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
-
Article
- Azadi, Mojegan, Wilkes, Belinda, Kuraszkiewicz, Joanna, McDowell, Jonathan, Siebenmorgen, Ralf, Ashby, Matthew, Birkinshaw, Mark, Worrall, Diana, Abrams, Natasha, Barthel, Peter, Fazio, Giovanni G., Haas, Martin, Hyman, Sóley, Martínez-Galarza, Rafael, and Meyer, Eileen T. 2023. "Disentangling the AGN and Star formation Contributions to the Radio-X-Ray Emission of Radio-loud Quasars at 1 < Z < 2." The Astrophysical Journal, 945 145. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acbe9c. 2023
- 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
- 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
- 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." from Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXII. 475, 259. 2013
Contact
Location
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Academic Department