McDowell, Jonathan
Astrophysicist
Quasars; black holes; multiwaveband studies; astronomical software
Geographic Focus
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.A., Cambridge University
- Ph.D., Cambridge University
Publications
Selected Publications
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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
- Lawrence, Andy, Rawls, Meredith L., Jah, Moriba, Boley, Aaron, Di Vruno, Federico, Garrington, Simon, Kramer, Michael, Lawler, Samantha, Lowenthal, James, McDowell, Jonathan, and McCaughrean, Mark. 2022. "The case for space environmentalism." Nature Astronomy, 6 428–435. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-022-01655-6. 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, 919 22. 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
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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." from Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXII. 475, 259. 2013
Contact
Location
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Academic Department
