Selected Recent Publications of Varsha P. Kulkarni
(Journal Abbreviations: ApJ: Astrophysical Journal; AJ: Astronomical Journal; A&A: Astronomy & Astrophysics; MNRAS: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)
Kulkarni, V. P. & Fall, S. M. 1993, `The Proximity Effect and the Mean Intensity of Ionizing Radiation at Low Redshifts', ApJ Letters, 413, L63
Kulkarni, V. P. & York, D. G. 1993, `Pruning the Ly-alpha Forest of Q1331+170' in The Evolution of Galaxies and their Environment, eds. D. Hollenbach, H. Thronson & J. M. Shull, (NASA), 141
Welty, D. E., Hobbs, L. M., & Kulkarni, V. P. 1994, `A High-Resolution Survey of Interstellar Na I D1 Lines', ApJ, 436, 152
Kulkarni, V. P. & Fall, S. M. 1995, `Implications of Nonthermal Motions for Statistics of Lyman-alpha Forest Clouds', ApJ, 453, 65
Green, R. F., York, D., Huang, K., Bechtold, J., Welty, D., Carlson, M., Khare, P., & Kulkarni, V. 1995, `Abundances and Ionization in Multiple-component Absorbers', in QSO Absorption Lines, ed. G. Meylan, (Springer-Verlag), 85
Kulkarni, V. P., Huang, K., Green, R. F., Bechtold, J., Welty, D. E., & York, D. G. 1996, `Pruning the Ly-alpha Forest of Q1331+170', MNRAS, 279, 197
Kulkarni, V. P., Fall, S. M., & Truran, J. W. 1997, `Abundance Patterns of Heavy Elements in Damped Lyman-alpha Galaxies', ApJ Letters, 484, L7
Kulkarni, V. P., Calzetti, D., et al. 1998, `Unveiling the Hidden Nucleus of IC5063 with NICMOS', ApJ Letters, 492, L121
Storrie-Lombardi, L. J., Weymann, R. J., McLeod, K. K., Rieke, G. H., Hill, J. M., & Kulkarni, V. 1998, `NICMOS Imaging of QSO Host Galaxies at 0.1 < z < 4.4', in NICMOS and the VLT, eds. W. Freudling and R. Hook, (ESO), 207
Kulkarni, V. P., Bechtold, J., & Ge, J. 1999a, `Element Abundances in Damped Lyman-alpha Galaxies', in Chemical Evolution from Zero to High Redshift, eds. M. Rosa and J. Walsh, (Springer-Verlag), 275
Kulkarni, V. P., Hill, J. M., Weymann, R. J., Storrie-Lombardi, L. J., Rieke, M. J., Schneider, G., Thompson, R. I., & Jannuzi, B. 1999b, `Search for a High-redshift Damped Lyman-alpha Absorber with NICMOS', in Chemical Evolution from Zero to High Redshift, eds. M. Rosa and J. Walsh, (Springer-Verlag), 262
Quillen, A. C., Alonso-Herroro, A., Rieke, G. H., Rieke, M. J., Kulesa, C., & Kulkarni, V. P. 1999, `NICMOS Imaging of Molecular Hydgroen Emission in Seyfert Galaxies', ApJ, 527, 696
Kulkarni, V. P., Hill, J. M., Schneider, G., Weymann, R. J., Storrie-Lombardi, L. J., Rieke, M. J., Thompson, R. I., & Jannuzi, B. 1999c, `NICMOS Imaging of Damped Lyman-alpha Absorbers at z=2', in `The Hy-Redshift Universe: Galaxy Formation and Evolution at High Redshift', Proc. Hy-fest Meeting, Berkeley, (ASP Conf. Series), 603
Kulkarni, V. P., Hill, J. M., Schneider, G., Weymann, R. J., Storrie-Lombardi, L. J., Rieke, M. J., Thompson, R. I., & Jannuzi, B. 2000, `NICMOS Imaging of the z=1.89 damped Lyman-alpha absorber toward LBQS1210+1731: Constraints on Sizes and Star Formation Rates', ApJ, 536, 36
Scott, J., Bechtold J., Dobrzycki, A., & Kulkarni, V. P. 2000, `A Uniform Analysis of the Ly-alpha Forest at z=0-5: III. Measuring the Mean Intensity of the Extragalactic Ionizing Background using the Proximity Effect', ApJ Supplement Series, 130, 67
Kulkarni, V. P., Hill, J. M., Schneider, G., Weymann, R. J., Storrie-Lombardi, L. J., Rieke, M. J., Thompson, R. I., & Jannuzi, B. 2001,`A Search for the Damped Ly-alpha absorber at z=1.86 toward QSO 1244+3443 with NICMOS', ApJ, 551, 37
Ge, J., Bechtold, J., & Kulkarni, V. P. 2001, `H2, C I, Metallicity and Dust Depletion in the z = 2.34 Damped Ly-alpha Absorption System toward QSO 1232+0815', ApJ Letters, 547, L1
Scott, J., Bechtold J., Morita, M., Dobrzycki, A., & Kulkarni, V. P. 2002, `A Uniform Analysis of the Ly-a Forest at z=0-5: V. The Extragalactic Ionizing Background at Low Redshift', ApJ, 571, 665
Kulkarni, V. P., & Fall, S. M. 2002, `Metallicity Evolution of Damped Lyman-alpha Galaxies', ApJ, 580, 732
Scott, J., Bechtold, J., Morita, M., Dobrzycki, A., & Kulkarni, V. P. 2002, `The Extragalactic Ionizing Background at Low Redshift', in `Extragalactic Gas at Low Redshfit', Editors J. S. Mulchaey and J. T. Stocke, (Astronomical Society of the Pacific), 254, 375
Kulkarni, V. P. 2003, `Evolution of Stars and Metals in Damped Lyman-alpha Galaxies', invited review article, Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India, 31, 201
Kulkarni, V. P. 2003, `Evolution of Metals and Stars in Damped Lyman-alpha Galaxies', invited review article, Highlights of Astronomy, vol. 13, Editors P.E. Nissen and M. Pettini, (International Astronomical Union / Astronomical Society of the Pacific)
Khare, P., Kulkarni, V. P., Lauroesch, J. T., York, D. G., Crotts, A. P. S., & Nakamura, O. 2004, `Metals and Dust in Intermediate-redshift Damped Lyman-alpha Galaxies', ApJ, 616, 86
Kulkarni, V. P., Fall, S. M., Lauroesch, J. T., York, D. G., Welty, D. E., Khare, P., & Truran, J. W. 2005, `Hubble Space Telescope Observations of Element Abundances in Low-redshift Damped Lyman- alpha Galaxies and Implications for the Global Metallicity-redshift Relation', ApJ, 618, 68
Khare, P., Kulkarni, V. P., Lauroesch, J. T., Fall, S. M., York, D. G., Welty, D. E., Crotts, A. P. S., Truran, J. W., & Nakamura, O. 2005, `Evolution of Metals and Dust in the Universe', Bulletin of Astronomical Society of India, 33, 219
Kulkarni, V. P., York, D. G., Lauoresch, J. T., Fall, S. M., Khare, P., Woodgate, B., Palunas, P., Meiring, J., Thatte, D. G., Welty, D. E., & Truran, J. W. 2005, 'The Evolution of Damped Lyman-alpha Absorbers: Metallicities and Star Formation Rates', in 'Probing Galaxies through Quasar Absorption Lines', Proceedings IAU Colloquium 199, 2005, Eds. P. R. Williams, C. Shu, and B. Menard, 307
Khare, P., York, D. G., Vanden Berk, D., Kulkarni, V. P., et al. 2005, 'Evidence for the presence of dust in intervening QSO absorbers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey', in 'Probing Galaxies through Quasar Absorption Lines', Proceedings IAU Colloquium 199, 2005, Eds. P. R. Williams, C. Shu, and B. Menard, 427
Kulkarni, V. P., Woodgate, B. E., York, D. G., Thatte, D. G., Meiring, J., Palunas, P., & Wassell, E. 2006, 'A Fabry-Perot Imaging Survey for Lyman-alpha Emission in Quasar Absorbers at z~2.4', ApJ, 636, 30
Chun, M. R., Gharanfoli, S., Kulkarni, V. P., & Takamiya, M. 2006, `Adaptive Optics Imaging of Low-redshift Quasar Absorbers with Gemini-North', AJ, 131, 686
Peroux, C., Kulkarni, V. P., Meiring, J., Ferlet, R., Khare, P., Lauroesch, J. T., Vladilo, G., & York, D. G.2006, 'The Most Metal-rich Intervening Quasar Absorber Known', A&A, 450, 53
York, D. G., Khare, P., Vanden Berk, D., Kulkarni, V. P., Crotts, A. P. S., Lauoresch, J. T., Richards, G. T., Schneider, D. P., Welty, D. E., Alsayyad, Y., Kumar, A., Lundgren, B., Shanidze, N., Vanlandigham, J., Baugher, B., Hall, P. B., Jenkins, E. B., Menard, B., Rao, S., Tumlinson, J., Turnshek, D., Yip, C.-W., & Brinkman, J. 2006, `Average Extinction Curves and Relative Abundances for QSO Absorption Line Systems at 1 <= z < 2', MNRAS, 367, 945
Vladilo, G., Centurion, M., Levshakov, S. A., Peroux, C., Khare, P., Kulkarni, V. P., & York, D. G. 2006 , `Extinction and metal column density of HI regions upto redshift z~2', A&A, 454, 151
Meiring, J. D., Kulkarni, V. P., Khare, P., Bechtold, J., York, D. G., Cui, J., Lauroesch, J. T., Crotts, A. P. S., & Nakamura, O. 2006 , `Elemental Abudance Measurements in Low-redshift Damped Lyman-alpha Absorbers', MNRAS, 370, 43
Peroux, C., Meiring, J., Kulkarni, V. P., Ferlet, R., Khare, P., Lauroesch, J. T., Vladilo, G., & York, D. G.2006, 'Metal-rich Damped/sub-damped Lyman-alpha Quasar Absorbers at z < 1', MNRAS, 372, 369
Gharanfoli, S., Kulkarni, V. P., Chun, M. R., & Takamiya, M. 2007, 'Emission-line Spectroscopy of a Damped Lyman-alpha Absorbing Galaxy at z=0.437', AJ, 133, 130
Khare, P., Kulkarni, V. P., Peroux, C., York, D. G., Lauroesch, J. T., & Meiring, J. D. 2007, 'The Nature of Damped and Sub-damped Lyman-alpha Absorbers', A&A, 464, 487
Meiring, J. D., Lauroesch, J. T., Kulkarni, V. P., Peroux, C., Khare, P., York, D. G., & Crotts, A. P. S. 2007 , `New Abudance Determinations in z < 1.5 QSO Absorbers: Seven Sub-DLAs and One DLA', MNRAS, 376, 557
Kulkarni, V. P. 2007, 'The Chemical Composition of Damped Lyman-alpha Galaxies', to appear in ``At the Edge of the Univese: Latest Results from the Deepest Astronomical Surveys", Ed. Jose Afonso, Henry Ferguson and Ray Norris, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, (in press)
Kulkarni, V. P., Khare, P., Peroux, C., York, D. G., Lauroesch, J. T., & Meiring, J. D. 2007, 'The Role of Sub-damped Lyman-alpha Absorbers in the Cosmic Evolution of Metals', ApJ, 661, 88
Kulkarni, V. P., York, D. G., Vladilo, G., & Welty, D. E. 2007, '9.7 micrometer silicate absorption in a Damped Lyman-alpha Absorber at z=0.52', ApJL, 663, L81
Meiring, J. D., Kulkarni, V . P., Lauroesch, J. T., Peroux, C., Khare, P., York, D. G., & Crotts, A. P. S. 2008 , `The Chemical Compositions of 10 new sub-DLA and strong Lyman-limit systems at z < 1.5', MNRAS, in press (astro-ph/0801.0166)
Vanden Berk, D., Khare, P., York, D. G., Richards, G. T., Lundgren, B., Alsayyad, Y., Kulkarni, V. P., Subbarao, M., Schneider, D. P., Heckman, T., Anderson, S., Crotts, A. P. S., Frieman, J. , Stoughton, C., Lauoresch, J. T., Hall, P. B., Meiksin, A., Steffing, M., Vanlandigham, J. 2008, `Average Properties of a Large Sample of z_{abs} ~ z_{em} Associated Mg II Absorption Line Systems', Astrophysical Journal, in press