Bjorkman, Karen S

Karen S Bjorkman
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Positions

Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Distinguished University Professor
Helen Luedtke Brooks Endowed Professor of Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy , College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Contact Info

karen.bjorkman@utoledo.edu

selected publications

Article (Web of Science)
- 2017
  
  Photometric Variability of the Be Star Population. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 153.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/aa6396
- 2017
  
  A Spectroscopic Orbit for the Late-type Be Star beta CMi. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 836.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/836/1/112
- 2017
  
  The complex circumstellar and circumbinary environment of V356 Sgr. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 464:1936-1947.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw2457
- 2016
  
  Dead or Alive? Long-term evolution of SN 2015bh (SNhunt275). MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 463:3894-3920.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw2253
- 2015
  
  OBSERVATIONS OF BINARY STARS WITH THE DIFFERENTIAL SPECKLE SURVEY INSTRUMENT. VI. MEASURES DURING 2014 AT THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL TELESCOPE. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 150.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/150/5/151
- 2015
  
  THE CONTINUED OPTICAL TO MID-INFRARED EVOLUTION OF V838 MONOCEROTIS. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 149.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/149/1/17
- 2014
  
  DISK-LOSS AND DISK-RENEWAL PHASES IN CLASSICAL Be STARS. II. CONTRASTING WITH STABLE AND VARIABLE DISKS. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 786.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/786/2/120
- 2014
  
  DISK-LOSS AND DISK-RENEWAL PHASES IN CLASSICAL Be STARS. II. CONTRASTING WITH STABLE AND VARIABLE DISKS. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 786:120.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/0004-637x/786/2/120
- 2014
  
  The HPOL Spectropolarimeter at Ritter Observatory. Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation. 03:1450009.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1142/s2251171714500093
- 2013
  
  Doppler tomography of the circumstellar disk of pi Aquarii. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. 560.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201322114
- 2012
  
  The relationship between gamma Cassiopeiae's X-ray emission and its circumstellar environment II. Geometry and kinematics of the disk from MIRC and VEGA instruments on the CHARA Array. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. 545.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219234
- 2012
  
  Probing the properties of Be star discs with spectroastrometry and NLTE radiative transfer modelling: beta CMi. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 423:L11-L15.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3933.2012.01241.x
- 2012
  
  The relationship between gamma Cassiopeiae's X-ray emission and its circumstellar environment. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. 540.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118342
- 2011
  
  Long-term evolution of the aerosol debris cloud produced by the 2009 impact on Jupiter. ICARUS. 214:462-476.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.03.015
- 2011
  
  NEAR-CONTEMPORANEOUS OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPIC AND INFRARED PHOTOMETRIC OBSERVATIONS OF CANDIDATE HERBIG Ae/Be STARS IN THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 142.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/142/2/58
- 2011
  
  A NEW DIAGNOSTIC OF THE RADIAL DENSITY STRUCTURE OF Be DISKS. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS. 728.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/728/2/L40
- 2011
  
  A NEW DIAGNOSTIC OF THE RADIAL DENSITY STRUCTURE OF Be DISKS. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS. 728:L40.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/728/2/l40
- 2010
  
  DISK-LOSS AND DISK-RENEWAL PHASES IN CLASSICAL Be STARS. I. ANALYSIS OF LONG-TERM SPECTROPOLARIMETRIC DATA. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 709:1306-1320.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/709/2/1306
- 2010
  
  DISK-LOSS AND DISK-RENEWAL PHASES IN CLASSICAL Be STARS. I. ANALYSIS OF LONG-TERM SPECTROPOLARIMETRIC DATA. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 709:1306-1320.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/0004-637x/709/2/1306
- 2009
  
  Cyclic variability of the circumstellar disk of the Be star zeta Tauri I. Long-term monitoring observations. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. 504:929-944.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200811573
- 2009
  
  Possible evidence of asymmetry in SN 2007rt, a type IIn supernova. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. 504:945-U31.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200911776
- 2009
  
  TOWARD UNDERSTANDING THE B[e] PHENOMENON. III. PROPERTIES OF THE OPTICAL COUNTERPART OF IRAS 00470+6429. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 700:209-220.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/700/1/209
- 2009
  
  TOWARD UNDERSTANDING THE B[e] PHENOMENON. III. PROPERTIES OF THE OPTICAL COUNTERPART OF IRAS 00470+6429. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 700:209-220.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/0004-637x/700/1/209
- 2008
  
  High spatial resolution mid-IR imaging of V838 monocerotis: Evidence of new circumstellar dust creation. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS. 683:L171-L174.
- 2008
  
  High Spatial Resolution Mid-IR Imaging of V838 Monocerotis: Evidence of New Circumstellar Dust Creation. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 683:L171-L174.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/591735
- 2007
  
  The role of evolutionary age and metallicity in the formation of classical be circumstellar disks. II. Assessing the evolutionary nature of candidate disk systems. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 671:2040-2058.
- 2007
  
  Toward understanding the B[e] phenomenon. II. New galactic FSCMa stars. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 671:828-841.
- 2007
  
  Discovery of a new dusty B[e] star in the small magellanic cloud. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 670:1331-1336.
- 2007
  
  The magnetic field structure of the LMC 2 supershell: NGC 2100. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 664:296-303.
- 2007
  
  CHARA ArrayK′‐Band Measurements of the Angular Dimensions of Be Star Disks. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 654:527-543.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/509144
- 2007
  
  Discovery of a New Dusty B[e] Star in the Small Magellanic Cloud. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 670:1331-1336.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/522330
- 2007
  
  The Magnetic Field Structure of the LMC 2 Supershell: NGC 2100. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 664:296-303.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/519155
- 2007
  
  The Role of Evolutionary Age and Metallicity in the Formation of Classical Be Circumstellar Disks. II. Assessing the Evolutionary Nature of Candidate Disk Systems. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 671:2040-2058.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/522293
- 2007
  
  Toward Mapping the Detailed Density Structure of Classical Be Circumstellar Disks. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 656:L21-L24.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/512123
- 2007
  
  Toward Understanding the B[e] Phenomenon. II. New Galactic FS CMa Stars. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 671:828-841.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/523094
- 2006
  
  Properties of the delta scorpii circumstellar disk from continuum modeling. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 652:1617-1625.
- 2006
  
  The asymmetrical wind of the candidate luminous blue variable MWC 314. PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC. 118:820-827.
- 2006
  
  Properties of the δ Scorpii Circumstellar Disk from Continuum Modeling. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 652:1617-1625.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/507935
- 2006
  
  The Asymmetrical Wind of the Candidate Luminous Blue Variable MWC 314. PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC. 118:820-827.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/506182
- 2006
  
  The Role of Evolutionary Age and Metallicity in the Formation of Classical Be Circumstellar Disks. I. New Candidate Be Stars in the LMC, SMC, and Milky Way. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 652:458-471.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/507260
- 2005
  
  MWC 930 - a new luminous blue variable candidate. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 364:335-343.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09567.x
- 2005
  
  Properties of galactic B[e] supergiants - IV. Hen 3-298 and Hen 3-303. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. 436:653-659.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20052726
- 2004
  
  A new phase of activity of the Herbig Be star HD 200775 in 2001: Evidence for binarity. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. 417:715-723.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031783
- 2004
  
  Fundamental parameters and evolutionary state of the Herbig Ae star candidate HD 35929. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. 427:937-944.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20041618
- 2004
  
  Properties of galactic B[e] supergiants. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. 417:731-743.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20034181
- 2003
  
  A study of the B[e] star AS 160. Astronomy Letters. 29:336-343.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1134/1.1573282
- 2003
  
  An atlas of spectra of B6–A2 hypergiants and supergiants from 4800 to 6700 Å. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. 397:1035-1042.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20021430
- 2003
  
  Evolution of the Inner Circumstellar Envelope of V838 Monocerotis. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 598:L43-L46.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/380500
- 2003
  
  HD 19993 and HD 29035: New bright A-type emission-line stars. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. 412:219-228.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031416
- 2003
  
  Properties of galactic B[e] supergiants II. HDE 327083. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. 406:673-683.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20030824
- 2003
  
  Spectroscopic and Spectropolarimetric Observations of V838 Monocerotis. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 588:486-493.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/373897
- 2003
  
  Spectroscopy of the growing circumstellar disk in the δ Scorpii Be binary. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. 408:305-311.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20030965
- 2002
  
  A Study of π Aquarii during a Quasi‐normal Star Phase: Refined Fundamental Parameters and Evidence for Binarity. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 573:812-824.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/340751
- 2002
  
  Binary Nature and Long‐Term Variations of γ Cassiopeiae. PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC. 114:1226-1233.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/342766
- 2002
  
  Discovery of spectral variation in the optical counterpart of IRAS 01005+7910. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. 392:143-150.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20020909
- 2002
  
  Properties of galactic B[e] supergiants. I. CI Camelopardalis. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. 390:627-632.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20020798
- 2002
  
  The luminous B[e] binary AS 381. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. 383:171-181.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20011711
- 2002
  
  V669 Cep: A new binary system with a B[e] star. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. 388:563-572.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20020535
- 2001
  
  Scattered Light Models of Protostellar Envelopes: Multiple Outflow Cavities and Misaligned Circumstellar Disks. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 561:299-307.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/323060
- 2001
  
  Spectroscopic observations of the δ Scorpii binary during its recent periastron passage. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. 377:485-495.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20010911
- 2001
  
  Spectroscopy of B-type emission-line stars with compact dusty envelopes: HD 85567, Hen 3-140, and Hen 3-1398. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. 371:600-613.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20010365
- 2001
  
  The pre-main-sequence star IP Persei. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. 377:854-867.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20010958
- 2000
  
  Spectroscopy and photometry of the emission–line B–type stars AS 78 and MWC 657. Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 147:5-24.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1051/aas:2000287
- 1999
  
  HR 4049: temporal variations in the structure of the circumstellar material. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 306:531-537.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02532.x
- 1999
  
  Six intermediate-mass stars with far-infrared excess: a search for evolutionary connections. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 302:612-624.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02149.x
- 1999
  
  Transient Infall Events in the Disk of AB Aurigae: The β Pictoris Phenomenon at 2–4 Megayears. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 511:925-931.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/306698
- 1998
  
  High State of Hα Emission Activity of the Herbig Be Star HD 200775. PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC. 110:883-887.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/316208
- 1998
  
  Solar system observations by the Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photopolarimeter Experiment -- III. The first ultraviolet linear spectropolarimetry of the Moon. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 298:303-309.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01633.x
- 1998
  
  The First Ultraviolet and Optical Spectropolarimetry of the B[e] Star HD 50138. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 509:904-910.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/306508
- 1997
  
  Constraints on the Geometry of Circumstellar Envelopes: Optical Interferometric and Spectropolarimetric Observations of Seven Be Stars. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 479:477-496.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/303854
- 1997
  
  Deriving the Geometry of Be Star Circumstellar Envelopes from Continuum Spectropolarimetry. I. The Case of ζ Tauri. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 477:926-939.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/303747
- 1997
  
  Evidence for a Bipolar Geometry in R Coronae Borealis?. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 476:870-874.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/303666
- 1997
  
  Probing the Geometry and Circumstellar Environment of SN 1993J in M81. PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC. 109:489.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/133906
- 1997
  
  Solar System Observations by the Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photopolarimeter Experiment.I.The First Ultraviolet Linear Spectropolarimetry of Mars. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 113:1152.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/118334
- 1997
  
  Solar System Observations by the Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photopolarimeter Experiment.II.The First Linear Ultraviolet Spectropolarimetry of Io. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 113:1158.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/118335
- 1997
  
  The Star‐grazing Extrasolar Comets in the HD 100546 System. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 483:449-456.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/304230
- 1996
  
  The $^{\bf\beta}$ Pictoris phenomenon among Herbig Ae/Be stars. UV and optical high dispersion spectra. Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 120:157-177.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1051/aas:1996282
- 1996
  
  Ultraviolet Interstellar Polarization of Galactic Starlight.I.Observations by the Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo Polarimeter Experiment. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 112:2726.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/118217
- 1995
  
  Astro-1 and ground-based observations of Markarian 335: Evidence for an accretion disk. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 444:632.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/175635
- 1995
  
  Long-Term Spectroscopic and Polarimetric Monitoring of R Coronae Borealis near Maximum Light. PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC. 107:416.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/133570
- 1995
  
  The Visual and Ultraviolet Polarimetric Data of alpha Camelopardalis and kappa Cassiopeia: Evidence of Shocked Regions. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 447:889.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/175926
- 1994
  
  Spectropolarimetric variability in OB stars. ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE. 221:335-345.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/bf01091164
- 1994
  
  Spectropolarimetry of Nova Cygni 1992: Evidence for an asymmetric geometry. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 425:247.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/173981
- 1994
  
  The effects of gravity darkening on the ultraviolet continuum polarization produced by circumstellar disks. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 436:818.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/174958
- 1993
  
  A Hot Neon Nova: Optical Spectrophotometry and the Physics of Nova Cygni 1992. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 419:L85.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/187143
- 1993
  
  Detection of accreting gas toward HD 45677 - A newly recognized, Herbig Be proto-planetary system. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 415:L39.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/187027
- 1993
  
  The first ultraviolet spectropolarimetric study of NGC 1068. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 403:L63.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/186722
- 1993
  
  Ultraviolet spectropolarimetry of the Be star PP Carinae with the Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 412:810.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/172963
- 1992
  
  Evidence for a bipolar nebula around the peculiar B(e) star HD 45677 from ultraviolet spectropolarimetry. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 401:L105.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/186682
- 1992
  
  The first linear polarization spectra of Wolf-Rayet stars in the ultraviolet - EZ Canis Majoris and Theta MUSCAE. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 391:L37.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/186393
- 1992
  
  The first spectropolarimetric study of the wavelength dependence of interstellar polarization in the ultraviolet. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 385:L53.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/186276
- 1992
  
  The wind geometry of the Wolf-Rayet star HD 191765. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 387:347.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/171087
- 1991
  
  A study of the asymmetric wind of P Cygni. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 102:1197.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/115947
- 1991
  
  First ultraviolet spectropolarimetry of Be stars from the Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 383:L67.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/186243
- 1991
  
  First ultraviolet spectropolarimetry of hot supergiants. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 382:L85.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/186218
- 1991
  
  On the wind geometry of the Wolf-Rayet star EZ Canis Majoris. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 382:301.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/170717
- 1990
  
  A rotating, expanding disk in the Wolf-Rayet star EZ Canis Majoris?. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 365:L19.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/185878
- 1989
  
  Highly ionized stellar winds in Be stars. II - Winds in B6-B9.5e stars. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 339:403.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/167306
- 1987
  
  Highly ionized stellar winds in Be stars - The evidence for aspect dependence. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 320:376.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/165551
- 1987
  
  Radio detection of the Be star Persei. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 228:811-817.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/mnras/228.4.811
Editorial Material (Web of Science)
- 2015
  
  University learning: Improve undergraduate science education. NATURE. 282-284.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/523282a
Lecture or Panel Discussion (Faculty180)
- 2018
  
  Case, Patricia, Monita H. Mungo, and Karen Bjorkman. “Mentoring and Advancement for Women in STEM Disciplines” . North Central Sociological Association Conference.
Meeting Abstract (Web of Science)
- 1986
  
  An Ultraviolet Survey of Stellar Winds in Be-Stars. PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC. 1101.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/131887
Proceedings Paper (Web of Science)
- 2017
  
  B[e] Star CI Cam: Eighteen Years of Research. B(E) PHENOMENON: FORTY YEARS OF STUDIES. 307-312.
- 2016
  
  Variable Circumstellar Disks of Classical Be Stars in Clusters. BRIGHT EMISSARIES: BE STARS AS MESSENGERS OF STAR-DISK PHYSICS. 267-270.
- 2012
  
  HPOL: World's Largest Database of Optical Spectropolarimetry. STELLAR POLARIMETRY: FROM BIRTH TO DEATH. 226-229.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.3701930
- 2012
  
  Polarimetry of Binary Stars and Exoplanets. FROM INTERACTING BINARIES TO EXOPLANETS: ESSENTIAL MODELING TOOLS. 173-180.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/S1743921311027281
- 2011
  
  Disk-loss and disk-renewal phases in classical Be stars - II. Detailed analysis of spectropolarimetric data. ACTIVE OB STARS: STRUCTURE, EVOLUTION, MASS-LOSS, AND CRITICAL LIMITS. 388-+.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/S1743921311010854
- 2011
  
  Properties of the circumstellar dust in galactic FS CMa objects. ACTIVE OB STARS: STRUCTURE, EVOLUTION, MASS-LOSS, AND CRITICAL LIMITS. 412-+.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/S1743921311010970
- 2011
  
  Spectrally and spatially resolved H alpha emission from Be stars: their disks rotate Keplerian. ACTIVE OB STARS: STRUCTURE, EVOLUTION, MASS-LOSS, AND CRITICAL LIMITS. 418-+.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/S1743921311011008
- 2011
  
  Polarimetry of Binary Stars and Exoplanets. LIVES AND DEATH-THROES OF MASSIVE STARS. 173-180.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/s1743921311027281
- 2010
  
  Disk-loss and disk-renewal phases in classical Be stars – II. Detailed analysis of spectropolarimetric data. LIVES AND DEATH-THROES OF MASSIVE STARS. 388-389.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/s1743921311010854
- 2010
  
  Properties of the circumstellar dust in galactic FS CMa objects. LIVES AND DEATH-THROES OF MASSIVE STARS. 412-413.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/s1743921311010970
- 2010
  
  Spectrally and spatially resolved Hα emission from Be stars: their disks rotate Keplerian. LIVES AND DEATH-THROES OF MASSIVE STARS. 418-419.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/s1743921311011008
- 2009
  
  Diagnosing the Structure of the HD 163296 Protoplanetary Disk via Coronagraphic Imaging Polarimetry. COOL STARS, STELLAR SYSTEMS AND THE SUN. 393-+.
- 2009
  
  New Circumstellar Dust Creation in V838 Monocerotis. COOL STARS, STELLAR SYSTEMS AND THE SUN. 900-+.
- 2009
  
  The magnetic field structure of the Small Magellanic Cloud. MAGELLANIC SYSTEM: STARS, GAS, AND GALAXIES. 178-+.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/S1743921308028421
- 2008
  
  The magnetic field structure of the Small Magellanic Cloud. LIVES AND DEATH-THROES OF MASSIVE STARS. 178-183.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/s1743921308028421
- 2007
  
  B[e] stars with warm dust - A new type of intermediate- and high-mass interacting binary?. MASSIVE STARS IN INTERACTING BINARIES. 343-+.
- 2007
  
  Modeling the structure of hot star disks: a critical evaluation of the viscous decretion scenario. ACTIVE OB-STARS: LABORATORIES FOR STELLAR AND CIRCUMSTELLAR PHYSICS, PROCEEDINGS. 242-+.
- 2007
  
  Polarimetry, circumstellar disks and active OB stars. ACTIVE OB-STARS: LABORATORIES FOR STELLAR AND CIRCUMSTELLAR PHYSICS, PROCEEDINGS. 266-266.
- 2007
  
  The effects of age and metallicity on be circumstellar disk formation. ACTIVE OB-STARS: LABORATORIES FOR STELLAR AND CIRCUMSTELLAR PHYSICS, PROCEEDINGS. 527-+.
- 2006
  
  Polarization diagnostics for circumstellar disks. Stars with the B[e] Phenomenon, Proceedings. 247-251.
- 2005
  
  Circumstellar disk systems in the LMC, SMC, and Milky Way galaxy. Nature and Evolution of Disks Around Hot Stars. 333-337.
- 2005
  
  Identifying circumstellar disks in LMC/SMC clusters. Astronomical Polarimetry: Current Status and Future Directions. 288-289.
- 2005
  
  Spectropolarimetric variability in hot stars. Astronomical Polarimetry: Current Status and Future Directions. 406-411.
Review Article (Web of Science)
- 2009
  
  Properties and nature of Be stars 26. Long-term and orbital changes of zeta Tauri. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. 1319-U509.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200810526

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