Amanda Kepley

Refereed Publications

Indebetouw, Remy; Brogan, Crystal; Chen, C.-H. Rosie; Leroy, Adam; Johnson, Kelsey; Muller, Erik; Madden, Suzanne; Cormier, Diane; Galliano, Frederic; Hughes, Annie; Hunter, Todd; Kawamura, Akiko; Kepley, Amanda; Lebouteiller, Vianney; Meixner, Margaret; Oliveira, Joana M.; Onishi, Toshikazu; Vasyunina, Tatiana. (2013). "ALMA Resolves 30 Doradus: Sub-parsec Molecular Cloud Structure Near the Closest Super-Star Cluster", accepted by ApJ (astro-ph)

Mullan, B.; Kepley, A.A.; Maybhate, A.; English, J.; Knierman, K.; Hibbard, J.E.; Bastian, N.; Charlton, J.C.; Durrell, P.R.; Gronwall, C.; Elmegreen, D.; Konstantopoulos. (2013). "Under Pressure: Star Clusters and the Neutral Hydrogen Medium of Tidal Tails", accepted by ApJ. (astro-ph)

Hunter, Deidre A.; Fakhri, Zahedy; Bowsher, Emily C.; Wilcots, Eric M.; Kepley, Amanda A.; and Gaal, Veronika. (2011). "Mapping the Extended HI Distribution of Three Dwarf Galaxies", AJ, 142, 173, (ADS) (astro-ph)

Kepley, Amanda A.; Chomiuk, Laura; Johnson, Kelsey E.; Goss, M.W.; Balser, Dana; and Pisano, D.J. 2011, "Unveiling Extragalactic Star Formation Using Radio Recombination Lines: An EVLA Pilot Study with NGC 253", ApJL, EVLA Special Issue, 739, L24. (ADS) (astro-ph)

Kepley, Amanda A.; Zweibel, Ellen G.; Wilcots, Eric M.; Johnson, Kelsey E.; and Robishaw, Timothy. 2011, "The Magnetic Field of the Irregular Galaxy NGC 4214", ApJ, 736, 139. (ADS) (astro-ph)

Mullan, B.; Konstantopoulos, I.S.; Kepley, A.; Lee, K.H.; Charlton, J.C.; Knierman, K.; Bastian, N.; Chandar, R.; Durrell, P.R.; Elmegreen, D.; English, J.; Gallagher, S.C.; Gronwall, C.; Hibbard, J.E.; Hunsberger, S.; Johnson, K.E.; Maybhate, A.; Palma, C.; Trancho, G.; and Vacca, W.D. 2010, "Star Clusters in the Tidal Tails of Interacting Galaxies: Photometric Properties and the Tail Environment," 2011, ApJ, 731, 93. (ADS) (astro-ph)

Kepley, A.A., Muehle, S., Everett, J., Zweibel, E.G., Wilcots, E.M., Klein, Uli. 2010. "The Role of the Magnetic Field in the Interstellar Medium of the Post-Starburst Dwarf Irregular Galaxy NGC 1569", ApJ, 712, 536. (ADS) (astro-ph)

Morrison, H.L., Helmi, A., Sun, J., Gu, R., Norris, J.E., Harding, P., Kinman, T.D., Kepley, A.A., Freeman, K.C., Williams, M., van Duyne, J. "Fashionably Late? Building up the Milky Way's Inner Halo.", 2009, ApJ, 694, 130. (ADS) (astro-ph)

Kepley, A. A., Wilcots, E. M., Hunter, D. A., & Nordgren, T. ``A High-Resolution Study of the HI Content of Local Group Dwarf Irregular Galaxy WLM.'' 2007, AJ, 133, 2242. (ADS) (astroph) Version with high resolution figures.

Kepley, A. A., Morrison, H. L., Helmi, A., Kinman, T. D., van Duyne, J., Martin, J. C., Harding, P., Norris, J. E., & Freeman, K. C. ``Halo Star Streams in the Solar Neighborhood.'' 2007, AJ, 134, 1579. (ADS) (astro-ph)Version with high resolution figures.

Submitted Publications

Rabidoux, Katie; Pisano, D.J.; Kepley, Amanda A.; Johnson, Kelsey E.; Balser, Dana S. (2013). "Radio continuum observations of local star-forming galaxies using the Caltech Continuum Backend on the Green Bank Telescope", submitted to ApJ.

Kepley, Amanda A.; Reines, Amy E.; Johnson, Kelsey E.; and Walker, Lisa May. (2013). "High Resolution Radio and Optical Observations of the Central Starburst in the Low Metallicity Dwarf Galaxy Merger II Zw 40", submitted to AJ.

Technical Documentation and Memos

Kepley, Amanda A. 2013, How to Observe on astrobetter.com

Heiles, Carl; Robishaw, Tim; Kepley, Amanda; and Furea Kiuchi. 2012. All-Stokes Single Dish Data with the RHSTK (Robishaw/Heiles SToKes) Software Package. (Green Bank, WV: NRAO)

Kepley, Amanda A. 2012, OPT Quickstart Guide (Socorro, NM: NRAO)

Kepley, Amanda A. 2012, miscellaneous short CASA guides.

Kepley, Amanda A. 2007. AIPS Scripting Guide: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Conference Proceedings

Kepley, A.; Reines, A.; Johnson, K.; Leroy, A.; and Walker, L.M. (2011). "A Radio View of Star Formation in II Zw 40" in A Universe of Dwarf Galaxies, eds. M. Koleva, Ph. Prugniel, and I. Vauglin, EAS Publications Series, 48, 155-156. (ADS)

Mullan, B.; Charlton, J. C.; Konstantopoulos, I. S.; Bastian, N.; Chandar, R.; Durrell, P. R.; Elmegreen, D.; English, J.; Gallagher, S. C.; Gronwall, C.; Hibbard, J. E.; Hunsberger, S.; Johnson, K. E.; Kepley, A.; Knierman, K.; Koribalski, B.; Lee, K. H.; Maybhate, A.; Palma, C.; Vacca, W. D. (2010). "Tidal Tails in Interacting Galaxies: Formation of Compact Stellar Structures", in the Proceedings of the Galaxy Wars: Stellar Populations and Star Formation in Interacting Galaxies Conference, eds., B. Smith, N. Bastian, James Higdon, and Sarah Higdon, ASP Conference Series, 423, 129. (ADS) (astroph)

Kepley, A.; Wilcots, E.; Zweibel, E.; Mühle, S.; Everett, J.; Robishaw, T.; Heiles, C.; & Klein, U. 2009, "Magnetic fields in irregular galaxies", in Cosmic Magnetic Fields: From Planets, to Stars and Galaxies, eds. K.G. Strassmeier, A.G. Kosovichev, and J.E. Beckman, IAU Symposium, 259, 555-556 (ADS)

Kepley, Amanda A.; Mühle, Stefanie; Wilcots, Eric M.; Everett, John; Zweibel, Ellen; Robishaw, Timothy; and Heiles, Carl. (2008). "Magnetic Fields in Irregular Galaxies", in Galaxies in the Local Volume, eds., B. Koribalski and H. Jerjen, Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, 1, 73-76 (ADS)

Kepley, Amanda A.; Wilcots, E.M.; & Hunter, D. (2003). "The Extended HI Distribution of Local Group Dwarf Galaxy WLM" in The Local Group as an Astrophysical Laboratory; poster papers from the Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium, 50 (ADS)

American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts

Kepley, A.A., Balser, D., Chomiuk, L., et al. 2012, American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #219, 219, #427.09 (ADS)

Bernstein-Cooper, E., Cannon, J.~M., Chomiuk, L., Kepley, A., and Wilcots, E. 2012, American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #219, 219, #244.02 (ADS)

Rabidoux, K., Johnson, K., Kepley, A., Pisano, D.J., & Balser, D. (2011). "Enhancing the Picture of Star Formation in Local Galaxies with the Green Bank Telescope", Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, #329.06 (ADS)

Kepley, A.A., Chomiuk, L., Balser, D., et al. (2011). "Probing Thermal Gas Conditions in Extragalactic Star-forming Regions Using Radio Recombination Lines", Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 43, #258.29 (ADS)

Kepley, A.A., Johnson, K., Indebetouw, R., & Brogan, C. (2010). "Star Formation in Nearby Galaxies with ALMA", Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 42, #479.06 (ADS)

Kepley, A.A., Muehle, S., Everett, J., et al. (2009). "The Role of Magnetic Fields in the Interstellar Medium of Irregular Galaxies", Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 41, #443.05 (ADS)

Kepley, A.A., Muehle, S., Robishaw, T., et al. (2007). "Magnetic Fields in Irregular Galaxies", Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 38, #113.05 (ADS)

Kepley, A.A., Wilcots, E.M., Robishaw, T., Heiles, C., & Zweibel, E. (2006). "Magnetic Fields in Irregular Galaxies: NGC 4214", Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 38, #167.01 (ADS)

Bowsher, E., Hunter, D., Wilcots, E., Kepley, A., & Goad, V. (2003). "Mapping the Extended HI Distribution in Sextans A", Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 35, #115.14 (ADS)