Keto, Eric
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory staffThe interstellar medium; the formation of stars and star clusters.
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.A., Princeton University
- Ph.D., Harvard University
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Keto, Eric, Field, George B., and Blackman, Eric G. 2020. "A turbulent-entropic instability and the fragmentation of star-forming clouds." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 492:5870-5877. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa230 2020
- Ahmadi, A., Beuther, H., Mottram, J. C., Bosco, F., Linz, H., Henning, Th, Winters, J. M., Kuiper, R., Pudritz, R., Sánchez-Monge, Á., Keto, Eric, Beltran, M., Bontemps, S., Cesaroni, R., Csengeri, T., Feng, S., Galvan-Madrid, R., Johnston, K. G., Klaassen, P., Leurini, S., Longmore, S. N., Lumsden, S., Maud, L. T., Menten, K. M., Moscadelli, L. et al. 2018. "Core fragmentation and Toomre stability analysis of W3(H2O). A case study of the IRAM NOEMA large program CORE." Astronomy and Astrophysics 618:A46. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732548 2018
- Bally, John, Chambers, Ed, Guzman, Viviana, Keto, Eric, Mookerjea, Bhaswati, Sandell, Goran, Stanke, Thomas, and Zinnecker, Hans. 2018. "Kinematics of the Horsehead Nebula and IC 434 Ionization Front in CO and C ." The Astronomical Journal 155:80. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aaa248 2018
- Abreu-Vicente, J., Stutz, A., Henning, Th, Keto, E., Ballesteros-Paredes, J., and Robitaille, T. 2017. "Fourier-space combination of Planck and Herschel images." Astronomy and Astrophysics 604:A65. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628891 2017
- Caselli, P., Bizzocchi, L., Keto, E., Sipilä, O., Tafalla, M., Pagani, L., Kristensen, L. E., van der Tak, F. F. S., Walmsley, C. M., Codella, C., Nisini, B., Aikawa, Y., Faure, A., and van Dishoeck, E. F. 2017. "NH3 (10-00) in the pre-stellar core L1544." Astronomy and Astrophysics 603:L1. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731121 2017
- Mullins, A. M., Loughnane, R. M., Redman, M. P., Wiles, B., Guegan, N., Barrett, J., and Keto, E. R. 2016. "Radiative transfer of HCN: interpreting observations of hyperfine anomalies." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 459:2882-2892. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw835 2016
- Johnston, Katharine G., Robitaille, Thomas P., Beuther, Henrik, Linz, Hendrik, Boley, Paul, Kuiper, Rolf, Keto, Eric, Hoare, Melvin G., and van Boekel, Roy. 2015. "A Keplerian-like Disk around the Forming O-type Star AFGL 4176." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 813, L19. , https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/813/1/L19. 2015
- Bate, Matthew R. and Keto, Eric R. 2015. "Combining radiative transfer and diffuse interstellar medium physics to model star formation." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 449:2643-2667. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv451 2015
- Keto, Eric, Caselli, Paola, and Rawlings, Jonathan. 2015. "The dynamics of collapsing cores and star formation." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 446:3731-3740. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu2247 2015
- Keto, Eric, Rawlings, Jonathan, and Caselli, Paola. 2014. "Chemistry and radiative transfer of water in cold, dense clouds." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 440:2616-2624. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu426 2014
- Keto, Eric and Burkert, Andreas. 2014. "From filaments to oscillating starless cores." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 441:1468-1473. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu379 2014
- Chitsazzadeh, S., Di Francesco, J., Schnee, S., Friesen, R. K., Shimajiri, Y., Langston, G. I., Sadavoy, S. I., Bourke, T. L., Keto, E. R., Pineda, J. E., Takakuwa, S., and Tatematsu, K. 2014. "Physical and Chemical Characteristics of L1689-SMM16, an Oscillating Prestellar Core in Ophiuchus." The Astrophysical Journal 790:129. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/790/2/129 2014
- Roth, Nathaniel, Stahler, Steven W., and Keto, Eric. 2014. "The dynamics of ultracompact H II regions." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 438:1335-1354. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2278 2014
- Caselli, Paola, Keto, Eric, Bergin, Edwin A., Tafalla, Mario, Aikawa, Yuri, Douglas, Thomas, Pagani, Laurent, Yíldíz, Umut A., van der Tak, Floris, Walmsley, C. M., Codella, Claudio, Nisini, Brunella, Kristensen, Lars E., and van Dishoeck, Ewine F. 2012. "First Detection of Water Vapor in a Pre-stellar Core." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 759, L37. IOP Publishing, https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/759/2/L37. 2012
- Keto, Eric. 2012. "Hierarchical Configurations for Cross-Correlation Interferometers with Many Elements." Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation 1:50007. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2251171712500079 2012
- Wei, Lisa H., Keto, Eric, and Ho, Luis C. 2012. "Two Populations of Molecular Clouds in the Antennae Galaxies." The Astrophysical Journal 750:136. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/750/2/136 2012
- Nicholas, B., Rowell, G., Burton, M. G., Walsh, A., Fukui, Y., Kawamura, A., Longmore, S., and Keto, Eric R. 2011. "12 mm line survey of the dense molecular gas towards the W28 field TeV gamma-ray sources." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 411 (2):1367-1385. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17778.x 2011
- Field, George B., Blackman, Eric G., and Keto, Eric R. 2011. "Does external pressure explain recent results for molecular clouds?." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 416:710-714. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19091.x 2011
- Galván-Madrid, Roberto, Peters, Thomas, Keto, Eric R., Mac Low, Mordecai-Mark, Banerjee, Robi, and Klessen, Ralf S. 2011. "Time variability in simulated ultracompact and hypercompact H II regions." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 416 (2):1033-1044. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19101.x 2011
- Keto, Eric R. and Caselli, Paola. 2010. "Dynamics and depletion in thermally supercritical starless cores." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 402:1625-1634. 2010
- Peters, Thomas, Banerjee, Robi, Klessen, Ralf S., Mac Low, Mordecai-Mark, Galván-Madrid, Roberto, and Keto, Eric R. 2010. "H II Regions: Witnesses to Massive Star Formation." The Astrophysical Journal 711:1017-1028. 2010
- Keto, Eric R. and Rybicki, George. 2010. "Modeling Molecular Hyperfine Line Emission." The Astrophysical Journal 716:1315-1322. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/716/2/1315 2010
- Carolan, P. B., Khanzadyan, T., Redman, M. P., Thompson, M. A., Jones, P. A., Cunningham, M. R., Loughnane, R. M., Bains, I., and Keto, Eric R. 2009. "Supersonic turbulence in the cold massive core JCMT 18354-0649S." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 400:78-89. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15441.x 2009
- Longmore, S. N., Burton, M. G., Keto, Eric R., Kurtz, S., and Walsh, A. J. 2009. "Too large and overlooked? Extended free-free emission towards massive star formation regions." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 399:861-877. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15320.x 2009
- Carolan, P. B., Redman, M. P., Keto, Eric R., and Rawlings, J. M. C. 2008. "CO abundances in a protostellar cloud: freeze-out and desorption in the envelope and outflow of L483." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 383:705-712. 2008
- Kamp, Inga, Freudling, Wolfram, Robberto, Massimo, Chengalur, Jayaram, and Keto, Eric R. 2008. "Probing protoplanetary disk evolution with the Hi 21 cm line." Physica Scripta 130:4013. https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-8949/2008/T130/014013 2008
- Keto, Eric R. and Caselli, Paola. 2008. "The Different Structures of the Two Classes of Starless Cores." The Astrophysical Journal 683:238-247. https://doi.org/10.1086/589147 2008
- Keto, Eric R. and Klaassen, Pamela. 2008. "The Ionization of Accretion Flows in High-Mass Star Formation: W51e2." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 678, L109–L112. IOP Publishing, https://doi.org/10.1086/588657. 2008
- Galvn-Madrid, Roberto, Rodriguez, Luis F., Ho, Paul T. P., and Keto, Eric R. 2008. "Time Variation in G24.78 0.08 A1: Evidence for an Accreting Hypercompact H II Region?" The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 674, L33–L36. IOP Publishing. 2008
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Conference Paper
- Johnston, Katharine G., Beuther, Henrik, Linz, Hendrik, Boley, P., Robitaille, Thomas P., Keto, E., Wood, K., van Boekel, R., Stamatellos, Dimitris, Goodwin, Simon, and Ward-Thompson, Derek. 2014. "The Interplay Between Molecular and Ionised Gas Surrounding the Massive Embedded Star AFGL 4176." In , , 413. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03041-8_80 2014
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- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Academic Department