| Refereed Publications |
1. Fruchter, A.S., Berman, G., Bower, G., Convery, M., Goss,
W.M., Hankins, T.H., Klein, J.R., Nice, D.J., Ryba, M.F., Stinebring,
D.R., Taylor, J.H., Thorsett, S.E. & Weisberg, J.M., 1990, ``The
eclipsing millisecond pulsar PSR 1957+20,'' ApJ, 351, 642 2. Rogers, A.E.E., Doeleman, S., Wright, M.C.H., Bower, G.C.,
Backer, D.C., Padin, S., Phillips, J.A., Emerson, D.T., Greenhill, L.,
Moran, J.M. & Kellerman, K.I., 1994, ``Small-Scale Structure and
Position of Sagittarius A* From VLBI At 3 Millimeter Wavelength,''
ApJ, 434, L59 3. Filippenko, A.V., Barth, A.J., Bower, G.C., Ho, L.C.,
Stringfellow, G.S., Goodrich, R.W. & Porter, A.C., 1995, ``Was
Fritz Zwicky's `Type V' SN 1961V A Genuine Supernova?'' AJ, 110,
2261 4. Bower, G.C., Backer, D.C., Plambeck, D., Wright, M., 1997,
``Removal
of Tropospheric Path Length Variations in Very Long Baseline
Interferometry with Measurement of Tropospheric Emission,'' J.
Geophys. Res., 102, 16773 5. Bower, G.C., Backer, D.C., Wright, M., Forster, J.R.,
Aller,
H.D. & Aller, M.F., 1997, ``A Dramatic Millimeter Wavelength
Flare in the Gamma Ray Blazar NRAO 530,'' ApJ, 484, 118 6. Bower, G.C. & Backer, D.C., 1998, ``7 mm VLBA
Observations of Sgr A*,'' ApJL, 496, 97 7. Bower, G.C. & Backer, D.C., 1998, ``Space VLBI
Observations Show T_b > 10^12K in the Quasar NRAO 530,'' ApJL,
507, 117 8. Falcke, H., Bower, G.C., Lobanov, A.P., Krichbaum, T.,
Patnaik, A.R., Aller, M.F., Aller, H.D., Tera"sranta, Wright, M.C.H.
& Sandell, G., 1999, ``A Major Radio Outburst in III Zw 2 with
an Extremely Inverted, Millimeter-peaked Spectrum,'' ApJL, 514, L17
9. Bower, G.C., Backer, D.C., Zhao, J.-H., Goss, M.
&
Falcke, H., 1999, ``The Linear Polarization of Sagittarius A* I. VLA
Spectro-polarimetry at 4.8 and 8.4 GHz,'' ApJ, 521, 582 10. Bower, G.C., Falcke, H. & Backer, D.C., 1999, ``Detection
of Circular Polarization in the Galactic Center Black Hole Candidate
Sagittarius A*,'' ApJL, 523, L29 11. Bower, G.C., Wright, M.C.H., Backer, D.C. & Falcke,
H.,
1999, ``The Linear Polarization of Sagittarius A* II. VLA and BIMA
Polarimetry at 22, 43 and 86 GHz,'' ApJ, 527, 851 12. Brunthaler, A., Falcke, H., Bower, G.C., Aller, M.F.,
Aller,
H.D., Terasranta, H., Lobanov, A.P., Krichbaum, T.P., & Patnaik,
A.R., 2000, ``III Zw 2, the first superluminal jet in a Seyfert
galaxy'', A&A, 357, L45 13. Zhao, J.-H., Bower, G.C. & Goss, W.M., 2001, ``Radio
Variability of Sagittarius A* -- a 106 Day Cycle,'' ApJL, 547, 29 14. S. S. Doeleman, Z.-Q. Shen, A. E. E. Rogers, G. C. Bower,
M.
C. H. Wright, J. H. Zhao, D. C. Backer, J. W. Crowley, R. W. Freund, P.
T. P. Ho, K. Y. Lo, and D. P. Woody, 2001, ``Structure of
Sagittarius A* at 86 GHz using VLBI Closure Quantities,'' AJ 121,
2610 15. Bower, G.C., Backer, D.C. & Sramek, R.A., 2001, ``VLBA
Observations of Astrometric Reference Sources in the Galactic Center,''
ApJ, 558, 127 16. Bower, G.C., Wright, M.C.H., Falcke, H. & Backer,
D.C.,
2001, ``BIMA Observations of Linear Polarization in Sagittarius A*
at 112 GHz,'' ApJL 555, L103 17. Brunthaler, A., Bower, G.C., Falcke, H. and Mellon,
R.R., 2001,``Detection of Circular Polarization in M81*,''
ApJL 560, L123 18. Bower, G.C., Falcke, H., Sault, R.J. and Backer, D.C.,
2002,``The
Spectrum and Variability of Circular Polarization in Sagittarius A*
from 1.4 to 15 GHz,'' ApJ, 571, 843 19. Bower, G.C., Falcke, H. and Mellon, R.R., 2002,``A
Radio
Survey for Linear and Circular Polarization in Low Luminosity Active
Galactic Nuclei,''ApJL, 578, L103 20. Zhao, J.-H., Young, K.H., Herrnstein, R.M., Ho,
P.T.P.,
Tsutsumi, T., Lo, K.Y., Goss, W.M. & Bower, G.C., 2003, ``Variability
of Sagittarius A* --- Flares at 1 Millimeter,'' ApJL, 586, L29 21. Bower, G.C., Wright, M.C.H., Falcke, H. and Backer, D.C.,
2003,``Interferometric Detection of Linear Polarization in
Sagittarius A* at 230 GHz,'' ApJ, 588, 331 22. Bower, G.C., Plambeck, R.L., Bolatto, A., McCrady, N.,
Graham, J.R., de
Pater, I., Liu, M.C. & Baganoff, F.K., 2003, ``A Giant Outburst
at Millimeter Wavelengths in the Orion Nebula,'' ApJ, 598, 1140 23. Zhao, J.-H., Herrnstein, R.M., Bower, G.C., Goss, W.M.,
& Liu, S.M., 2004, ``
A Radio Outburst Coincident with the Large
X-Ray Flare from Sagittarius A* on 2002-10-23,'' ApJL, 603, 85 24. Bower, G.C., Falcke, H., Herrnstein, R.M., Zhao, J.-H.,
Goss, W.M.,
& Backer, D.C., 2004, ``Detection of the Intrinsic Size of
Sagittarius A* through Closure Amplitude Imaging ,'' Science, 304,
704 25. Herrnstein, R.M., Zhao, J.-H., Bower, G.C., & Goss,
W.M., 2004, ``
The Variability of Sagittarius A* at
Centimeter Wavelengths,'' 26. Curran, S.J., Murphy, M.T., Pihlstrom, Y.M., Webb, J.K.,
Bolatto, A.D. & Bower, G.C.,
2004, ``Molecular Fraction Limits in Damped Lyman-alpha Absorption
Systems ,'' MNRAS, 352, 563 27. Haiman, Z., Quataert, E., & Bower, G.C., 2004, ``Modeling
the
Counts of Faint Radio Loud Quasars: Constraints on the Supermassive
Black Hole Population and Predictions for High Redshift'', ApJ,
612, 698 28. Eckart, A., Baganoff, F.K., Morris, M., Bautz, M.W.,
Brandt, W.N., Garmire, G.P., Genzel, R., Ott, T., Ricker, G.R.,
Straubmeier, C., Viehmann, T., Schödel, R., Bower, G.C. &
Goldston, J.E., 2004, ``First Simultaneous NIR/X-ray Detection of a
Flare from SgrA*,'' A&A, 427, 1 29. Darling, J., Giovanelli, R., Haynes, M., Bolatto, A.,
Bower, G.C., 2004, ``Detection of 21 cm HI Absortion at Z=0.78 in a
Survey of Radio
Continuum Sources,'' ApJL, 613, L101 30. Bower, G.C., Falcke, H., Wright, M.C.H., and Backer,
D.C.,
2005,``Variable Linear Polarization from Sagittarius A*: Evidence
for
a Hot Turbulent Accretion Flow'' ApJL, 618, L29 31. Bower, G.C., 2005, ``Radio Frequency Interference
Mitigation for Detection of Extended Sources with an Interferometer,''
Radio Science, 40, RS5S07 32. Brunthaler, A., Falcke, H., Bower, G.C., Aller, M.F.,
Aller, H.D. & Terasranta, H., 2005, ``The Extreme Flare in III
Zw 2: Evolution of a Radio Jet in a Seyfert Galaxy,'' A&A, 435,
497 33. Bower, G.C., Roberts, D.A., Yusef-Zadeh, F., Backer,
D.C., Cotton, W.D., Goss, W.M., Lang, C.C., Lithwick, Y.,
2005, ``A Radio Transient 0.1 pc from Sagittarius A*,'' ApJ,
633, 218 34. Muno, M.P., Bower, G.C., Burgasser, A., Baganoff, F.K.,
Morriss, M.R., & Brandt, W.N.,
2006, ``Isolated, Massive Supergiants near the Galactic Center,''
ApJ, 638, 183 35. Macquart, J.-P. & Bower, G.C., 2006, ``Understanding
the Radio Variability of Sgr A*,''
ApJ, 641, 302 36. Yusef-Zadeh, F., Dowell, C.D., Wardle, M., Roberts, D.,
Heinke, C., Bower, G.C., Vila Vilaro, B., Shapiro, S., Goldwurm, A.,
& Belanger, G., 2006,
`` A Multi-Wavelength Study of Sgr A*: The Role of Near-IR Flares in
Production of X-ray, Soft $\gamma$-ray and Sub-millimeter Emission,''
ApJ, 644, 198 37. Eckart, A., Baganoff, F.K., Sch\"odel, R., Morris, M.,
Genzel, R., Bower, G.C., Marrone, D., Moran, J.M., Viehman, T., Bautz,
M.W., Brandt, W.N., Garmire, G.P., Ott, T., Trippe, S., Ricker, G.R.,
Straubmeier, C., Roberts, D.A., Yusef-Zadeh, F., Zhao, J.-H., &
Rao, R.,
2006, ``The Flare Activity of Sagittarius A*: New coordinated mm to
X-ray Observations,''
A&A, 450, 535 38. Brunthaler, A., Bower, G.C., & Falcke, H., 2006, ``Radio
Linear and
Circular Polarization from M81*,'' A&A, 451, 845 39. Macquart, J.-P., Bower, G.C., Wright, M.C.H., Backer,
D.C.,
& Falcke, H.,
2006, ``The Rotation Measure and 3.5 mm Polarization of Sgr A*,''
ApJL, 646. 111 40. Yusef-Zadeh, F., Roberts, D., Wardle, M., Heinke, C.,
& Bower, G.C.,
2006, ``Flaring Activity of Sgr A* at 43 and 22 GHz: Evidence for
Expanding Hot Plasma,'' ApJ, 650, 189 41. Bower, G.C., Goss, W.M., Falcke, H., Backer, D.C.,
& Lithwick, Y.,
2006, ``The Intrinsic Size of Sagittarius A* from 0.35 cm to 6 cm,''
ApJL, 648, 127 42. Saul, D. & Bower, G.C., 2006, ``Looking for the Elusive: Mining the VLA Archives for Radio Transients,'' Am.J.Undergrad.Res., 5, 13 43. Schodel, R., Eckart, A., Muzic, K., Meyer, L, Viehmann,
T., & Bower, G.C., 2007, ``Evidence for detectability of
Sagittarius A* at 8.6 um,'' A&A, 461, L1 44. Bower, G.C., Saul, D., Bloom, J.S., Bolatto, A.,
Filippenko, A.V., Foley, R.J., Perley, D., 2007, ``SubmilliJanksy Transients in Archival Radio
Observations,'' ApJ, 666, 346 45. Markoff, S, Bower, G.C., & Falcke, H., 2007, ``How
to hide large scale outflows: size constraints on the jets of Sgr A*,''
MNRAS, 379, 1519 46. Sandstrom, K.M.,Peek, J.E.G., Bower, G.C., Bolatto,
A., & Plambeck, R.L., 2007, ``A
Parallactic Distance of 389 +24 -21 parsecs to the Orion Nebula Cluster
from Very Long Baseline Array Observations,'' ApJ, 667, 1169 47. Markoff, S., Nowak, M., Young, A., Marshall, H.L., Canizares, C.R., Peck, A., Krips, M., Petipas, G., Schodel, R., Bower, G.C., Chandra, P., Ray, A., Muno, M., Gallagher, S., Hornstein, S., Cheung, C.C., 2008, ``Results from an extensive simultaneous broadband campaign on the underluminous active nucleus M81*: further evidence for mass-scaling accretion in black holes,'' ApJ, in press 48. Marrone, D.P., Baganoff, F. K. , Morris, M., Moran,
J. M., Ghez, A. M., Hornstein, S.
D. , Dowell, C. D., Munoz, D. J., Bautz, M. W., Ricker, G. R., Brandt,
W.
N., Garmire, G. P., Lu, J. R., Matthews, K., Zhao, J. -H., Rao,
R.,
and Bower, G. C., 2008, ``An X-Ray,
IR, and Submillimeter Flare of Sagittarius A*,'' ApJ, in press |
| Thesis |
The abstract, acknowledgements and table of contents for my thesis are available in postscript form. A compressed postscript copy of my thesis is also available: "High Frequency Very Long Baseline Interferometry Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei. |
| Conference Proceedings,
Memos and Presentations |
1. Stinebring, D.R., Bower, G., Fruchter, A.S., Klein, J.R., Ryba, M., Taylor, J.H., Thorsett, S.E. & Weisberg, J.M., 1989, ``Eclipse Duration and Posteclipse Delay in PSR 1957+20,'' in Annals of the NY Academy of Sciences, 571, Fenyves, E.J., ed., 414 2. Bower, G.C., Filippenko, A.V., Ho, L.C., Stringfellow,
G.S.,
Goodrich, R.W. & Porter, A.C., 1993, ``Was SN 1961V a Genuine
Supernova?'' BAAS, 25, 819 3. Bower, G.C. & Heiles, C. 1995, ``The Hat Creek 3 mm
Point Source Survey,'' BAAS, 27, 832 4. Bower, G.C., Forster, J.R., Wright , M. & Backer, D., 1995, ``NRAO 530,'' IAUC, 6173, 1 5. Bower, G.C., Backer, D., Forster, R. & Wright, M., 1995, ``A Dramatic (& Invisible!) Flare in NRAO 530,'' Proceedings of IAU 175 6. Doeleman, S., Rogers, A.E.E., Bower, G.C., Wright, M.C.H
&
Backer, D.C., 1996, ``3mm-VLBI Observations of the Galactic Center,''
BAAS, 187, #12.14 7. Bower, G.C., Backer, D., Forster, R. & Wright, M., 1996, ``A Dramatic Flare in NRAO 530,'' BAAS, 187, #12.15 8. Bower, G.C., Backer, D.C., D. Plambeck, M. Wright, 1997, ``3
mm VLBI at Hat Creek - 1995 - 1997,'' BIMA Memos # 52 9. Wright, M.C.H. and Bower, G.C., 1997, ``Future mm-VLBI
Arrays,'' BIMA Memos # 55 10. Bower, G.C., 1997 ``Millimeter VLBI Observations of
the
Gamma-Ray Blazar NRAO 530,'' in ``Radio Emission from Galactic and
Extragalactic Compact Sources'', J.A. Zensus, Taylor, G.B. &
Wrobel, J.M. eds., ASP Conf 144, 41 11. Doeleman, S., Bower, G.C., Backer, D., Wright, M., Rogers, A., 1998, ``86 GHz VLBI Observations of Sgr A*,'' in "The Central Parsecs of the Galaxy", eds. H. Falcke, A. Cotera, W. Duschl, F. Melia, M. Rieke, ASP Conf. Series 12. Bower, G.C., Falcke, H., Backer, D. & Wright, M.,
1998, ``VLBA
Imaging at 7 mm and Linear Polarimetric Observations at 6 cm and
3 mm of Sagittarius A*,'' in "The Central Parsecs of the
Galaxy", eds. H. Falcke, A. Cotera, W. Duschl, F. Melia, M. Rieke, ASP
Conf. Series 13. Bower, G.C., 1999, ``The millimeter VLBI Properties of
EGRET Blazars,'' in ``Proceedings of the Millimeter VLBI
Workshop,'' ed. A. Greve, IRAM 14. Bower, G.C., 1999, ``New Radio and Millimeter Results from Sagittarius A*,'' URSI General Assembly, J6.3 15. Bower, G.C., Falcke, H., & Backer, D.C., 2000, ``Circular
Polarization in Sagittarius A*,'' BAAS 195, #62.03 16. Bower, G.C., 2000, ``Polarization in Sagittarius A*,''
Invited Article, GC News, 11, 4 17. Bower, G.C. 2000, ``Confusion, Dynamic Range and Array
Size
for the ATA,'' ATA Memos #6 18. Bower, G.C., 2001, ``RFI Mitigation with the RPA,''
Proceedings of the IUCAF RFI Mitigation Workshop, Bonn, Ruf, K., ed. 19. Yusef-Zadeh, F., Roberts, D.A., Bower, G.C. & Wardle,
M.,
2001, ``Supernova OH (1720 MHz) Masers in Sgr A East, W28 and
G359.1-0.5,'' in IAU Symp. 206 on Cosmic Masers, PASP Conf., V.
Migenes, ed. 20. Bower, G.C., Backer, D.C. & Sramek, R.A., 2001, ``VLBA Observations of Astrometric Reference Sources in the Galactic Center,'' BAAS, 33, #41.03 21. Bower, G.C., 2001, ``Application of Wiener and
Adaptive
Filters to GPS and Glonass Data from the Rapid Prototyping Array,''
ATA memos #31 22. Bower, G.C., 2001, ``Simulations of Narrow-Band
Phased-Array Null Formation for the ATA,'' ATA memo series #37 23. Mitchell, D. & Bower, G.C., 2001, ``Cancelling
Satellite Interference at the Rapid Prototyping Array. A
Comparison of Voltage and Power Domain Techniques,'' ATA memo
series #36 24. Bower, G.C., McGary, R.S., Zhao, J.-H., Goss, W.M., 2001, ``The Intrinsic Variability of Sgr A* at Radio Wavelengths,'' BAAS, 199, #85.08 Poster in PDF 25. Bower, G.C., 2002, ``Circular Polarization of Sagittarius A* and Other Active Galactic Nuclei ,'' URSI, Boulder 26. Bower, G.C., 2002, ``A Radio Frequency Interference Mitigation Strategy for the Allen Telescope Array,'' URSI, Boulder 27. Bower, G.C., 2002, ``A Radio Frequency Interference
Mitigation Strategy for the Allen Telescope Array,'' URSI General
Assembly, Maastricht, 28. Bower, G.C., 2002, ``A Radio Frequency Interference
Mitigation Strategy for the Allen Telescope Array,'' Greenbank
Spectrum Management Summer School 29. Bower, G.C., Wright, M.C.H. & Forster, J.R., 2002, ``Polarization Stability of the BIMA Array at 1.3mm,'' BIMA Memos #89 30. Bower, G.C., 2002, ``Interference from Vehicular Radar and CARMA Site Selection,'' CARMA Memos #6 31. Ekers, R. & Bower, G.C., 2002, ``Wide Field Imaging Issues for the ATA,'' ATA Memos #47 32. Bower, G.C., 2002, ``The Allen Telescope Array and the Next Generation of Radio Telescopes,'' Sonoma State Physics Colloquium 33. Bower, G.C., Plambeck, R. and Bolatto, A., 2003, ``Flaring Object in Orion Cluster,'' IAU Circ. 8055 34. Brunthaler, A., Falcke, H., Bower, G. C., Aller, M. F., Aller, H. D., Teräsranta, H., & Krichbaum, T. P., 2003, ``III Zw 2: Evolution of a Radio Galaxy in a Nutshell,'' PASA, 20, 1, 126 PASA link 35. Bower, G.C., 2003, ``Linear and Circular Polarization
from
Sagittarius A* and M81*,'' in Circular Polarization from
Relativistic
Jet Sources, J.-P. Macquart and R.P. Fender, eds., 69 36. Bower, G.C., 2003, ``Linear and Circular Polarization
from
Sagittarius A*,'' Galactic Center Workshop, Astron. Nachr., Vol.
324, No. S1 (2003), Special Supplement "The central 300 parsecs of the
Milky Way", Eds. A. Cotera, H. Falcke, T. R. Geballe, S. Markoff 37. Bower, G.C., 2003, ``Closure Amplitude Analysis of 15,
22
and 43 GHz V LBA Observations of Sagittarius A*: Size is Consistent
with the Scattering Law,'' Galactic Center Workshop, Astron.
Nachr., Vol. 324, No. S1 (2003), Special Supplement "The central 300
parsecs of the Milky Way", Eds. A. Cotera, H. Falcke, T. R. Geballe, S.
Markoff 38. Bower, G.C., 2004, ``Imaging the Event Horizon of a Massive Black Hole: Past, Present and Future Very Long Baseline Interferometry of Sagittarius A*,'' Invited Lecture, VLBA 10th Anniversary Conference preprint 39. Bower, G.C., 2004, ``VLBA Imaging of Sagittarius A*,''
Invited Talk, Sagittarius A* at 30 Conference, Greenbank 40. Bower, G.C., 2004, ``Polarization of Sagittarius A*,''
Invited Talk, Sagittarius A* at 30 Conference, Greenbank 41. Bower, G.C., 2004, ``High Redshift Science with the
Allen
Telescope Array,'' Cosmic Frontiers Meeting, Berlin 42. Bower, G.C., 2004, ``RFI Mitigation for the Deuterium Experiment,'' RFI 2004 Meeting, Penticton 43. Bower, G.C., 2004, ``Blind Surveys for Transient Radio Sources,'' SKA 2004 Meeting, Penticton 44. Bower, G.C., 2006, ``High Frequency Radio Transients,'' Transient Universe, KITP, Santa Barbara 45. Bower, G.C., 2006, ``The Allen Telescope Array Five
GHz Sky
Survey,'' NRAO Legacy Project Workshop, Socorro, NM 46. Bower, G.C., 2006,
``High Resolution Imaging of Sagittarius A*,''
Galactic Center Workshop 2006, Bad Honeff, Journal of
Physics: Conf Series, 54, 370 47. Lazio, J.S., et al., 2006, ``Radio
pulsars and transients in the Galactic center,'' Galactic
Center Workshop 2006, Bad Honeff, Journal of Physics: Conf
Series, 54, 110 48. Eckart, A., et al., 2006, ``Multi-wavelength
and polarimetric observations of Sagittarius A*,'' Galactic
Center Workshop 2006, Bad Honeff, Journal of Physics: Conf
Series, 54, 391 Journal of Physics 50. Bower, G.C., Bolatto, A.B., Ford, E., Kalas, P., Ulvestad, J., ``Radio Astrometric Detection and Characterization of Extra-Solar Planets: A White Paper Submitted to the NSF ExoPlanet Task Force,'' 2007 astro-ph 51. R. Forster, M. Wright, J. Hare, J. S. Bloom, G. C. Bower on behalf of a large collaboration, `GRB 070612A: Allen Telescope Array Observations,'' GCN 6583, 2007 GCN 52. Bower, G.C., ``Extragalactic Science with the Allen Telescope Array,'' Exploring the Cosmic Frontier: Astrophysical Instruments for the 21st Century. ESO Astrophysics Symposia, European Southern Observatory series. Edited by Andrei P. Lobanov, J. Anton Zensus, Catherine Cesarsky and Phillip J. Diamond. Springer-Verlag, Berlin and Heidelberg, Germany, 2007, p.129 Link 53. Bower, G.C., ``The Allen Telescope Array,'' 2007, BAAS, #210, #66.03 54. Bower, G.C., ``The Allen Telescope Array as Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder,'' 2007, BAAS, #211, #133.06 55. Croft, S, Bower, G.C., ``Wide-Field Extragalactic Radio Astronomy with the Allen Telescope Array,'' 2007, BAAS, #211, #133.07 56. Bower, G.C., ``Mining for the Ephemeral,'' 2007, Science, 318, 5851, 759 57. Keating, G., Bower, G.C., Forster, R., and Bloom, J.S., for the ATA collaboration, ``GRB 080319B: Allen Telescope Array Observations,'' GCN 7485, 2008 |
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