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:

Publication type: Journal article
Latest publications

2018
The ALMA view of UV-irradiated cloud edges: unexpected structures and processes

Author: J. Pety; S. Cuadrado; A. Aguado; 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:

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
SSALMON - The Solar Simulations for the Atacama Large Millimeter Observatory Network

Author: S. Wedemeyer; T. Bastian; R. Brajsa; M. Barta; H. Hudson; G. Fleishman; M. Loukitcheva; B. Fleck; E. P. Kontar; B. De Pontieu; S. Tiwari; Y. Kato; R. Soler; P. Yagoubov; John H Black; P. Antolin; S. Gunar; N. Labrosse; A.O. Benz; A. Nindos; M. Steffen; E. Scullion; J. G. Doyle; T. Zaqarashvili; A. Hanslmeier; V. M. Nakariakov; P. Heinzel; T. Ayres; M. Karlicky

Published: 2015

Published in: Advances in Space Research

Publication type: Journal article
Detection of extragalactic argonium, ArH+, toward PKS 1830-211

Author: Holger Muller; Sebastien Muller; P. Schilke; E. A. Bergin; John H Black; M. Gerin; D. Lis; D. A. Neufeld; Sümeyye Suri

Published: 2015

Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Publication type: Journal article
ALMA observations of α Centauri. First detection of main-sequence stars at 3 mm wavelength

Author: René Liseau; Wouter Vlemmings; A. Bayo; E. Bertone; John H Black; C. del Burgo; M. Chavez; W. Danchi; V. De la Luz; C. Eiroa; S. Ertel; Malcolm Fridlund; Kay Justtanont; A. Krivov; J. P. Marshall; A. Mora; B. Montesinos; Lars-Åke Nyman; G. Olofsson; J. Sanz-Forcada; P. Thébault; G. J. White

Published: 2015

Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Publication type: Journal article
HERSCHEL OBSERVATIONS of INTERSTELLAR CHLORONIUM. II. DETECTIONS TOWARD G29.96-0.02, W49N, W51, and W3(OH), and DETERMINATIONS of the ORTHO-TO-PARA and 35Cl/37Cl ISOTOPIC RATIOS

Author: D.A. Neufeld; John H Black; M. Gerin; J.R. Goicoechea; P.F. Goldsmith; C. Gry; H. Gupta; E. Herbst; N. Indriolo; D. Lis; K.M. Menten; Raquel Rodriguez-Monje; B. Mookerjea; Carina Persson; P. Schilke; P. Sonnentrucker; M.G. Wolfire

Published: 2015

Published in: Astrophysical Journal

Publication type: Journal article
Distribution of alkali gases in Io's atmosphere

Author: Arielle Moullet; Emmanuel Lellouch; Mark Gurwell; Raphael Moreno; John H Black; Bryan Butler

Published: 2015

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Publication type: Conference contribution
The nine lives of cosmic rays in galaxies

Author: I.A. Grenier; John H Black; A.W. Strong

Published: 2015

Published in: Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Publication type: Journal article
Herschel Survey of Galactic OH+, H2O+, and H3O+: Probing the Molecular Hydrogen Fraction and Cosmic-Ray Ionization Rate

Author: N. Indriolo; D.A. Neufeld; M. Gerin; P. Schilke; A.O. Benz; B. Winkel; K.M. Menten; E.T. Chambers; John H Black; S. Bruderer; E. Falgarone; B. Godard; J. R. Goicoechea; H. Gupta; D. C. Lis; V. Ossenkopf; Carina Persson; P. Sonnentrucker; F. F. S. van der Tak; E. F. van Dishoeck; M. Wolfire; F. Wyrowski

Published: 2015

Published in: Astrophysical Journal

Publication type: Journal article
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
Investigating the nature of the Fried Egg nebula: CO mm-line and optical spectroscopy of IRAS 17163–3907

Author: Sofia Wallström; Sebastien Muller; E. Lagadec; John H Black; R. D. Oudmaijer; Kay Justtanont; H. van Winckel; A. Zijlstra

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

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John H Black

Major publications

Latest publications

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