, T. & Graham, J. 1995, SPIE, 2475, 350
1994
- Discovery of Two Wolf-Rayet Stars Near the Galactic Center|ADS
- Figer, D.F., McLean, I. S. & Morris, M. 1994, BAAS, 26, 1348
- Discovery of Luminous NIR Sources Associated with Ionized Gas nearthe Galactic Center
- Figer, D.F., Becklin, E. E., McLean, I. S., & Morris, M. 1994, in Infrared Astronomy with Arrays, ed. I. S. McLean, 545
- Performance and results with a double-beam infrared camera|ADS
- McLean, I. S., Macintosh, B. A., Liu, T., Casement, L. S., Figer, D.F.,Lacayanga, F., Larson, S., Teplitz, H., Silverstone, M. & Becklin, E. E. 1994,SPIE, 2198, 457
1993
- UCLA double-beam infrared camera system|ADS
- McLean, I. S., Becklin, E. E., Brims, G., Canfield, J., Casement, L. S., Figer, D.F., Henriquez, F., Huang, A., Liu, T., Macintosh, B. A. & Teplitz, H. 1993,SPIE, 1946, 513
- Far-infrared Polarization of the Sagittarius B2 Molecular Cloud|ADS
- Novak, G., Platt, S. R., Goldsmith, P. F., Hildebrand, R. H., Dotson, J., Figer, D. & Davidson, J. A. 1993, BAAS, 182, 34.07
- Polarization of the Thermal Emission from the Dust Ring at the Center of the Galaxy|ADS
- Hildebrand, R. H., Davidson, J. A., Dotson, J., Figer, D.F., Novak, G., Platt, S. R. &Tao, L., 1993, ApJ, 417, 565
1992
- Polarization of the Far-infrared Emission from the Thermal Filaments of the Galactic Center Arc|ADS
- Morris, M., Davidson, J. A., Werner, M., Dotson, J., Figer, D.F. & Hildebrand, R. 1992, ApJ, 399, 63