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Carol J. Lonsdale is a researcher affiliated with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in the United States. Their work primarily lies within the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Additional areas of specialized research include Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Spectroscopy, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, as well as Instrumentation.

The main topics covered in their research encompass the study of galaxies' formation, evolution, and phenomena. They also address various astrophysical phenomena and observations, astrophysics related to star formation and cosmic phenomena, adaptive optics and wavefront sensing, stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, and topics related to black holes and theoretical physics.

Their recent publications demonstrate a concentration on infrared-luminous galaxy mergers, supermassive black holes, and obscured quasars with radio jets. Recent papers by Carol J. Lonsdale include:

  • "Stellar and black hole assembly in z< 0.3 infrared-luminous mergers: intermittent starbursts versus super-Eddington accretion," 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "Molecular Gas Heating, Star Formation Rate Relations, and AGN Feedback in Infrared-Luminous Galaxy Mergers," 2022, Universe
  • "WISE-NVSS selected obscured and ultraluminous quasars with compact radio jets," 2021, Astronomische Nachrichten
  • "The Assembly of Supermassive Black Holes at z < 1 in Early-type Galaxies from Scaling Relations," 2025, The Astrophysical Journal
  • "VLBA observations of extremely luminous, young, and highly obscured radio quasars from the WISE-Radio sample," 2021, Astronomische Nachrichten

Carol J. Lonsdale frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field, including:

  • A. Efstathiou
  • D. Farrah
  • J. Afonso
  • E. Hatziminaoglou
  • Sara Petty

Their work is published in a range of scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Astronomische Nachrichten
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Universe
  • The Astrophysical Journal

Best Publications

  • THE WIDE-FIELD INFRARED SURVEY EXPLORER (WISE): MISSION DESCRIPTION AND INITIAL ON-ORBIT PERFORMANCE

    Edward L. Wright;Peter R. M. Eisenhardt;Amy K. Mainzer;Michael E. Ressler

  • Spectral Energy Distributions of Hard X-ray selected AGNs in the XMDS Survey

    M. Polletta;M. Tajer;L. Maraschi;G. Trinchieri

  • SWIRE: The SIRTF Wide-area InfraRed Extragalactic Survey

    Carol J. Lonsdale;Harding E. Smith;Michael Rowan-Robinson;Jason Surace

  • Spectral Energy Distributions of Hard X-Ray Selected Active Galactic Nuclei in the XMM-Newton Medium Deep Survey

    M. Polletta;M. Tajer;L. Maraschi;G. Trinchieri

  • SWIRE: The SIRTF Wide‐Area Infrared Extragalactic Survey

    Carol J. Lonsdale;Harding E. Smith;Michael Rowan-Robinson;Jason Surace

  • The Spitzer-WISE Survey of the Ecliptic Poles

    T. H. Jarrett;M. Cohen;F. Masci;E. Wright

  • The IRAS bright galaxy sample. II - The sample and luminosity function

    B. T. Soifer;D. B. Sanders;B. F. Madore;G. Neugebauer

  • A catalog of IRAS observations of large optical galaxies

    W. Rice;Carol J. Lonsdale;B. T. Soifer;G. Neugebauer

  • A high-redshift IRAS galaxy with huge luminosity―hidden quasar or protogalaxy?

    M. Rowan-Robinson;T. Broadhurst;A. Lawrence;R. G. McMahon

  • Chandra and Spitzer Unveil Heavily Obscured Quasars in the Chandra/SWIRE Survey

    Maria del Carmen Polletta;Belinda Jane Wilkes;Brian Siana;Brian Siana;Carol J. Lonsdale;Carol J. Lonsdale

  • The SWIRE-VVDS-CFHTLS surveys: stellar mass assembly over the last 10 Gyr. Evidence for a major build up of the red sequence between z = 2 and z = 1

    S. Arnouts;C. J. Walcher;O. Le Fèvre;G. Zamorani

  • Chandra and Spitzer unveil heavily obscured quasars in the SWIRE/Chandra Survey

    M. Polletta;B.J. Wilkes;B. Siana;C.J. Lonsdale

  • A Starburst Revealed—Luminous Radio Supernovae in the Nuclei of Arp 220

    Harding E. Smith;Harding E. Smith;Carol J. Lonsdale;Colin J. Lonsdale;Philip J. Diamond

  • Photometric redshifts in the SWIRE Survey

    Michael Rowan-Robinson;Tom Babbedge;Seb Oliver;Markos Trichas

  • The First Hyper-Luminous Infrared Galaxy Discovered by WISE

    Peter R. M. Eisenhardt;Jingwen Wu;Chao-Wei Tsai;Roberto Assef

  • The XMM-LSS survey. Survey design and first results

    M. Pierre;I. Valtchanov;B. Altieri;S. Andreon

  • Deep ATLAS Radio Observations of the Chandra Deep Field-South/Spitzer Wide-Area Infrared Extragalactic Field

    Ray P. Norris;José Afonso;Phil N. Appleton;Brian J. Boyle

  • Deep ATLAS radio observations of the CDFS-SWIRE field

    Ray P. Norris;Jose Afonso;Phil N. Appleton;Brian J. Boyle

  • The XMM-LSS survey. Survey design and first results

    Marguerite Pierre;Ivan Valtchanov;Ivan Valtchanov;Bruno Altieri;Stefano Andreon

  • The Nature of Star Formation in Distant Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies Selected in a Remarkably Narrow Redshift Range

    D Farrah;C J Lonsdale;C J Lonsdale;D W Weedman;H W W Spoon

Frequent Co-Authors

Duncan Farrah
Duncan Farrah University of Hawaii at Manoa
Jason Surace
Jason Surace California Institute of Technology
Michael Rowan-Robinson
Michael Rowan-Robinson Imperial College London
Thomas H. Jarrett
Thomas H. Jarrett University of Cape Town
Seb Oliver
Seb Oliver University of Sussex
Mattia Vaccari
Mattia Vaccari University of Cape Town
Ismael Perez-Fournon
Ismael Perez-Fournon University of La Laguna
Belinda Jane Wilkes
Belinda Jane Wilkes Harvard University
Andrew Blain
Andrew Blain University of Leicester
Rob Ivison
Rob Ivison European Southern Observatory

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