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Walsh, Jonelle Assistant Professor
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- Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences
My research focuses on studying supermassive black holes in nearby galaxies with the goal of understanding how black holes and their host galaxies grow and evolve together.
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Publications
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Villafana, L., Williams, P. R., Treu, T., Brewer, B. J., Barth, A. J., U, V., ... Zheng, W.
(2023).
What Does the Geometry of the H beta BLR Depend On?. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
948(2), 95-95.
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Liepold, E. R., Ma, C., & Walsh, J. L.
(2023).
Keck Integral-field Spectroscopy of M87 Reveals an Intrinsically Triaxial Galaxy and a Revised Black Hole Mass. Letters of the Astrophysical Journal.
945(2), l35-L35.
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Yang, G., Brandt, W. N., Alexander, D. M., Boquien, M., Ni, Q., Papovich, C., ... Zhang, C.
(2022).
Does the Lockstep Growth between Black Holes and Bulges Create Their Mass Relation?. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
940(2), 146-146.
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Roier, G., Storchi-Bergmann, T., McDermid, R. M., Walsh, J. L., Tan, J., Cohn, J., ... Barth, A. J.
(2022).
Gas inflows in the polar ring of NGC 4111: the birth of an AGN. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
512(2), 2556-2572.
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Kabasares, K. M., Barth, A. J., Buote, D. A., Boizelle, B. D., Walsh, J. L., Baker, A. J., ... Cohn, J.
(2022).
Black Hole Mass Measurements of Early-type Galaxies NGC 1380 and NGC 6861 through ALMA and HST Observations and Gas-dynamical Modeling*. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
934(2), 162-162.
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Villafana, L., Williams, P. R., Treu, T., Brewer, B. J., Barth, A. J., Vivian, U., ... Zheng, W.
(2022).
The Lick AGN Monitoring Project 2016: Dynamical Modeling of Velocity-resolved H beta Lags in Luminous Seyfert Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
930(1), 52-52.
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Vivian, U., Barth, A. J., Vogler, H. A., Guo, H., Treu, T., Bennert, V. N., ... Zheng, W.
(2022).
The Lick AGN Monitoring Project 2016: Velocity-resolved H beta Lags in Luminous Seyfert Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
925(1), 52-52.
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Pilawa, J. D., Liepold, C. M., Andrade, S., Walsh, J. L., Ma, C., Quenneville, M. E., Greene, J. E., & Blakeslee, J. P.
(2022).
The MASSIVE Survey. XVII. A Triaxial Orbit-based Determination of the Black Hole Mass and Intrinsic Shape of Elliptical Galaxy NGC 2693. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
928(2), 178-178.
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Yang, G., Estrada-Carpenter, V., Papovich, C., Vito, F., Walsh, J. L., Yao, Z., & Yuan, F.
(2021).
Do Current X-Ray Observations Capture Most of the Black-hole Accretion at High Redshifts?. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
921(2), 170-170.
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Cohn, J. H., Walsh, J. L., Boizelle, B. D., Barth, A. J., Gebhardt, K., Gultekin, K., ... Kabasares, K. M.
(2021).
An ALMA Gas-dynamical Mass Measurement of the Supermassive Black Hole in the Local Compact Galaxy UGC 2698. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
919(2), 77-77.
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Boizelle, B. D., Walsh, J. L., Barth, A. J., Buote, D. A., Baker, A. J., Darling, J., ... Kabasares, K. M.
(2021).
Black Hole Mass Measurements of Radio Galaxies NGC 315 and NGC 4261 Using ALMA CO Observations. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
908(1), 19-19.
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Liepold, C. M., Quenneville, M. E., Ma, C., Walsh, J. L., McConnell, N. J., Greene, J. E., & Blakeslee, J. P.
(2020).
The MASSIVE Survey. XV. A Stellar Dynamical Mass Measurement of the Supermassive Black Hole in Massive Elliptical Galaxy NGC 1453. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
891(1), 4-4.
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Ene, I., Ma, C., Walsh, J. L., Greene, J. E., Thomas, J., & Blakeslee, J. P.
(2020).
The MASSIVE Survey XIV-Stellar Velocity Profiles and Kinematic Misalignments from 200 pc to 20 kpc in Massive Early-type Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
891(1), 65-65.
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Boizelle, B. D., Barth, A. J., Walsh, J. L., Buote, D. A., Baker, A. J., Darling, J., & Ho, L. C.
(2019).
A Precision Measurement of the Mass of the Black Hole in NGC 3258 from High-resolution ALMA Observations of Its Circumnuclear Disk. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
881(1), 10-10.
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Ene, I., Ma, C., McConnell, N. J., Walsh, J. L., Kempski, P., Greene, J. E., Thomas, J., & Blakeslee, J. P.
(2019).
The MASSIVE Survey XIII. Spatially Resolved Stellar Kinematics in the Central 1 kpc of 20 Massive Elliptical Galaxies with the GMOS-North Integral Field Spectrograph. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
878(1), 57-57.
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Greene, J. E., Veale, M., Ma, C., Thomas, J., Quenneville, M. E., Blakeslee, J. P., ... Ito, J.
(2019).
The MASSIVE Survey. XII. Connecting Stellar Populations of Early-type Galaxies to Kinematics and Environment. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
874(1), 66-66.
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Ene, I., Ma, C., Veale, M., Greene, J. E., Thomas, J., Blakeslee, J. P., ... Goulding, A. D.
(2018).
The MASSIVE Survey - X. Misalignment between kinematic and photometric axes and intrinsic shapes of massive early-type galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
479(2), 2810-2826.
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Afanasiev, A. V., Chilingarian, I. V., Mieske, S., Voggel, K. T., Picotti, A., Hilker, M., ... Walsh, J. L.
(2018).
A 3.5 million Solar masses black hole in the centre of the ultracompact dwarf galaxy fornax UCD3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
477(4), 4856-4865.
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Voggel, K. T., Seth, A. C., Neumayer, N., Mieske, S., Chilingarian, I., Ahn, C., ... Strader, J.
(2018).
Upper Limits on the Presence of Central Massive Black Holes in Two Ultra-compact Dwarf Galaxies in Centaurus A. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
858(1), 20-20.
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Pancoast, A., Barth, A. J., Horne, K., Treu, T., Brewer, B. J., Bennert, V. N., ... Winkler, H.
(2018).
Stability of the Broad-line Region Geometry and Dynamics in Arp 151 Over Seven Years. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
856(2), 108-108.
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Ahn, C. P., Seth, A. C., Cappellari, M., Krajnovic, D., Strader, J., Voggel, K. T., ... Spitler, L.
(2018).
The Black Hole in the Most Massive Ultracompact Dwarf Galaxy M59-UCD3. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
858(2), 102-102.
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Williams, P. R., Pancoast, A., Treu, T., Brewer, B. J., Barth, A. J., Bennert, V. N., ... Woo, J.
(2018).
The Lick AGN Monitoring Project 2011: Dynamical Modeling of the Broad-line Region. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
866(2), 75-75.
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Molina, M., Eracleous, M., Barth, A. J., Maoz, D., Runnoe, J. C., Ho, L. C., Shields, J. C., & Walsh, J. L.
(2018).
The Shocking Power Sources of LINERs. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
864(1), 90-90.
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Veale, M., Ma, C., Greene, J. E., Thomas, J., Blakeslee, J. P., McConnell, N., Walsh, J. L., & Ito, J.
(2017).
The MASSIVE Survey - VII. The relationship of angular momentum, stellar mass and environment of early-type galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
471(2), 1428-1445.
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Yildirim, A., van den Bosch, R., van de Ven, G., Martin-Navarro, I., Walsh, J. L., Husemann, B., Gultekin, K., & Gebhardt, K.
(2017).
The structural and dynamical properties of compact elliptical galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
468(4), 4216-4245.
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Walsh, J. L., van den Bosch, R., Gebhardt, K., Yildirim, A., Gultekin, K., Husemann, B., & Richstone, D. O.
(2017).
A Black Hole Mass Determination for the Compact Galaxy Mrk 1216. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
835(2), 208-208.
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Boizelle, B. D., Barth, A. J., Darling, J., Baker, A. J., Buote, D. A., Ho, L. C., & Walsh, J. L.
(2017).
ALMA Observations of Circumnuclear Disks in Early-type Galaxies: (CO)-C-12(2-1) and Continuum Properties. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
845(2), 170-170.
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Ahn, C. P., Seth, A. C., den Brok, M., Strader, J., Baumgardt, H., van den Bosch, R., ... Walsh, J. L.
(2017).
Detection of Supermassive Black Holes in Two Virgo Ultracompact Dwarf Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
839(2), 72-72.
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Zheng, W., Filippenko, A. V., Mauerhan, J., Graham, M. L., Yuk, H., Hosseinzadeh, G., ... Wang, X.
(2017).
Discovery and Follow-up Observations of the Young Type Ia Supernova 2016coj. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
841(1), 64-64.
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Veale, M., Ma, C., Thomas, J., Greene, J. E., McConnell, N. J., Walsh, J., ... Janish, R.
(2017).
The MASSIVE Survey - V. Spatially resolved stellar angular momentum, velocity dispersion, and higher moments of the 41 most massive local early-type galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
464(1), 356-384.
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Barth, A. J., Darling, J., Baker, A. J., Boizelle, B. D., Buote, D. A., Ho, L. C., & Walsh, J. L.
(2016).
TOWARD PRECISION BLACK HOLE MASSES WITH ALMA: NGC 1332 AS A CASE STUDY IN MOLECULAR DISK DYNAMICS. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
823(1), 51-51.
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Barth, A. J., Boizelle, B. D., Darling, J., Baker, A. J., Buote, D. A., Ho, L. C., & Walsh, J. L.
(2016).
MEASUREMENT OF THE BLACK HOLE MASS IN NGC 1332 FROM ALMA OBSERVATIONS AT 0.044 ARCSECOND RESOLUTION. Letters of the Astrophysical Journal.
822(2), l28-L28.
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Yildirim, A., van den Bosch, R., van de Ven, G., Dutton, A., Laesker, R., Husemann, B., ... Martin-Navarro, I.
(2016).
The massive dark halo of the compact early-type galaxy NGC 1281. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
456(1), 538-553.
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Walsh, J. L., Van Den Bosch, R., Gebhardt, K., Yildirim, A., Richstone, D. O., Gueltekin, K., & Husemann, B.
(2016).
A 5 x 10(9) M-circle dot BLACK HOLE IN NGC 1277 FROM ADAPTIVE OPTICS SPECTROSCOPY. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
817(1), 2-2.
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Yildirim, A., van den Bosch, R., de Ven, G. V., Husemann, B., Lyubenova, M., Walsh, J. L., Gebhardt, K., & Gueltekin, K.
(2015).
MRK 1216 and NGC 1277-an orbit-based dynamical analysis of compact, high-velocity dispersion galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
452(2), 1792-1816.
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Walsh, J. L., van den Bosch, R., Gebhardt, K., Yildirim, A., Gueltekin, K., Husemann, B., & Richstone, D. O.
(2015).
THE BLACK HOLE IN THE COMPACT, HIGH-DISPERSION GALAXY NGC 1271. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
808(2), 183-183.
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van den Bosch, R., Gebhardt, K., Gueltekin, K., Yildirim, A., & Walsh, J. L.
(2015).
HUNTING FOR SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES IN NEARBY GALAXIES WITH THE HOBBY-EBERLY TELESCOPE. Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.
218(1), 10-10.
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Barth, A. J., Bennert, V. N., Canalizo, G., Filippenko, A. V., Gates, E. L., Greene, J. E., ... Walsh, J. L.
(2015).
THE LICK AGN MONITORING PROJECT 2011: SPECTROSCOPIC CAMPAIGN AND EMISSION-LINE LIGHT CURVES. Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.
217(2), 26-26.
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Seth, A. C., van den Bosch, R., Mieske, S., Baumgardt, H., den Brok, M., Strader, J., ... Walsh, J. L.
(2014).
A supermassive black hole in an ultra-compact dwarf galaxy. Nature.
513(7518), 398-400.
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Greene, J. E., Seth, A., Lyubenova, M., Walsh, J., van de Ven, G., & Lsker, R.
(2014).
CIRCUMNUCLEAR MOLECULAR GAS IN MEGAMASER DISK GALAXIES NGC 4388 AND NGC 1194. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
788(2), 145-145.
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Walsh, J. L., Barth, A. J., Ho, L. C., & Sarzi, M.
(2013).
THE M87 BLACK HOLE MASS FROM GAS-DYNAMICAL MODELS OF SPACE TELESCOPE IMAGING SPECTROGRAPH OBSERVATIONS**Based on observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, obtained at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-26555. These observations are associated with program GO-12162. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
770(2), 86-86.
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Barth, A. J., Pancoast, A., Bennert, V. N., Brewer, B. J., Canalizo, G., Filippenko, A. V., ... Walsh, J. L.
(2013).
THE LICK AGN MONITORING PROJECT 2011: Fe ii REVERBERATION FROM THE OUTER BROAD-LINE REGION. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
769(2), 128-128.
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Walsh, J. L., van den Bosch, R., Barth, A. J., & Sarzi, M.
(2012).
A STELLAR DYNAMICAL MASS MEASUREMENT OF THE BLACK HOLE IN NGC 3998 FROM KECK ADAPTIVE OPTICS OBSERVATIONS. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
753(1), 79-79.
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Park, D., Woo, J., Treu, T., Barth, A. J., Bentz, M. C., Bennert, V. N., ... Walsh, J.
(2012).
THE LICK AGN MONITORING PROJECT: RECALIBRATING SINGLE-EPOCH VIRIAL BLACK HOLE MASS ESTIMATES. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
747(1), 30-30.
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van den Bosch, R., Gebhardt, K., Gltekin, K., van de Ven, G., van der Wel, A., & Walsh, J. L.
(2012).
An over-massive black hole in the compact lenticular galaxy NGC1277. Nature.
491(7426), 729-731.
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Pancoast, A., Brewer, B. J., Treu, T., Barth, A. J., Bennert, V. N., Canalizo, G., ... Walters, R.
(2012).
THE LICK AGN MONITORING PROJECT 2011: DYNAMICAL MODELING OF THE BROAD-LINE REGION IN Mrk 50. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
754(1), 49-49.
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Barth, A. J., Pancoast, A., Thorman, S. J., Bennert, V. N., Sand, D. J., Li, W., ... Yesuf, H. M.
(2011).
THE LICK AGN MONITORING PROJECT 2011: REVERBERATION MAPPING OF MARKARIAN 50. Letters of the Astrophysical Journal.
743(1), l4-L4.
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Barth, A. J., Nguyen, M. L., Malkan, M. A., Filippenko, A. V., Li, W., Gorjian, V., ... Zeisse, C.
(2011).
BROAD-LINE REVERBERATION IN THE KEPLER-FIELD SEYFERT GALAXY Zw 229-015. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
732(2), 121-121.
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Greene, J. E., Hood, C. E., Barth, A. J., Bennert, V. N., Bentz, M. C., Filippenko, A. V., ... Woo, J.
(2010).
THE LICK AGN MONITORING PROJECT: ALTERNATE ROUTES TO A BROAD-LINE REGION RADIUS. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
723(1), 409-416.
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Bentz, M. C., Horne, K., Barth, A. J., Bennert, V. N., Canalizo, G., Filippenko, A. V., ... Walsh, J. L.
(2010).
THE LICK AGN MONITORING PROJECT: VELOCITY-DELAY MAPS FROM THE MAXIMUM-ENTROPY METHOD FOR Arp 151. Letters of the Astrophysical Journal.
720(1), l46-l51.
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Bentz, M. C., Walsh, J. L., Barth, A. J., Yoshii, Y., Woo, J., Wang, X., ... Baliber, N.
(2010).
THE LICK AGN MONITORING PROJECT: REVERBERATION MAPPING OF OPTICAL HYDROGEN AND HELIUM RECOMBINATION LINES. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
716(2), 993-1011.
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Woo, J., Treu, T., Barth, A. J., Wright, S. A., Walsh, J. L., Bentz, M. C., ... Minezaki, T.
(2010).
THE LICK AGN MONITORING PROJECT: THE MBH* RELATION FOR REVERBERATION-MAPPED ACTIVE GALAXIES. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
716(1), 269-280.
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Walsh, J. L., Barth, A. J., & Sarzi, M.
(2010).
THE SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE IN M84 REVISITED**Based on observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, obtained from the Data Archive at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-26555. These observations are associated with programs GO-7124 and GO-6094. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
721(1), 762-776.
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Bentz, M. C., Walsh, J. L., Barth, A. J., Baliber, N., Bennert, V. N., Canalizo, G., ... Yoshii, Y.
(2009).
THE LICK AGN MONITORING PROJECT: BROAD-LINE REGION RADII AND BLACK HOLE MASSES FROM REVERBERATION MAPPING OF H. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
705(1), 199-217.
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Walsh, J. L., Minezaki, T., Bentz, M. C., Barth, A. J., Baliber, N., Li, W., ... Yoshii, Y.
(2009).
THE LICK AGN MONITORING PROJECT: PHOTOMETRIC LIGHT CURVES AND OPTICAL VARIABILITY CHARACTERISTICS. Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.
185(1), 156-170.
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Bentz, M. C., Walsh, J. L., Barth, A. J., Baliber, N., Bennert, N., Canalizo, G., ... Yoshii, Y.
(2008).
First Results from the Lick AGN Monitoring Project: The Mass of the Black Hole in Arp 151. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
689(1), l21-l24.
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Walsh, J. L., Barth, A. J., Ho, L. C., Filippenko, A. V., Rix, H., Shields, J. C., Sarzi, M., & Sargent, W.
(2008).
HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SPECTROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS OF THE NARROW-LINE REGION IN NEARBY LOW-LUMINOSITY ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI**Based on observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, obtained from the Data Archive at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-26555. These observations are associated with programs GO-7403 and GO-7354. The Astronomical Journal.
136(4), 1677-1702.
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Villafana, L., Williams, P. R., Treu, T., Brewer, B. J., Barth, A. J., U, V., ... Zheng, W.
(2023).
What Does the Geometry of the H beta BLR Depend On?. The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.
948(2), 95-95.
Research
principal investigator on
Teaching
teaching activities
- ASTR103 Intro To Stars And Exoplanets Instructor
- ASTR104 Intro Galaxies And Cosmology Instructor
- ASTR285 Directed Studies Instructor
- ASTR291 Research Instructor
- ASTR420 Adv Astrophysical Research Instructor
- ASTR485 Directed Studies Instructor
- ASTR491 Hnr-research Instructor
- ASTR685 Directed Studies Instructor
- ASTR689 Sptp: Methods Astr Research Instructor
- ASTR691 Research Instructor
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine - (Irvine, California, United States) 2011
- M.S. in Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine - (Irvine, California, United States) 2007
- B.A. in Physics with HOnors, Economics Minor, Bowdoin College - (Brunswick, Maine, United States) 2005
Contact
first name
- Jonelle
has last name
- Walsh
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Physics And Astronomy
4242 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4242
USA
Other
- walsh@tamu.edu