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John H. Black is affiliated with Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Chemistry, with an emphasis on subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectroscopy, Atmospheric Science, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics including:

  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies

John H. Black has contributed to numerous publications, with recent notable papers including:

  • A rich hydrocarbon chemistry and high C to O ratio in the inner disk around a very low-mass star, 2023, Nature Astronomy
  • PDRs4All, 2023, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • PDRs4All: A JWST Early Release Science Program on Radiative Feedback from Massive Stars, 2022, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
  • Formation of the methyl cation by photochemistry in a protoplanetary disk, 2023, Nature
  • PDRs4All, 2024, Astronomy and Astrophysics

The frequent co-authors that appear in their work are:

  • Benoît Tabone
  • Romane Le Gal
  • Ryan Chown
  • Ameek Sidhu
  • E. Habart

John H. Black's work is often published in the following venues:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nature Astronomy
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Best Publications

  • A computer program for fast non-LTE analysis of interstellar line spectra

    F.F.S. van der Tak;F.F.S. van der Tak;John H Black;F.L. Schöier;D.J. Jansen

  • A computer program for fast non-LTE analysis of interstellar line spectra

    Floris van der Tak;John Black;Fredrik Schoeier;David Jansen

  • An atomic and molecular database for analysis of submillimetre line observations

    F. L. Schoeier;F. F. S. van der Tak;E. F. van Dishoeck;J. H. Black

  • An atomic and molecular database for analysis of submillimetre line observations

    F. L. Schöier;F. F. S. van der Tak;E. F. van Dishoeck;J. H. Black

  • The photodissociation and chemistry of interstellar CO

    E.F. Van Dishoeck;J.H. Black

  • Fluorescent excitation of interstellar H2

    John H. Black;Ewine F. van Dishoeck

  • Comprehensive models of diffuse interstellar clouds : physical conditions and molecular abundances

    E. F. van Dishoeck;J. H. Black

  • I(CO)/N(H2) conversions and molecular gas abundances in spiral and irregular galaxies

    Philip Maloney;John H. Black

  • The photodissociation and chemistry of CO isotopologues: applications to interstellar clouds and circumstellar disks

    R. Visser;E. F. van Dishoeck;John H Black

  • The Nine Lives of Cosmic Rays in Galaxies

    Isabelle A. Grenier;John H. Black;Andrew W. Strong

  • Models of interstellar clouds. I. The Zeta Ophiuchi cloud

    J.H. Black;A. Dalgarno

  • A photon dominated region code comparison study

    M. Röllig;M. Röllig;Nicholas Paul Abel;T. Bell;T. Bell;F. Bensch

  • Molecule formation in the interstellar gas

    A Dalgarno;J H Black

  • Herschel Survey of Galactic OH+, H2O+, and H3O+: Probing the Molecular Hydrogen Fraction and Cosmic-Ray Ionization Rate

    N. Indriolo;D.A. Neufeld;M. Gerin;P. Schilke

  • The physical state of primordial intergalactic clouds

    John H. Black

  • Interstellar OH+, H2O+ and H3O+ along the sight-line to G10.6-0.4

    Maryvonne Gerin;M. De Luca;John Black;Eric Herbst

  • Observational study of reactive ions and radicals in PDRs

    A. Fuente;A. Rodrıguez-Franco;S. Garcıa-Burillo;J. Martın-Pintado

  • Interstellar OH+, H2O+ and H3O+ along the sight-line to G10.6–0.4

    M. Gerin;M. De Luca;J. Black;J. R. Goicoechea

  • Excitation of interstellar C/sub 2/

    E.F. van Dishoeck;J.H. Black

  • Interstellar C2, CH, and CN in translucent molecular clouds

    E. F. Van Dishoeck;J. H. Black

Frequent Co-Authors

Maryvonne Gerin
Maryvonne Gerin École Normale Supérieure
Javier R. Goicoechea
Javier R. Goicoechea Spanish National Research Council
Dariusz C. Lis
Dariusz C. Lis California Institute of Technology
David A. Neufeld
David A. Neufeld Johns Hopkins University
Karl M. Menten
Karl M. Menten Max Planck Society
Susanne Aalto
Susanne Aalto Chalmers University of Technology
E. F. van Dishoeck
E. F. van Dishoeck Leiden University
José Cernicharo
José Cernicharo Spanish National Research Council
Peter Schilke
Peter Schilke University of Cologne
Francoise Combes
Francoise Combes Collège de France

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