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McDowell, Jonathan

Astrophysicist

Quasars; black holes; multiwaveband studies; astronomical software

Geographic Focus

Universe Continent

education and training

B.A., Cambridge University
Ph.D., Cambridge University

selected publications

article
- Taylor, Anthony J., McDowell, Jonathan C., and Elvis, Martin. 2022. "Phobos and Mars orbit as a base for asteroid exploration and mining." Planetary and Space Science, 214 105450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2022.105450. 2022
- McDowell, Jonathan C., Siemiginowska, Aneta, Ashby, Matthew, Blundell, Katherine, and Gallo, Luigi C. 2021. "The Unusual Weak-line Quasar PG1407 265 and Its Foreground z 0.7 X-Ray Cluster." The Astrophysical Journal, 22. 919, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac0a75. 2021
- Quera-Bofarull, Arnau, Done, Chris, Lacey, Cedric, McDowell, Jonathan C., Risaliti, Guido, and Elvis, Martin. 2020. "Q wind code release: a non-hydrodynamical approach to modelling line-driven winds in active galactic nuclei." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 495:402-412. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1117 2020
- McDowell, Jonathan C. 2020. "The Low Earth Orbit Satellite Population and Impacts of the SpaceX Starlink Constellation." The Astrophysical Journal 892:L36. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ab8016 2020
- Kaltenegger, Lisa, MacDonald, Ryan J., Kozakis, Thea, Lewis, Nikole K., Mamajek, Eric E., McDowell, Jonathan C., and Vanderburg, Andrew. 2020. "The White Dwarf Opportunity: Robust Detections of Molecules in Earth-like Exoplanet Atmospheres with the James Webb Space Telescope." The Astrophysical Journal 901:L1. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aba9d3 2020
- McDowell, Jonathan. 2020. "Where does outer space begin?." Physics Today 73:70-71. https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4599 2020
- Jakhu, Ram S., Jasani, Bhupendra, and McDowell, Jonathan C. 2018. "Critical issues related to registration of space objects and transparency of space activities." Acta Astronautica 143:406-420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2017.11.042 2018
- McDowell, Jonathan C. 2018. "The edge of space: Revisiting the Karman Line." Acta Astronautica 151:668-677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.07.003 2018
- Collinson, James S., Ward, Martin J., Landt, Hermine, Done, Chris, Elvis, Martin, and McDowell, Jonathan C. 2017. "Reaching the peak of the quasar spectral energy distribution - II. Exploring the accretion disc, dusty torus and host galaxy." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 465:358-382. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2666 2017
- Paggi, Alessandro, Fabbiano, Giuseppina, Risaliti, Guido, Wang, Junfeng, Karovska, Margarita, Elvis, Martin, Maksym, W. Peter, McDowell, Jonathan, and Gallagher, Jay. 2017. "X-Ray Emission from the Nuclear Region of Arp 220." The Astrophysical Journal 841:44. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa713b 2017
- Collinson, James S., Ward, Martin J., Done, Chris, Landt, Hermine, Elvis, Martin, and McDowell, Jonathan C. 2015. "Reaching the peak of the quasar spectral energy distribution - I. Observations and models." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 449:2174-2193. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv362 2015
- Sanders, Nathan E., Caldwell, Nelson, McDowell, Jonathan, and Harding, Paul. 2012. "The Metallicity Profile of M31 from Spectroscopy of Hundreds of H II Regions and PNe." The Astrophysical Journal 758:133. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/758/2/133 2012
- Primini, Francis A., Houck, John C., Davis, John E., Nowak, Michael A., Evans, Ian N., Glotfelty, Kenny J., Anderson, Craig S., Bonaventura, Nina R., Chen, Judy C., Doe, Stephen M., Evans, Janet D., Fabbiano, Giuseppina, Galle, Elizabeth C., Gibbs, Danny G., Grier, John D., Hain, Roger M., Hall, Diane M., Harbo, Peter N., Helen He, Xiangqun, Karovska, Margarita, Kashyap, Vinay L., Lauer, Jennifer, McCollough, Michael L., McDowell, Jonathan C., Miller, Joseph B. et al. 2011. "Statistical Characterization of the Chandra Source Catalog." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 194:37. https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/194/2/37 2011
- Elvis, Martin, McDowell, Jonathan, Hoffman, Jeffrey A., and Binzel, Richard P. 2011. "Ultra-low delta-v objects and the human exploration of asteroids." Planetary and Space Science 59:1408-1412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2011.05.006 2011
- Evans, Ian N., Primini, Francis A., Glotfelty, Kenny J., Anderson, Craig S., Bonaventura, Nina R., Chen, Judy C., Davis, John E., Doe, Stephen M., Evans, Janet D., Fabbiano, Giuseppina, Galle, Elizabeth C., Gibbs, Danny G., Grier, John D., Hain, Roger M., Hall, Diane M., Harbo, Peter N., Helen He, Xiangqun, Houck, John C., Karovska, Margarita, Kashyap, Vinay L., Lauer, Jennifer, McCollough, Michael L., McDowell, Jonathan C., Miller, Joseph B., Mitschang, Arik W. et al. 2010. "The Chandra Source Catalog." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 189:37-82. 2010
- Antoniou, V., Zezas, Andreas, Hatzidimitriou, D., and McDowell, J. C. 2009. "The Chandra Survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud "Bar". II. Optical Counterparts of X-ray Sources." The Astrophysical Journal 697:1695-1716. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/697/2/1695 2009
conference paper
- Tibbetts, M., Elvis, M., Galache, J. L., Harbo, Peter N., McDowell, J. C., Rudenko, M., Van Stone, D., Zografou, P., and Friedel, D. N. 2013. "NEOview: Near Earth Object Data Discovery and Query." In , , 259. 2013