George D. Becker, Ph.D. - Publications

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2007 Astrophysics California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 

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2020 Gaikwad P, Rauch M, Haehnelt MG, Puchwein E, Bolton JS, Keating LC, Kulkarni G, Iršič V, Bañados E, Becker GD, Boera E, Zahedy FS, Chen H, Carswell RF, Chardin J, et al. Probing the thermal state of the intergalactic medium at z > 5 with the transmission spikes in high-resolution  Ly α forest spectra Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 494: 5091-5109. DOI: 10.1093/Mnras/Staa907  0.319
2019 Becker GD, Pettini M, Rafelski M, D’Odorico V, Boera E, Christensen L, Cupani G, Ellison SL, Farina EP, Fumagalli M, López S, Neeleman M, Ryan-Weber EV, Worseck G. The Evolution of O i over 3.2 < z < 6.5: Reionization of the Circumgalactic Medium The Astrophysical Journal. 883: 163. DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/Ab3Eb5  0.33
2019 Boera E, Becker GD, Bolton JS, Nasir F. Revealing Reionization with the Thermal History of the Intergalactic Medium: New Constraints from the Lyα Flux Power Spectrum The Astrophysical Journal. 872: 101. DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/Aafee4  0.527
2019 Reed SL, Banerji M, Becker GD, Hewett PC, Martini P, McMahon RG, Pons E, Rauch M, Abbott TMC, Allam S, Annis J, Avila S, Bertin E, Brooks D, Buckley-Geer E, et al. Three new VHS–DES quasars at 6.7 < z < 6.9 and emission line properties at z > 6.5 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 487: 1874-1885. DOI: 10.1093/Mnras/Stz1341  0.437
2018 Becker GD, Davies FB, Furlanetto SR, Malkan MA, Boera E, Douglass C. Evidence for Large-scale Fluctuations in the Metagalactic Ionizing Background Near Redshift Six The Astrophysical Journal. 863: 92. DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/Aacc73  0.357
2018 Davies FB, Becker GD, Furlanetto SR. Determining the Nature of Late Gunn–Peterson Troughs with Galaxy Surveys The Astrophysical Journal. 860: 155. DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aac2d6  0.389
2017 Iršič V, Viel M, Haehnelt MG, Bolton JS, Becker GD. First Constraints on Fuzzy Dark Matter from Lyman-α Forest Data and Hydrodynamical Simulations. Physical Review Letters. 119: 031302. PMID 28777592 DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.119.031302  0.432
2017 Iršič V, Viel M, Haehnelt MG, Bolton JS, Cristiani S, Becker GD, D’Odorico V, Cupani G, Kim T, Berg TA, López S, Ellison S, Christensen L, Denney KD, Worseck G. New constraints on the free-streaming of warm dark matter from intermediate and small scale Lyman- α forest data Physical Review D. 96. DOI: 10.1103/Physrevd.96.023522  0.508
2017 Codoreanu A, Ryan-Weber EV, Crighton NHM, Becker G, Pettini M, Madau P, Venemans B. The comoving mass density of Mg ii from z ∼ 2 to 5.5 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 472: 1023-1051. DOI: 10.1093/Mnras/Stx1985  0.43
2017 Barnett R, Warren SJ, Becker GD, Mortlock DJ, Hewett PC, McMahon RG, Simpson C, Venemans BP. Observations of the Lyman series forest towards the redshift 7.1 quasar ULAS J1120+0641 Astronomy & Astrophysics. 601: A16. DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201630258  0.33
2017 Bosman SEI, Fan X, Jiang L, Reed S, Matsuoka Y, Becker G, Rorai A. New constraints on Lyman-α opacity using 92 quasar lines of sight Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 12: 234-237. DOI: 10.1017/S174392131700864X  0.323
2016 Perrotta S, D'Odorico V, Prochaska JX, Cristiani S, Cupani G, Ellison S, López S, Becker GD, Berg TAM, Christensen L, Denney KD, Hamann F, Pâris I, Vestergaard M, Worseck G. Nature and statistical properties of quasar associated absorption systems in the XQ-100 Legacy Survey Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 462: 3285-3301. DOI: 10.1093/Mnras/Stw1703  0.386
2016 Sánchez-Ramírez R, Ellison SL, Prochaska JX, Berg TAM, López S, D'Odorico V, Becker GD, Christensen L, Cupani G, Denney KD, Pâris I, Worseck G, Gorosabel J. The evolution of neutral gas in damped Lyman a systems from the XQ-100 survey Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 456: 4488-4505. DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv2732  0.401
2016 Stanway ER, Eldridge JJ, Becker GD. Stellar population effects on the inferred photon density at reionization Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 456: 485-499. DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv2661  0.429
2016 Rauch M, Becker GD, Haehnelt MG. Observational aspects of galactic accretion at redshift 3.3 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 455: 3991-3999. DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv2555  0.439
2015 Puchwein E, Bolton JS, Haehnelt MG, Madau P, Becker GD, Haardt F. The photoheating of the intergalactic medium in synthesis models of the UV background Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 450: 4081-4097. DOI: 10.1093/Mnras/Stv773  0.456
2015 Reed SL, McMahon RG, Banerji M, Becker GD, Gonzalez-Solares E, Martini P, Ostrovski F, Rauch M, Abbott T, Abdalla FB, Allam S, Benoit-Levy A, Bertin E, Buckley-Geer E, Burke D, et al. DES J0454-4448: Discovery of the first luminous z = 6 quasar from the Dark Energy Survey Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 454: 3952-3961. DOI: 10.1093/Mnras/Stv2031  0.504
2015 Bosman SEI, Becker GD. Re-examining the case for neutral gas near the redshift 7 quasar ULAS J1120+0641 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 452: 1105-1111. DOI: 10.1093/Mnras/Stv1336  0.42
2015 Crighton NHM, Murphy MT, Prochaska JX, Worseck G, Rafelski M, Becker GD, Ellison SL, Fumagalli M, Lopez S, Meiksin A, O'Meara JM. The neutral hydrogen cosmological mass density at z = 5 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 452: 217-234. DOI: 10.1093/Mnras/Stv1182  0.513
2015 Becker GD, Bolton JS, Madau P, Pettini M, Ryan-Weber EV, Venemans BP. Evidence of patchy hydrogen reionization from an extreme Lyα trough below redshift six Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 447: 3402-3419. DOI: 10.1093/Mnras/Stu2646  0.436
2015 Cucchiara A, Fumagalli M, Rafelski M, Kocevski D, Prochaska JX, Cooke RJ, Becker GD. Unveiling the secrets of metallicity and massive star formation using dlas along gamma-ray bursts Astrophysical Journal. 804. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/804/1/51  0.423
2015 Cucchiara A, Rafelski M, Fumagalli M, Kocevski D, Prochaska JX, Cooke RJ, Becker GD. Exploring the Environment of the most powerful Explosions Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 11: 261-262. DOI: 10.1017/s1743921316005251  0.396
2015 Becker GD, Bolton JS, Lidz A. Reionisation and High-Redshift Galaxies: The View from Quasar Absorption Lines Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. DOI: 10.1017/Pasa.2015.45  0.475
2014 Boera E, Murphy MT, Becker GD, Bolton JS. The thermal history of the intergalactic medium down to redshift z = 1.5: A new curvature measurement Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 441: 1916-1933. DOI: 10.1093/Mnras/Stu660  0.479
2014 Rauch M, Becker GD, Haehnelt MG, Gauthier JR. Star-forming galactic contrails as a source of metal enrichment and ionizing radiation at high redshift Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 441: 73-85. DOI: 10.1093/Mnras/Stu528  0.54
2014 James BL, Pettini M, Christensen L, Auger MW, Becker GD, King LJ, Quider AM, Shapley AE, Steidel CC. Testing metallicity indicators at z ̃ 1.4 with the gravitationally lensed galaxy CASSOWARY 20* Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 440: 1794-1809. DOI: 10.1093/Mnras/Stu287  0.666
2014 Worseck G, Xavier Prochaska J, O'Meara JM, Becker GD, Ellison SL, Lopez S, Meiksin A, Ménard B, Murphy MT, Fumagalli M. The giant gemini GMOS survey of zem > 4.4 quasars - I. Measuring the mean free path across cosmic time Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 445: 1745-1760. DOI: 10.1093/Mnras/Stu1827  0.427
2014 Bolton JS, Becker GD, Haehnelt MG, Viel M. A consistent determination of the temperature of the intergalactic medium at redshift (z) = 2.4 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 438: 2499-2507. DOI: 10.1093/Mnras/Stt2374  0.392
2014 Keating LC, Haehnelt MG, Becker GD, Bolton JS. Probing the metallicity and ionization state of the circumgalactic medium at z ~ 6 and beyond with OI absorption Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 438: 1820-1831. DOI: 10.1093/Mnras/Stt2324  0.439
2013 Viel M, Becker GD, Bolton JS, Haehnelt MG. Warm dark matter as a solution to the small scale crisis: New constraints from high redshift Lyman-α forest data Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology. 88. DOI: 10.1103/Physrevd.88.043502  0.519
2013 Rauch M, Becker GD, Haehnelt MG, Carswell RF, Gauthier JR. A z = 3.045 Lyα emitting halo hosting a QSO and a possible candidate for AGN-triggered star formation Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 431: L68-L72. DOI: 10.1093/Mnrasl/Slt010  0.518
2013 Becker GD, Bolton JS. New measurements of the ionizing ultraviolet background over 2 < z < 5 and implications for hydrogen reionization Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 436: 1023-1039. DOI: 10.1093/Mnras/Stt1610  0.511
2013 Becker GD, Hewett PC, Worseck G, Xavier Prochaska J. A refined measurement of the mean transmitted flux in the lyα forest over 2 < z < 5 using composite quasar spectra Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 430: 2067-2081. DOI: 10.1093/Mnras/Stt031  0.508
2013 Rauch M, Becker GD, Haehnelt MG, Gauthier JR, Sargent WLW. Extended and filamentary Lyα emission from the formation of a protogalactic halo at z = 2.63 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 429: 429-443. DOI: 10.1093/Mnras/Sts346  0.525
2012 Carswell RF, Becker GD, Jorgenson RA, Murphy MT, Wolfe AM. The kinetic temperature in a damped Lyman α absorption system in Q2206-199 - an example of the warm neutral medium Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 422: 1700-1708. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2966.2012.20746.X  0.452
2012 Raskutti S, Bolton JS, Wyithe JSB, Becker GD. Thermal constraints on the reionization of hydrogen by Population II stellar sources Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 421: 1969-1981. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2966.2011.20401.X  0.437
2012 Bolton JS, Becker GD, Raskutti S, Wyithe JSB, Haehnelt MG, Sargent WLW. Improved measurements of the intergalactic medium temperature around quasars: Possible evidence for the initial stages of Heii reionization at z ≃ 6 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 419: 2880-2892. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2966.2011.19929.X  0.471
2012 Becker GD, Sargent WLW, Rauch M, Carswell RF. Iron and α-element production in the first one billion years after the big bang Astrophysical Journal. 744. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/744/2/91  0.454
2011 Rauch M, Becker GD, Haehnelt MG, Gauthier JR, Ravindranath S, Sargent WLW. Filamentary infall of cold gas and escape of Lyα and hydrogen ionizing radiation from an interacting high-redshift galaxy Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 418: 1115-1126. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2966.2011.19556.X  0.522
2011 Calverley AP, Becker GD, Haehnelt MG, Bolton JS. Measurements of the ultraviolet background at 4.6 < z < 6.4 using the quasar proximity effect Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 412: 2543-2562. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2966.2010.18072.X  0.447
2011 Becker GD, Bolton JS, Haehnelt MG, Sargent WLW. Detection of extended He ii reionization in the temperature evolution of the intergalactic medium Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 410: 1096-1112. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2966.2010.17507.X  0.399
2011 Chornock R, Filippenko AV, Li W, Marion GH, Foley RJ, Modjaz M, Rafelski M, Becker GD, De Vries WH, Garnavich P, Jorgenson RA, Lynch DK, Malec AL, Moran EC, Murphy MT, et al. The transitional stripped-envelope SN2008ax: Spectral evolution and evidence for large asphericity Astrophysical Journal. 739. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/739/1/41  0.524
2011 Becker GD, Sargent WLW, Rauch M, Calverley AP. High-redshift metals. II. Probing reionization galaxies with low-ionization absorption lines at redshift six Astrophysical Journal. 735. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/735/2/93  0.52
2011 Rigby JR, Wuyts E, Gladders MD, Sharon K, Becker GD. The physical conditions of a lensed star-forming galaxy at Z = 1.7 Astrophysical Journal. 732. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/732/1/59  0.407
2010 Bolton JS, Becker GD, Wyithe JSB, Haehnelt MG, Sargent WLW. A first direct measurement of the intergalactic medium temperature around a quasar at z = 6 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 406: 612-625. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2966.2010.16701.X  0.482
2010 Epstein CR, Johnson JA, Dong S, Udalski A, Gould A, Becker G. Chemical composition of faint (I 21 mag) microlensed bulge dwarf OGLE-2007-BLG-514S Astrophysical Journal. 709: 447-457. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/709/1/447  0.339
2009 Bolton JS, Becker GD. Resolving the high redshift Lyα forest in smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 398: L26-L30. DOI: 10.1111/J.1745-3933.2009.00700.X  0.483
2009 Becker GD, Rauch M, Sargent WLW. High-redshift metals. I. the decline of C IV at z > 5.3 Astrophysical Journal. 698: 1010-1019. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/698/2/1010  0.359
2009 Chen HW, Perley DA, Pollack LK, Prochaska JX, Bloom JS, Dessauges-Zavadsky M, Pettini M, Lopez S, Dall'Aglio A, Becker GD. HIGH-redshift starbursting dwarf galaxies revealed by γ-ray burst afterglows Astrophysical Journal. 691: 152-174. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/691/1/152  0.429
2008 Viel M, Becker GD, Bolton JS, Haehnelt MG, Rauch M, Sargent WL. How cold is cold dark matter? Small-scales constraints from the flux power spectrum of the high-redshift lyman-alpha forest. Physical Review Letters. 100: 041304. PMID 18352257 DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.100.041304  0.621
2008 Rauch M, Haehnelt M, Bunker A, Becker G, Marleau F, Graham J, Cristiani S, Jarvis M, Lacey C, Morris S, Peroux C, Röttgering H, Theuns T. A population of faint extended line emitters and the host galaxies of optically thick QSO absorption systems Astrophysical Journal. 681: 856-880. DOI: 10.1086/525846  0.409
2007 Becker GD, Rauch M, Sargent WLW. The evolution of optical depth in the lyα forest: Evidence against reionization at z∼6 Astrophysical Journal. 662: 72-93. DOI: 10.1086/517866  0.367
2006 Becker GD, Sargent WLW, Rauch M, Simcoe RA. Discovery of excess O i absorption toward the z = 6.42 QSO SDSS J1148+5251 Astrophysical Journal. 640: 69-80. DOI: 10.1086/500079  0.599
2006 Simcoe RA, Sargent WLW, Rauch M, Becker G. Observations of chemically enriched QSO absorbers near z ∼ 2.3 galaxies: Galaxy formation feedback signatures in the intergalactic medium Astrophysical Journal. 637: 648-668. DOI: 10.1086/498441  0.685
2005 Rauch M, Becker GD, Viel M, Sargent WLW, Smette A, Simcoe RA, Barlow TA, Haehnelt MG. Expansion and collapse in the cosmic web Astrophysical Journal. 632: 58-80. DOI: 10.1086/432904  0.66
2005 Becker GD, Sargent WLW, Rauch M. The very high-redshift Lyα forest at high resolution Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 1: 357-362. DOI: 10.1017/S1743921305002814  0.433
2004 Becker GD, Sargent WLW, Rauch M. Large-scale correlations in the Lyα forest at z = 3-4 Astrophysical Journal. 613: 61-76. DOI: 10.1086/422870  0.327
2000 De Grijs R, O'Connell RW, Becker GD, Chevalier RA, Gallagher JS. Supernova remnants in the fossil starburst in M82 Astronomical Journal. 119: 681-687. DOI: 10.1086/301235  0.383
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