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Overview

Henrik Spoon is a researcher affiliated with Cornell University in the United States, specializing in Physics and Astronomy. Their work addresses various subfields, including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Spectroscopy, and General Health Professions.

The main topics covered in Spoon's research encompass:

  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications

Spoon has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with a notable presence in key publication venues. Frequent venues for publication include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • The Astrophysical Journal

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Spoon are:

  • The Infrared Database of Extragalactic Observables from Spitzer. II. The Database and Diagnostic Power of Crystalline Silicate Features in Galaxy Spectra, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
  • A new look at local ultraluminous infrared galaxies: the atlas and radiative transfer models of their complex physics, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • 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
  • The obscured nucleus and shocked environment of VV 114E revealed by JWST/MIRI spectroscopy, 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Extinction in the 11.2 µm PAH band and the low L11.2/LIR in ULIRGs, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Henrik Spoon frequently collaborates with a group of researchers, with whom they have co-authored multiple publications. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • D. Rigopoulou
  • M. Pereira-Santaella
  • A. Alonso-Herrero
  • Thomas S. -Y. Lai
  • P. F. Roche

Their research often involves extensive astrophysical observations and analysis techniques such as spectroscopy and adaptive optics. This interdisciplinary approach integrates instrumental and theoretical methods to investigate galactic phenomena, star formation, and infrared properties within extragalactic contexts.

Best Publications

  • What Powers Ultraluminous IRAS Galaxies

    R. Genzel;D. Lutz;E. Sturm;E. Egami

  • What Powers Ultra-luminous IRAS Galaxies?

    R. Genzel;D. Lutz;E. Sturm;E. Egami

  • Observing with the ISO Short-Wavelength Spectrometer.

    T deGraauw;LN Haser;DA Beintema;PR Roelfsema

  • POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS AS A TRACER OF STAR FORMATION

    Els Peeters;H.W.W. Spoon;A.G.G.M. Tielens

  • Mid-IR Galaxy Classification Based on Silicate Obscuration and PAH Equivalent Width

    H.W.W. Spoon;J.A. Marshall;J.R. Houck;M. Elitzur

  • The Mid-Infrared Properties of Starburst Galaxies from Spitzer-IRS Spectroscopy

    B. R. Brandl;J. Bernard-Salas;H. W. W. Spoon;D. Devost

  • Observations of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies with the Infrared Spectrograph on the Spitzer Space Telescope. II. The IRAS Bright Galaxy Sample

    L. Armus;V. Charmandaris;V. Charmandaris;J. Bernard-Salas;H. W. W. Spoon

  • The relation between AGN hard X-ray emission and mid-infrared continuum from ISO spectra: Scatter and unification aspects ,

    D. Lutz;R. Maiolino;H. W. W. Spoon;A. F. M. Moorwood

  • PAHs as a tracer of star formation

    E. Peeters;H. W. W. Spoon;A. G. G. M. Tielens

  • A Large Mid-Infrared Spectroscopic and Near-Infrared Imaging Survey of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies: Their Nature and Evolution* **

    D. Rigopoulou;H. W. W. Spoon;H. W. W. Spoon;R. Genzel;D. Lutz

  • A large mid-infrared spectroscopic and near-IR imaging survey of ULIRGs: their nature and evolution

    D. Rigopoulou;H. W. W. Spoon;R. Genzel;D. Lutz

  • MID-INFRARED GALAXY CLASSIFICATION BASED ON SILICATE OBSCURATION AND PAH EQUIVALENT WIDTH

    H. W. W. Spoon;J. A. Marshall;J. R. Houck;Moshe Elitzur

  • GOALS: The Great Observatories All-Sky LIRG Survey

    L. Armus;J. M. Mazzarella;A. S. Evans;A. S. Evans;J. A. Surace

  • The Nature and Evolution of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies:A Mid-Infrared Spectroscopic Survey

    D. Lutz;H. W. W. Spoon;D. Rigopoulou;A. F. M. Moorwood

  • CASSIS: The Cornell Atlas of Spitzer /Infrared Spectrograph Sources

    V. Lebouteiller;V. Lebouteiller;D. J. Barry;H. W. W. Spoon;J. Bernard-Salas;J. Bernard-Salas

  • Mid Infrared Properties of Low Metallicity Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies From Spitzer/IRS

    Yanling Wu;V. Charmandaris;Lei Hao;B.R.Brandl

  • High-Resolution Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies

    D. Farrah;J. Bernard-Salas;H. W. W. Spoon;B. T. Soifer

  • Isocam-Cvf 5-12 Micron Spectroscopy of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies

    Q. D. Tran;D. Lutz;R. Genzel;D. Rigopoulou

  • Massive star formation and evolution in starburst galaxies: mid-infrared spectroscopy with ISO-SWS 1

    Michele D. Thornley;Dieter Lutz;Reinhard Genzel;Henrik W. W. Spoon

  • Mid-Infrared Spectral Diagnostics of Luminous Infrared Galaxies

    A. O. Petric;L. Armus;J. Howell;B. Chan

Frequent Co-Authors

Vassilis Charmandaris
Vassilis Charmandaris University of Crete
Lee Armus
Lee Armus California Institute of Technology
Dieter Lutz
Dieter Lutz Max Planck Society
Duncan Farrah
Duncan Farrah University of Hawaii at Manoa
Aaron S. Evans
Aaron S. Evans University of Virginia
Sylvain Veilleux
Sylvain Veilleux University of Maryland, College Park
Bernhard R. Brandl
Bernhard R. Brandl Leiden University
Eckhard Sturm
Eckhard Sturm Max Planck Society
Barry F. Madore
Barry F. Madore Carnegie Institution for Science

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