January 2001
Richard E. White
Refereed Publications:
1. White, R. E. 1973, Ap. J., 183, 81-86, "Ca I Absorption and the Electron Densities in Interstellar Clouds."
2. ------. 1974, Ap. J., 187, 449-452, "Depletion of Interstellar Sodium and Calcium."
3. ------. 1974, Astr. Ap., 31, 459-460, "On Pottasch's Interpretation of the Interstellar Na I/Ca II Ratio."
4. White, R. E., Vaughan, A. H., Jr., Preston, G. W., and Swings, J.-P. 1976, Ap. J., 204, 131-140, "Isotopic Abundances of Mercury in Mercury Stars Inferred from Hg II 3984."
5. White, R. E. 1977, Ap. J., 211, 744-754, "Microturbulence, Systematic Motions and Line Formation in Molecular Clouds."
6. ------. 1978, A. J., 83, 1122-1138, "On the Detectability of Millimeter Wavelength Spectral Lines from Planetary Atmospheres."
7. White, R. E., Pyper, D. M., and Adelman, S. J. 1980, A. J., 85, 836-847, "Spectrophotometry of Peculiar B and A Stars. IV. The Secondary Standards and the Ap Stars HD 10783 and CU Virginis."
8. Adelman, S. J., Pyper, D. M., and White, R. E. 1980, Ap. J. Supp., 43, 491-499, "Spectrophotometry of B, A, and F Stars. II."
9. Adelman, S. J., and White, R. E. 1980, Astr. Ap. Supp., 42, 289-298, "Spectrophotometry of Peculiar B and A Stars. VI. HD 32633, HD 34452, and HD 133029."
10. Chaffee, F. H., Jr., and White, R. E. 1982, Ap. J. Supp., 50, 169-198, "A Survey of Interstellar Neutral Potassium. I. Abundances and Physical Conditions in Clouds Towards 188 Early Type-Stars."
11. White, R. E. 1983, Publ. A. S. P., 96, 488-493, "A Performance Comparison of Two CCDs for Echelle Spectroscopy."
12. ------. 1984, Ap. J., 284, 685-694, "Interstellar Matter Near the Pleiades. I. Optical Absorption Line Observations and Foreground Atomic Gas."
13. ------. 1984, Ap. J., 284, 695-704, "Interstellar Matter Near the Pleiades. II. CH+ Formation."
14. ------. 1986, Ap. J., 307, 777-786, "Interstellar Lithium: Differential Depletion in Diffuse Clouds."
15. ------. 1988, A. J., 96, 145-147, "Interstellar Matter Near the Pleiades. III. A Search for H II 2.4 um Vibration-Rotation Emission.”
16. Adelman, S. J., Pyper, D. M., Shore, S. N., White, R. E., and Warren, W. H., Jr. 1989, Astr. Ap. Supp., 81, 221-223, "A Catalog of Stellar Spectrophotometry."
17. White, R. E., and Bally, J. 1993, Ap. J., 409, 234-247 (+ 6 plates), "Interstellar Matter Near the Pleiades. IV. The Wake of the Pleiades Through the Interstellar Medium In Taurus."
18. White, R. E., Allen, C. L., Forrester, W. B., Gonnella, A. M., and Young, K. L. 2001, Ap. J., "Interstellar Matter Near the Pleiades. V. Observations of Na I Toward 36 Stars", 75 pp. manuscript, in press.
19. White, R. E., and Allen, C. L., 2001, Ap. J., "Interstellar Matter Near the Pleiades. VI. Kinematics of an Interstellar Three-Body Encounter," 54 pp. manuscript, submitted.
20. West, M. L., & White, R. E., 2001, Ap. J., "The Gould's Belt Cavity Delineated by Interstellar K I Absorption," 26 page manuscript, submitted.
Other Publications:
1. White, R. E., and Thaddeus, P. 1970, Bull. A. A. S., 2, 356, "The Transfer of Formaldehyde Microwave Line Radiation in an Interstellar Cloud," (Abstract of dissertation).
2. White, R. E., Preston, G. W., Vaughan, A. H., Jr., and Swings, J.-P., 1971, Publ. A. S. P., 83, 607, "The Relative Isotopic Abundances of Mercury in Mercury Stars," (Abstract).
3. White, R. E. 1972, Bull. A. A. S., 4, 327, "Photoelectric Observations of Interstellar Ca I," (Abstract).
4. ------. 1973, Bull. A. A. S., 5, 421-422, "The Formation of Millimeter Wavelength Spectral Lines," (Abstract).
5. ------. 1976, Bull. A. A. S., 8, 321-322, "Microturbulence, Systematic Motions and Line Formation in Molecular Clouds," (Abstract).
6. ------. 1978, Bull. A. A. S., 10, 465, "Optical Interstellar Lines in the Spectra of the Pleiades," (Abstract).
7. ------. 1981, Smith Alumnae Quarterly, 62, #3, 11-14, "MHO, IRET, ISL, MMT, CCD ... or An Astronomical Sabbatical."
8. Chaffee, F. H., Jr., and White, R. E. 1981, Bull. A. A. S., 13, 509, "A Survey of Interstellar Potassium Absorption. I. Observations," (Abstract).
9. White, R. E., Chaffee, F. H., Jr., and Knittle, E. B. 1981, Bull. A. A. S., 13, 327, "A Survey of Interstellar Potassium Absorption, II. Abundances and Velocities," (Abstract).
10. White, R. E. 1982, Bull. A. A. S., 14, 913, "H II Dissociation and C + Formation in the Pleiades," (Abstract).
11. ------. 1983, Publ. A. S. P., 95, 602, "Echelle-CCD Observations of Weak Interstellar Absorption Lines at the Whipple Observatory," (Abstract).
12. ------. 1983, Fred L. Whipple Observatory Report, 22 pp., "Zen and the Art of the Echelle-CCD."
13. ------. 1984, Bull. A. A. S., 16, 910, "Echelle-CCD Observations of Interstellar Lithium," (Abstract).
14. Bally, J., and White, R. E. 1986, NASA Technical Memorandum 88342, 51-52, "CO Near the Pleiades: Encounter of a Star Cluster with a Small Molecular Cloud," (Abstract).
15. White, R. E. 1987, Smith Alumnae Quarterly, 72, #4, 27, "Krystyna Jaworowska."
16. ------. 1989, I. A. U. Symposium 135, Interstellar Dust: Contributed Papers, NASA Conference Publication 3036, 317-321, "Thermal Emission from Interstellar Dust In and Near the Pleiades."
17. ------. 1989, Smith College Report, 29 pp., "The Clark Science Center Addition and Renovation Project."
18. ------. 1991, American Astronomical Society Newsletter, March, p. 2, Letter to the Editor, "Coordinate Decimalization: An Astronomical Revolution for the Millennium."
19. White, R. E. and Bally, J. 1992, Bull.A.A.S. , 23, 1365, "The Wake of the Pleiades Through the Interstellar Medium in Taurus."
20. White, R. E., Forrester, W. B., and Gonnella, A. M. 1993, Bull.A.A.S., 25, 903, "Interstellar Na I Toward the Pleiades: Evidence for a Foreground Shock."
21. West, M. L., and White, R. E. 1994, Bull.A.A.S., 26, 902, "The Local Interstellar Cavity Outlined by K I Absorption."
22. White, R. E. 1994, AASWOMEN [American Astronomical Society Committee on the Status of Women Electronic Newsletter], 11 August, "Women's Colleges."
23. White, R. E., and Allen, C. L. 1996, Bull.A.A.S., 28, 1193, "An Interstellar Three-Body Encounter at the Pleiades?"
24. White, R. E. 1996, AASWOMEN [American Astronomical Society Committee on the Status of Women Electronic Newsletter], 12 September, "Tenure Clock."
25. -----. 1996, AASWOMEN [American Astronomical Society Committee on the Status of Women Electronic Newsletter], 11 October, "Women at Mount Wilson."
26. -----. 1997, University of Wyoming Department of Physics and Astronomy report, 20 pp. "Self-study External Evalution for Astronomy Program."
27. ----- (Committee Chair). 1998, "Report of the Five College Self Study," Smith College, 20 pp. + appendices.