John H Black

Professor Emeritus, Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Astronomy and Plasma Physics, Galactic Astronomy

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John H. Black's research concerns dilute matter in space in all its forms, including interstellar matter, comets, atmospheres, stellar winds, and photoionized nebulae. John is very interested in atomic and molecular processes and spectroscopy in all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Teaching
Publications

Supervisor of PhD students. Research course in astrophysical modeling.

Major publications
A computer program for fast non-LTE analysis of interstellar line spectra

Author: F.F.S. van der Tak; John H Black; F.L. Schöier; D.J. Jansen; E. F. van Dishoeck

Published: 2007

Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics

Publication type: Journal article
Latest publications

2020
Eta carinae and the homunculus: Far infrared/submillimetre spectral lines detected with the Herschel Space Observatory

Author: T. R. Gull; P. Morris; John H Black; K. Nielsen; M. J. Barlow; P. Royer; B. Swinyard

Published: 2020

Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Publication type: Journal article
The Leiden Atomic and Molecular Database (LAMDA): Current status, recent updates, and future plans

Author: F. F. S. van der Tak; François Lique; A. Faure; John H Black; E. F. van Dishoeck

Published: 2020

Published in: Atoms

Publication type: Review article
Detection of deuterated molecules, but not of lithium hydride, in the z=0.89 absorber toward PKS 1830-211

Author: Sebastien Muller; E. Roueff; John H Black; M. Gerin; M. Guelin; K. M. Menten; C. Henkel; Susanne Aalto; F. Combes; S. Martin; I Marti-Vidal

Published: 2020

Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Publication type: Journal article
Optical and near-infrared observations of the Fried Egg Nebula: Multiple shell ejections on a 100 yr timescale from a massive yellow hypergiant

Author: E. Koumpia; R. D. Oudmaijer; V. Graham; G. Banyard; John H Black; C. Wichittanakom; K. M. Ababakr; W. J. De Wit; F. Millour; E. Lagadec; Sebastien Muller; N. L. J. Cox; A. Zijlstra; H. van Winckel; M. Hillen; R. Szczerba; J. S. Vink; Sofia Wallström

Published: 2020

Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Publication type: Journal article
2019
Chlorine-bearing molecules in molecular absorbers at intermediate redshifts

Author: S. H. J. Wallstrom; Sebastien Muller; Evelyne Roueff; R. Le Gal; John H Black; M. Gerin

Published: 2019

Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Publication type: Journal article
The hidden heart of the luminous infrared galaxy IC 860: I. A molecular inflow feeding opaque, extreme nuclear activity

Author: Susanne Aalto; Sebastien Muller; Sabine König; Niklas Falstad; J. G. Mangum; K. Sakamoto; G. Privon; J. S. Gallagher III; F. Combes; S. G. Burillo; S. Martin; Serena Viti; P. van der Werf; A. S. Evans; John H Black; Eskil Varenius; R. J. Beswick; G. A. Fuller; C. Henkel; K. Kohno; K. Alatalo; S. Muhle

Published: 2019

Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Publication type: Journal article
Detection of highly excited OH towards AGB stars: A new probe of shocked gas in the extended atmospheres

Author: Theo Khouri; Luis Velilla Prieto; Elvire De Beck; Wouter Vlemmings; Hans Olofsson; Boy Lankhaar; John H Black; A. Baudry

Published: 2019

Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Publication type: Journal article
2018
The ALMA view of UV-irradiated cloud edges: unexpected structures and processes

Author: S. Cuadrado; A. Aguado; J. Pety; Javier R. Goicoechea; E. Bron; John H Black; J. Cernicharo; E. Chapillon; A. Fuente; M. Gerin; C. Joblin; O. Roncero; B. Tercero

Published: 2018

Published in: International Astronomical Union, Symposium 332

Publication type: Paper in proceedings
The "Cosmic Seagull": A Highly Magnified Disk-like Galaxy at z ≃ 2.8 behind the Bullet Cluster

Author: V. Motta; E. Ibar; T. Verdugo; J. Molina; T. M. Hughes; M. Birkinshaw; O. López-Cruz; John H Black; D. Gunawan; Cathy Horellou; J. Magana

Published: 2018

Published in: Astrophysical Journal Letters

Publication type: Journal article
2017
Detection of CH+, SH+, and their C-13- and S-34-isotopologues toward PKS 1830-211

Author: Sebastien Muller; Holger Muller; John H Black; M. Gerin; F. Combes; S. Curran; E. Falgarone; M. Guelin; C. Henkel; S. Martin; K. M. Menten; E. Roueff; Susanne Aalto; A. Beelen; Tommy Wiklind; M. A. Zwaan

Published: 2017

Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Publication type: Journal article
Spatially resolved images of reactive ions in the Orion Bar

Author: J. R. Goicoechea; S. Cuadrado; J. Pety; E. Bron; John H Black; J. Cernicharo; E. Chapillon; A. Fuente; M. Gerin

Published: 2017

Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Publication type: Journal article
ALMA Compact Array observations of the Fried Egg nebula: Evidence for large-scale asymmetric mass-loss from the yellow hypergiant IRAS 17163-3907

Author: Sofia Wallström; E. Lagadec; Sebastien Muller; John H Black; N. L. J. Cox; R. Galván-Madrid; Kay Justtanont; S. Longmore; Hans Olofsson; R. D. Oudmaijer; G. Quintana-Lacaci; R. Szczerba; Wouter Vlemmings; H. van Winckel; A. Zijlstra

Published: 2017

Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Publication type: Journal article
Eta Carinae's Dusty Homunculus Nebula from Near-infrared to Submillimeter Wavelengths: Mass, Composition, and Evidence for Fading Opacity

Author: P. W. Morris; T. R. Gull; D. J. Hillier; M. J. Barlow; P. Royer; K. Nielsen; John H Black; B. Swinyard

Published: 2017

Published in: Astrophysical Journal

Publication type: Journal article
2016
ALMA observations of TiO2 around VY CMa

Author: Elvire De Beck; Wouter Vlemmings; Sebastien Muller; John H Black; Eamon O Gorman; A.M.S. Richards; A. Baudry; Matthias Maercker; L. Decin; E. M. Humphreys

Published: 2016

Published in: Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Publication type: Paper in proceedings
Ortho-to-para ratio of NH2. Herschel-HIFI observations of ortho- and para-NH2 rotational transitions towards W31C, W49N, W51 and G34.3+0.1

Author: Carina Persson; Henrik Olofsson; R. Le Gal; Eva Wirström; G.E. Hassel; E. Herbst; Michael Olberg; A. Faure; P. Hily-Blant; John H Black; M. Gerin; D. Lis; F. Wyrowski

Published: 2016

Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Publication type: Journal article
Detection of HF Toward PKS 1830-211, Search for Interstellar H2F+, and Laboratory Study of H2F+ and H2Cl+ Dissociative Recombination

Author: K. Kawaguchi; Sebastien Muller; John H Black; T. Amano; F. Matsushima; R. Fujimori; Y. Okabayahsi; H. Nagahiro; Y. Miyamoto; J. Tang

Published: 2016

Published in: Astrophysical Journal

Publication type: Journal article
Solar Science with the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array-A New View of Our Sun

Author: S. Wedemeyer; T. Bastian; R. Brajsa; H. Hudson; G. Fleishman; M. Loukitcheva; B. Fleck; E. P. Kontar; B. De Pontieu; P. Yagoubov; S. K. Tiwari; R. Soler; John H Black; P. Antolin; E. Scullion; S. Gunar; N. Labrosse; H. G. Ludwig; A. O. Benz; S. M. White; P. H. Hauschildt; J. G. Doyle; V. M. Nakariakov; T. Ayres; P. Heinzel; M. Karlicky; T. Van Doorsselaere; D. Gary; C. E. Alissandrakis; A. Nindos; S. K. Solanki; L. R. van der Voort; M. Shimojo; Y. Kato; T. Zaqarashvili; E. Perez; C. L. Selhorst; M. Barta

Published: 2016

Published in: Space Science Reviews

Publication type: Journal article
OH+ and H2O+ absorption toward PKS 1830-211

Author: Sebastien Muller; H. S. P. Müller; John H Black; A. Beelen; F. Combes; S.J. Curran; M. Gerin; M. Guélin; C. Henkel; S. Martín; Susanne Aalto; E. Falgarone; K. M. Menten; P. Schilke; Tommy Wiklind; M. A. Zwaan

Published: 2016

Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Publication type: Journal article
Detection of extragalactic CF+ toward PKS 1830-211 Chemical differentiation in the absorbing gas

Author: Sebastien Muller; K. Kawaguchi; John H Black; T. Amano

Published: 2016

Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Publication type: Journal article
Sulphur molecules in the circumstellar envelopes of M-type AGB stars

Author: Taissa Danilovich; Elvire De Beck; John H Black; Hans Olofsson; Kay Justtanont

Published: 2016

Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Publication type: Journal article
On the accretion process in a high-mass star forming region - A multitransitional THz Herschel-HIFI study of ammonia toward G34.26+0.15

Author: Mitra Hajigholi; Carina Persson; Eva Wirström; John H Black; Per Bergman; Henrik Olofsson; Michael Olberg; F. Wyrowski; A. Coutens; Åke Hjalmarsson; K. Menten

Published: 2016

Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Publication type: Journal article
2015
ALMA observations of TiO2 around VY Canis Majoris

Author: Elvire De Beck; Wouter Vlemmings; Sebastien Muller; John H Black; Eamon O Gorman; A. M. S. Richards; A. Baudry; Matthias Maercker; L. Decin; E. M. Humphreys

Published: 2015

Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Publication type: Journal article
VELOCITY-RESOLVED [C II] EMISSION AND [C II]/FIR MAPPING ALONG ORION WITH HERSCHEL

Author: J.R. Goicoechea; D. Teyssier; M. Etxaluze; P.F. Goldsmith; V. Ossenkopf; M. Gerin; E.A. Bergin; John H Black; J. Cernicharo; S. Cuadrado; P. Encrenaz; E. Falgarone; A. Fuente; A. Hacar; D. Lis; N. Marcelino; G.J. Melnick; H.S.P. Müller; Carina Persson; J. Pety; M. Röllig; P. Schilke; R. Simon; R.L. Snell; J. Stutzki

Published: 2015

Published in: Astrophysical Journal

Publication type: Journal article
Classifying the secondary component of the binary star W Aquilae

Author: Taissa Danilovich; G. Olofsson; John H Black; Kay Justtanont; Hans Olofsson

Published: 2015

Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Publication type: Journal article

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