A&S ACADEMIC PERSONNEL CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME
Michael Sean Brotherton
ADDRESS
University of Wyoming
PHONE
cell: (307) 399-9524
EDUCATION
1996
Ph. D., Astronomy, University of Texas, Austin, TX.
Thesis title: The Nature of QSO Emission-line Regions
1992
M. S., Astronomy, University of Texas, Austin, TX.
1990
B. S., Electrical Engineering & Physics, Rice University, Houston, TX.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Years (2008-present) Associate Professor, Astronomy, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy,
University of Wyoming
Years (2002-2008) Assistant Professor, Astronomy, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy,
University of Wyoming
Years (1999-2002) Research Associate, Astronomy, Kitt Peak National Observatory,
National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson, AZ
Years (1996-1999) Postdoctoral Fellow, Astronomy, Institute for Geophysics and
Planetary Physics, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
SABBATICALS\PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAVE
AY 2008-2009, Universidade Federal do Rio do Grand do Sul (Brazil) & Tianjin Normal
University (China), working with Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann on integral field unit (IFU)
observations of post-starburst quasars and developing new collaborations. Also spent
time in China working with Zhaohui Shang on the spectral energy distributions of
quasars. A NASA grant provided financial support.
CURRENT JOB DESCRIPTION
35 % Teaching, 55% Research, 5% Service, 0% Admin, 5% Advising
TEACHING (last five years)
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Course No./Title
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PHYS 1210 – Physics 1
4
ASTR 5460 - Cosmology
4
PHYS 4860 – Ind. Study
2
ASTR 1050 – Survey of Astro 4
ASTR 1050 – Survey of Astro 4
ASTR 5980 – Diss. Research 1
ASTR 5980 – Diss. Research 1
ASTR 2310 – General Astro I 4
ASTR 5460 – Cosmology
4
ASTR 5980 – Diss. Research 1
ASTR 1050 – Survey of Astro 4
ASTR 1050 – Survey of Astro 4
ASTR 5980 – Diss. Research 1
ASTR 5860 – Ind. Study
1
ASTR 5980 – Diss. Research 1
ASTR 5860 – Ind. Study
1
ASTR 2310 – General Astro I 4
ASTR 5460 – Cosmology
4
ASTR 5980 – Diss. Research 1
ASTR 5860 – Ind. Study
1
ASTR 5860 – Ind. Study
1
ASTR 5860 – Ind. Study
1
PHYS 5860 – Ind. Study
1
PHYS 5860 – Ind. Study
1
ASTR 5980 – Diss. Research 1
PHYS 5980 – Diss. Research 1
PHYS 5860 – Ind. Study
1
PHYS 4870 – Special Topics 3
Enrollment
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PUBLICATIONS IN PROGRESS
In Preparation:
DiPompeo, M., Brotherton, Michael S., Myers, A., Green, R. F., and Runnoe, J., “The
Intrinsic Quasar Luminosity Function: Accounting for Accretion Disk Anisotropy,”
Astrophysical Journal, refereed
Under Review:
Brotherton, Michael S., Runnoe, J., Shang, Z, and DiPompeo, M. “Bias in CIV-based
quasar black hole mass scaling relationships from reverberation mapped samples,”
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, refereed
Cales, Sabrina, and Brotherton, Michael S., “Post-Starburst Quasars: Bridging the Gap
Between Post-Starburst Galaxies and Quasars,” Astrophysical Journal, refereed
Sanmartim, D., Storchi-Bergmann, T., & Brotherton, M., “2D stellar population and gas
kinematics of the inner kiloparsec of the post-starburst quasar PSQ J0330-0532,”
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, refereed
PUBLISHED WORKS
Refereed Journal Articles (96):
Runnoe, J., Brotherton, M., Shang, Z, DiPompeo, M. “The behavior of quasar C IV
emission-line properties with orientation,” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society, in press (arXiv:1312.7500)
Berrington, R., Brotherton, M., Gallagher, S. C., Ganguly, R. Shang, Z., DiPompeo, M,
Chatterjee, R., Lacy., M., Gregg, M. D., and Laurent-Muehleisen, 2013, “The X-ray
Spectrum and Spectral Energy Distribution of FIRST J155633.8+351758: A LoBAL
Quasar with a Possible Beamed Polar Outflow,” Monthly Notices of the Royal
Astronomical Society, 436, 3321-3330
Runnoe, Jessie C., Brotherton, M. S., Shang, Zhaohui, and DiPompeo, M. A.,
2013, "Rehabilitating C IV-based black hole mass estimates in quasars,"
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 434, 848-861
Runnoe, Jessie C., Ganguly, R., Brotherton, M. S., and DiPompeo, M. A.,
2013, "Rest-frame optical properties of luminous, radio-selected broad
absorption line quasars," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society, 433, 1778-1788
Riffel, R., Rodriguez-Ardila, A., Aleman, I., Brotherton, M. S., Pastoriza,
M. G., Bonatto, C., and Dors, O. L., 2013, "Erratum: Molecular hydrogen
and [Fe II] in active galactic nuclei III: LINERS and star forming
galaxies," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 432,
3545-3545
Wei, Peng, Shang, Zhaohui, Brotherton, Michael S., Cales, Sabrina L.,
Hines, Dean C., Dale, Daniel A., Ganguly, Rajib, and Canalizo, Gabriela,
2013, "Mid-infrared Spectral Properties of Post-starburst Quasars," The
Astrophysical Journal, 772, 28Riffel, R., Rodriguez-Ardila, A., Aleman, I., Brotherton, M. S., Pastoriza,
M. G., Bonatto, C., and Dors, O. L., 2013, "Molecular hydrogen and [Fe
II] in active galactic nuclei - III. Low-ionization nuclear emission-line
region and star-forming galaxies," Monthly Notices of the Royal
Astronomical Society, 430, 2002-2017
Runnoe, Jessie C., Brotherton, M. S., Shang, Z., Wills, B. J., and
DiPompeo, M. A., 2013, "The orientation dependence of quasar single-epoch
black hole mass scaling relationships," Monthly Notices of the Royal
Astronomical Society, 429, 135-149
DiPompeo, M. A., Brotherton, M. S., and De Breuck, C., 2013, "The
orientation and polarization of broad absorption line quasars," Monthly
Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 428, 1565-1578
Sanmartim, David, Storchi-Bergmann, Thaisa, and Brotherton, Michael S.,
2013, "2D stellar population and gas kinematics of the inner 1.5 kpc of
the post-starburst quasar SDSS J0210-0903," Monthly Notices of the Royal
Astronomical Society, 428, 867-881
DiPompeo, M. A., Runnoe, J. C., Brotherton, M. S., and Myers, A. D., 2013,
"An Infrared Excess Identified in Radio-loud Broad Absorption Line Quasars," The
Astrophysical Journal, 762, 111Cales, Sabrina L., Brotherton, Michael S., Shang, Zhaohui, Runnoe, Jessie
C., DiPompeo, Michael A., Bennert, Vardha Nicola, Canalizo, Gabriela,
Hiner, Kyle D., Stoll, R., Ganguly, Rajib, and Diamond-Stanic, Aleksandar,
2013, "The Properties of Post-starburst Quasars Based on Optical
Spectroscopy," The Astrophysical Journal, 762, 90Runnoe, Jessie C., Brotherton, Michael S., and Shang, Zhaohui, 2012,
"Erratum: Updating quasar bolometric luminosity corrections," Monthly
Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 427, 1800-1800
DiPompeo, M. A., Brotherton, M. S., Cales, S. L., and Runnoe, J. C., 2012,
"The rest-frame ultraviolet properties of radio-loud broad absorption line
quasars," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 427,
1135-1152
Runnoe, Jessie C., Brotherton, Michael S., and Shang, Zhaohui, 2012,
"Updating quasar bolometric luminosity corrections - II. Infrared
bolometric corrections," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society, 426, 2677-2688
Hiner, Kyle D., Canalizo, Gabriela, Wold, Margrethe, Brotherton, Michael
S., and Cales, Sabrina L., 2012, "Black-hole-Bulge Relationship of
Post-starburst Quasars at z ~ 0.3," The Astrophysical Journal, 756, 162Tang, Baitian, Shang, Zhaohui, Gu, Qiusheng, Brotherton, Michael S., and
Runnoe, Jessie C., 2012, "The Optical and Ultraviolet Emission-line
Properties of Bright Quasars with Detailed Spectral Energy Distributions,"
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 201, 38DiPompeo, M. A., Brotherton, M. S., and De Breuck, C., 2012, "The Viewing
Angles of Broad Absorption Line versus Unabsorbed Quasars," The
Astrophysical Journal, 752, 6Runnoe, Jessie C., Brotherton, Michael S., and Shang, Zhaohui, 2012,
"Updating quasar bolometric luminosity corrections," Monthly Notices of
the Royal Astronomical Society, 422, 478-493
DiPompeo, M. A., Brotherton, M. S., De Breuck, C., and Laurent-Muehleisen,
Sally, 2011, "A Very Large Array Survey of Radio-selected SDSS Broad
Absorption Line Quasars," The Astrophysical Journal, 743, 71Cales, S. L., Brotherton, M. S., Shang, Zhaohui, Bennert, Vardha Nicola,
Canalizo, G., Stoll, R., Ganguly, R., Vanden Berk, D., Paul, C., and
Diamond-Stanic, A., 2011, "Hubble Space Telescope Imaging of
Post-starburst Quasars," The Astrophysical Journal, 741, 106Shang, Zhaohui, Brotherton, Michael S., Wills, Beverley J., Wills, D.,
Cales, Sabrina L., Dale, Daniel A., Green, Richard F., Runnoe, Jessie C.,
Nemmen, Rodrigo S., Gallagher, Sarah C., Ganguly, Rajib, Hines, Dean C.,
Kelly, Benjamin J., Kriss, Gerard A., Li, Jun, Tang, Baitian, and Xie,
Yanxia, 2011, "The Next Generation Atlas of Quasar Spectral Energy
Distributions from Radio to X-Rays," The Astrophysical Journal Supplement
Series, 196, 2Brotherton, M. S., De Breuck, C., and Schaefer, J. J., 2011, "Erratum:
Spectropolarimetry of PKS 0040-005 and the orientation of broad absorption
line quasars," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 413,
L114-L114
DiPompeo, M. A., Brotherton, M. S., and De Breuck, C., 2011, "Very Large
Telescope Spectropolarimetry of Broad Absorption Line QSOs," The
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 193, 9Rogerson, Jesse A., Hall, Patrick B., Snedden, Stephanie A., Brotherton,
Michael S., and Anderson, Scott F., 2011, "Chandra X-ray observations of
two unusual BAL quasars," New Astronomy, 16, 128-137
Nemmen, Rodrigo S. and Brotherton, Michael S., 2010, "Quasar bolometric
corrections: theoretical considerations," Monthly Notices of the Royal
Astronomical Society, 408, 1598-1605
DiPompeo, M. A., Brotherton, M. S., Becker, R. H., Tran, H. D., Gregg, M.
D., White, R. L., and Laurent-Muehleisen, S. A., 2010,
"Spectropolarimetry of Radio-selected Broad Absorption Line Quasars," The
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 189, 83-103
Georgakakis, A., Clements, D. L., Bendo, G., Rowan-Robinson, M., Nandra,
K., and Brotherton, M. S., 2009, "Are red 2MASS QSOs young?," Monthly
Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 394, 533-546
Ganguly, Rajib and Brotherton, Michael S., 2008, "On the Fraction of
Quasars with Outflows," The Astrophysical Journal, 672, 102-107
Ganguly, Rajib, Brotherton, Michael S., Cales, Sabrina, Scoggins, Brian,
Shang, Zhaohui, and Vestergaard, Marianne, 2007, "Outflows and the
Physical Properties of Quasars," The Astrophysical Journal, 665,
990-1003
Shang, Zhaohui, Wills, Beverley J., Wills, D., and Brotherton, Michael S.,
2007, "Spectral Properties from Ly alpha; to H alpha; for an Essentially Complete
Sample of Quasars. I. Data," The Astronomical Journal, 134, 294-393
Wold, M., Brotherton, M. S., and Shang, Zhaohui, 2007, "The dependence of
quasar variability on black hole mass," Monthly Notices of the Royal
Astronomical Society, 375, 989-999
Ganguly, Rajib, Brotherton, Michael S., Arav, Nahum, Heap, Sara R.,
Wisotzki, Lutz, Aldcroft, Thomas L., Alloin, Danielle, Behar, Ehud,
Canalizo, Gabriela, Crenshaw, D. Michael, de Kool, Martijn, Chambers,
Kenneth, Cecil, Gerald, Chatzichristou, Eleni, Everett, John, Gabel, Jack,
Gaskell, C. Martin, Galliano, Emmanuel, Green, Richard F., Hall, Patrick
B., Hines, Dean C., Junkkarinen, Vesa T., Kaastra, Jelle S., Kaiser, Mary
Elizabeth, Kazanas, Demosthenes, Konigl, Arieh, Korista, Kirk T., Kriss,
Gerard A., Laor, Ari, Leighly, Karen M., Mathur, Smita, Ogle, Patrick,
Proga, Daniel, Sabra, Bassem, Sivron, Ran, Snedden, Stephanie, Telfer,
Randal, and Vestergaard, Marianne, 2007, "Hubble Space Telescope
Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of 14 Low-Redshift Quasars," The Astronomical
Journal, 133, 479-486
Canalizo, Gabriela, Stockton, Alan, Brotherton, Michael S., and Lacy, Mark,
2006, "Star formation in QSO host galaxies," New Astronomy Reviews, 50,
650-656
Brotherton, M. S., De Breuck, C., and Schaefer, J. J., 2006,
"Spectropolarimetry of PKS 0040-005 and the orientation of broad absorption
line quasars," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 372,
L58-L62
Schaefer, Justin J., Brotherton, Michael S., Shang, Zhaohui, Gregg, Michael
D., Becker, Robert H., Laurent-Muehleisen, Sally A., Lacy, Mark, and White,
Richard L., 2006, "XMM-Newton Detection of the Rare Fanaroff-Riley Type
II Broad Absorption Line Quasar FIRST J101614.3+520916," The Astronomical
Journal, 132, 1464-1467
Georgantopoulos, I., Nandra, K., Brotherton, M., Georgakakis, A.,
Papadakis, I. E., and O'Neill, P., 2006, "XMM-Newton and Chandra
observations of SHEEP sources," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society, 367, 1727-1734
Scott, Jennifer E., Kriss, Gerard A., Lee, Julia C., Quijano, Jessica Kim,
Brotherton, Michael, Canizares, Claude R., Green, Richard F., Hutchings,
John, Kaiser, Mary Elizabeth, Marshall, Herman, Oegerle, William, Ogle,
Patrick, and Zheng, Wei, 2005, "Intrinsic Absorption in the Spectrum of
NGC 7469: Simultaneous Chandra, FUSE, and STIS Observations," The
Astrophysical Journal, 634, 193-209
Gallagher, S. C., Schmidt, Gary D., Smith, Paul S., Brandt, W. N., Chartas,
G., Hylton, Shavonne, Hines, D. C., and Brotherton, M. S., 2005,
"Variation in the Scattering Shroud Surrounding Markarian 231," The
Astrophysical Journal, 633, 71-85
Brotherton, M. S., Laurent-Muehleisen, S. A., Becker, R. H., Gregg, Michael
D., Telis, Gisela, White, R. L., and Shang, Zhaohui, 2005, "Chandra X-Ray
Observations of Radio-Loud Broad Absorption Line Quasars," The
Astronomical Journal, 130, 2006-2011
Shang, Zhaohui, Brotherton, Michael S., Green, Richard F., Kriss, Gerard
A., Scott, Jennifer, Quijano, Jessica Kim, Blaes, Omer, Hubeny, Ivan,
Hutchings, John, Kaiser, Mary Elizabeth, Koratkar, Anuradha, Oegerle,
William, and Zheng, Wei, 2005, "Quasars and the Big Blue Bump," The
Astrophysical Journal, 619, 41-59
Scott, Jennifer E., Kriss, Gerard A., Brotherton, Michael, Green, Richard
F., Hutchings, John, Shull, J. Michael, and Zheng, Wei, 2004, "A
Composite Extreme-Ultraviolet QSO Spectrum from FUSE," The Astrophysical
Journal, 615, 135-149
Scott, Jennifer E., Kriss, Gerard A., Lee, Julia C., Arav, Nahum, Ogle,
Patrick, Roraback, Kenneth, Weaver, Kimberly, Alexander, Tal, Brotherton,
Michael, Green, Richard F., Hutchings, John, Kaiser, Mary Elizabeth,
Marshall, Herman, Oegerle, William, and Zheng, Wei, 2004, "Intrinsic
Absorption in the Spectrum of Markarian 279: Simultaneous Chandra, FUSE,
and STIS Observations," The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 152,
1-27
Nandra, K., Georgantopoulos, I., Brotherton, M., and Papadakis, I. E.,
2004, "X-ray and optical counterparts of hard X-ray selected sources from
the SHEEP survey: first results," Monthly Notices of the Royal
Astronomical Society, 347, L41-L46
Shields, Gregory A., Gebhardt, Karl, Salviander, Sarah, Wills, Beverley J.,
Xie, Bingrong, Brotherton, Michael S., Yuan, Juntao, and Dietrich,
Matthias, 2003, "The Black Hole-Bulge Relationship in Quasars," The
Astrophysical Journal, 583, 124-133
Georgantopoulos, I., Nandra, K., Brotherton, M., Ptak, A., Zezas, A., and
Papadakis, I., 2003, "The SHEEP survey: Observing the hardest of the hard
with Chandra," Astronomische Nachrichten, 324, 32-35
Brotherton, Michael S., Croom, Scott M., De Breuck, Carlos, Becker, Robert
H., and Gregg, Michael D., 2002, "The Twice-Overlooked, Second
Fanaroff-Riley II Broad Absorption Line Quasar LBQS 1138-0126," The
Astronomical Journal, 124, 2575-2580
Brotherton, Michael S., Ly, Chun, Wills, Beverley J., Laurent-Muehleisen,
Sally A., van Breugel, Wil, and Antonucci, R. R. J., 2002, "Multiband VLA
Observations of the Faint Radio Core of 3CR 68.1," The Astronomical
Journal, 124, 1943-1947
Yuan, Q., Green, R. F., Brotherton, M., Tripp, T. M., Kaiser, M. E., and
Kriss, G. A., 2002, "Associated Absorption Lines in the Radio-loud Quasar
3C 351: Far-Ultraviolet Echelle Spectroscopy from the Hubble Space
Telescope," The Astrophysical Journal, 575, 687-696
Brotherton, Michael S., Grabelsky, Matthew, Canalizo, Gabriela, van
Breugel, Wil, Filippenko, Alexei V., Croom, Scott, Boyle, Brian, and
Shanks, Tom, 2002, "Hubble Space Telescope Imaging of the Poststarburst
Quasar UN J1025-0040: Evidence for Recent Star Formation," Publications of
the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 114, 593-601
Brotherton, M. S., van Breugel, W., Smith, R. J., Boyle, B. J., Shanks, T.,
Croom, S. M., Miller, L., and Becker, R. H., 2002, "Erratum: ``Discovery
of Radio-Loud Broad Absorption Line Quasars Using Ultraviolet Excess and
Deep Radio Selection,'' The Astrophysical Journal, 571, L191-L191
Brotherton, M. S., Green, R. F., Kriss, G. A., Oegerle, W., Kaiser, M. E.,
Zheng, W., and Hutchings, J. B., 2002, "Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic
Explorer Observations of the Seyfert 1.5 Galaxy NGC 5548 in a Low State,"
The Astrophysical Journal, 565, 800-807
Gregg, Michael D., Lacy, Mark, White, Richard L., Glikman, Eilat, Helfand,
David, Becker, Robert H., and Brotherton, Michael S., 2002, "The Reddest
Quasars," The Astrophysical Journal, 564, 133-142
Zheng, W., Kriss, G. A., Wang, J. X., Brotherton, M., Oegerle, W. R.,
Blair, W. P., Davidsen, A. F., Green, R. F., Hutchings, J. B., and Kaiser,
M. E., 2001, "Ultraviolet Broad Absorption Features and the Spectral
Energy Distribution of the Quasar PG 1351+64," The Astrophysical Journal,
562, 152-159
Arav, Nahum, de Kool, Martijn, Korista, Kirk T., Crenshaw, D. Michael, van
Breugel, Wil, Brotherton, Michael, Green, Richard F., Pettini, Max, Wills,
Bev, de Vries, Wim, Becker, Bob, Brandt, W. N., Green, Paul, Junkkarinen,
Vesa T., Koratkar, Anuradha, Laor, Ari, Laurent-Muehleisen, Sally A.,
Mathur, Smita, and Murray, Norman, 2001, "HST STIS Observations of PG
0946+301: The Highest Quality UV Spectrum of a BALQSO," The Astrophysical
Journal, 561, 118-130
Hutchings, J. B., Kriss, G. A., Green, R. F., Brotherton, M., Kaiser, M.
E., Koratkar, A. P., and Zheng, W., 2001, "Evidence for an Accelerating
Wind as the Broad-Line Region in NGC 3516," The Astrophysical Journal,
559, 173-180
Becker, Robert H., White, Richard L., Gregg, Michael D.,
Laurent-Muehleisen, Sally A., Brotherton, Michael S., Impey, Chris D.,
Chaffee, Frederic H., Richards, Gordon T., Helfand, David J., Lacy, Mark,
Courbin, Frederic, and Proctor, Deanne D., 2001, "The FIRST Bright Quasar
Survey. III. The South Galactic Cap," The Astrophysical Journal Supplement
Series, 135, 227-262
Leonard, Douglas C., Filippenko, Alexei V., Ardila, David R., and
Brotherton, Michael S., 2001, "Is It Round? Spectropolarimetry of the
Type II-p Supernova 1999EM," The Astrophysical Journal, 553, 861-885
Brotherton, M. S., Tran, Hien D., Becker, R. H., Gregg, Michael D.,
Laurent-Muehleisen, S. A., and White, R. L., 2001, "Composite Spectra
from the FIRST Bright Quasar Survey," The Astrophysical Journal, 546,
775-781
Arav, Nahum, Brotherton, Michael S., Becker, Robert H., Gregg, Michael D.,
White, Richard L., Price, Trevor, and Hack, Warren, 2001, "The Intrinsic
Absorber in QSO 2359-1241: Keck and HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE Observations,"
The Astrophysical Journal, 546, 140-149
Brotherton, M. S., Arav, Nahum, Becker, R. H., Tran, Hien D., Gregg,
Michael D., White, R. L., Laurent-Muehleisen, S. A., and Hack, Warren,
2001, "QSO 2359-1241: A Bright, Highly Polarized, Radio-moderate,
Reddened, Low-Ionization Broad Absorption Line Quasar," The Astrophysical
Journal, 546, 134-139
Najita, Joan, Dey, Arjun, and Brotherton, Michael, 2000, "Red Quasars and
Quasar Evolution: The Case of BAL QSO FIRST J155633.8+351758," The
Astronomical Journal, 120, 2859-2867
Gregg, Michael D., Becker, Robert H., Brotherton, Michael S.,
Laurent-Muehleisen, Sally A., Lacy, Mark, and White, Richard L., 2000,
"Discovery of a Classic FR II Broad Absorption Line Quasar from the FIRST
Survey," The Astrophysical Journal, 544, 142-149
Kriss, G. A., Green, R. F., Brotherton, M., Oegerle, W., Sembach, K. R.,
Davidsen, A. F., Friedman, S. D., Kaiser, M. E., Zheng, W., Woodgate, B.,
Hutchings, J., Shull, J. M., and York, D. G., 2000, "Far Ultraviolet
Spectroscopic Explorer Observations of Intrinsic Absorption in the Seyfert
1 Galaxy Markarian 509," The Astrophysical Journal, 538, L17-L21
Becker, Robert H., White, Richard L., Gregg, Michael D., Brotherton,
Michael S., Laurent-Muehleisen, Sally A., and Arav, Nahum, 2000,
"Properties of Radio-selected Broad Absorption Line Quasars from the First
Bright Quasar Survey," The Astrophysical Journal, 538, 72-82
Gregg, Michael D., Wisotzki, Lutz, Becker, Robert H., Maza, José,
Schechter, Paul L., White, Richard L., Brotherton, Michael S., and Winn,
Joshua N., 2000, "A Close-Separation Double Quasar Lensed by a Gas-rich
Galaxy," The Astronomical Journal, 119, 2535-2539
Mathur, S., Green, P. J., Arav, N., Brotherton, M., Crenshaw, M., deKool,
M., Elvis, M., Goodrich, R. W., Hamann, F., Hines, D. C., Kashyap, V.,
Korista, K., Peterson, B. M., Shields, J. C., Shlosman, I., van Breugel,
W., and Voit, M., 2000, "Thomson Thick X-Ray Absorption in a Broad
Absorption Line Quasar, PG 0946+301," The Astrophysical Journal, 533,
L79-L82
Brinkmann, W., Laurent-Muehleisen, S. A., Voges, W., Siebert, J., Becker,
R. H., Brotherton, M. S., White, R. L., and Gregg, M. D., 2000, "Radio
and X-ray bright AGN: the ROSAT - FIRST correlation," Astronomy and
Astrophysics, 356, 445-462
White, Richard L., Becker, Robert H., Gregg, Michael D.,
Laurent-Muehleisen, Sally A., Brotherton, Michael S., Impey, Chris D.,
Petry, Catherine E., Foltz, Craig B., Chaffee, Frederic H., Richards,
Gordon T., Oegerle, William R., Helfand, David J., McMahon, Richard G., and
Cabanela, Juan E., 2000, "The FIRST Bright Quasar Survey. II. 60 Nights
and 1200 Spectra Later," The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series,
126, 133-207
Canalizo, Gabriela, Stockton, Alan, Brotherton, M. S., and van Breugel,
Wil, 2000, "A Companion Galaxy to the Poststarburst Quasar UN J1025-0040," The
Astronomical Journal, 119, 59-62
Arav, Nahum, Becker, Robert H., Laurent-Muehleisen, Sally A., Gregg,
Michael D., White, Richard L., Brotherton, Michael S., and de Kool,
Martijn, 1999, "What Determines the Depth of Broad Absorption Lines? Keck
HIRES Observations of BALQSO 1603+3002," The Astrophysical Journal, 524,
566-571
Barth, Aaron J., Tran, Hien D., Brotherton, M. S., Filippenko, Alexei V.,
Ho, Luis C., van Breugel, Wil, Antonucci, Robert, and Goodrich, Robert W.,
1999, "Polarized Narrow-Line Emission from the Nucleus of NGC 4258," The
Astronomical Journal, 118, 1609-1617
Brotherton, M. S., van Breugel, Wil, Stanford, S. A., Smith, R. J., Boyle,
B. J., Miller, Lance, Shanks, T., Croom, S. M., and Filippenko, Alexei V.,
1999, "A Spectacular Poststarburst Quasar," The Astrophysical Journal,
520, L87-L90
Tran, Hien D., Brotherton, M. S., Stanford, S. A., van Breugel, Wil, Dey,
Arjun, Stern, Daniel, and Antonucci, Robert, 1999, "A Polarimetric Search
for Hidden Quasars in Three Radio-selected Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies," The
Astrophysical Journal, 516, 85-96
Wills, Beverley J., Laor, A., Brotherton, M. S., Wills, D., Wilkes, B. J.,
Ferland, G. J., and Shang, Zhaohui, 1999, "The PG X-Ray QSO Sample: Links
between the Ultraviolet-X-Ray Continuum and Emission Lines," The
Astrophysical Journal, 515, L53-L56
Brotherton, M. S., Gregg, Michael D., Becker, R. H., Laurent-Muehleisen, S.
A., White, R. L., and Stanford, S. A., 1999, "Discovery of a
Radio-loud/Radio-quiet Binary Quasar," The Astrophysical Journal, 514,
L61-L64
Brotherton, Michael S., van Breugel, Wil, Smith, R. J., Boyle, B. J.,
Shanks, T., Croom, S. M., Miller, Lance, and Becker, Robert H., 1998,
"Discovery of Radio-Loud Broad Absorption Line Quasars Using Ultraviolet
Excess and Deep Radio Selection," The Astrophysical Journal, 505, L7Brotherton, M. S., Wills, Beverley J., Dey, Arjun, van Breugel, Wil, and
Antonucci, Robert, 1998, "Spectropolarimetry of 3CR 68.1: A Highly
Inclined Quasar," The Astrophysical Journal, 501, 110De Breuck, Carlos, Brotherton, M. S., Tran, Hien D., van Breugel, Wil, and
Rottgering, Huub J. A., 1998, "Discovery of an Ultra-Steep-Spectrum,
Highly Polarized Red Quasar at Z = 1.462," The Astronomical Journal, 116,
13-19
Brotherton, M. S., Tran, Hien D., van Breugel, Wil, Dey, Arjun, and
Antonucci, Robert, 1997, "Spectropolarimetry of FIRST Broad Absorption
Line Quasars," The Astrophysical Journal, 487, L113Clocchiatti, Alejandro, Wheeler, J. Craig, Brotherton, Michael S., Cochran,
Anita L., Wills, Derek, Barker, Edwin S., and Turatto, Massimo, 1996, "SN
1994I: Disentangling He i Lines in Type IC Supernovae," The Astrophysical
Journal, 462, 462Maoz, D., Ofek, E. O., Shemi, A., Barth, A. J., Filippenko, A. V.,
Brotherton, M. S., Wills, B. J., Wills, D., and Lockman, F. J., 1996,
"Optical identification of quasar 0917+7122 in the direction of an
extreme-ultraviolet source.," Astronomy and Astrophysics, 308, 511-513
Clocchiatti, Alejandro, Benetti, Stefano, Wheeler, J. Craig, Wren, William,
Boisseau, J., Cappellaro, Enrico, Turatto, Massimo, Patat, Ferdinando,
Swartz, Douglas A., Harkness, Robert P., Brotherton, Michael S., Wills,
Beverly, Hemenway, Paul, Cornell, Mark, Frueh, Marian, and Kaiser, Mary B.,
1996, "A Study of SN 1992H in NGC 5377," The Astronomical Journal, 111,
1286Brotherton, M. S., 1996, "The Profiles of H beta and [O III] lambda 5007
in Radio-loud Quasars," The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 102,
1-29
Wills, B. J. and Brotherton, M. S., 1996, "Jets and QSO Spectra," Jets
from Stars and Galactic Nuclei, 471, 203Wills, Beverley J. and Brotherton, M. S., 1995, "An Improved Measure of
Quasar Orientation," The Astrophysical Journal, 448, L81Netzer, Hagai, Brotherton, M. S., Wills, Beverley J., Han, Mingsheng,
Wills, D., Baldwin, J. A., Ferland, G. J., and Browne, I. W. A., 1995,
"The Hubble Space Telescope Sample of Radio-loud Quasars: The LY alpha /H
beta Ratio," The Astrophysical Journal, 448, 27Wills, Beverley J., Thompson, Keith L., Han, Mingsheng, Netzer, H., Wills,
D., Baldwin, J. A., Ferland, G. J., Browne, I. W. A., and Brotherton, M.
S., 1995, "Hubble Space Telescope Sample of Radio-loud Quasars:
Ultraviolet Spectra of the First 31 Quasars," The Astrophysical Journal,
447, 139Wheeler, J. C., Harkness, R. P., Clocchiatti, A., Benetti, S., Brotherton,
M. S., Depoy, D. L., and Elias, J., 1994, "SN 1994I in M51 and the nature
of type IBC supernovae," The Astrophysical Journal, 436, L135Brotherton, M. S., Wills, Beverley J., Francis, Paul J., and Steidel,
Charles C., 1994, "The intermediate line region of QSOs," The
Astrophysical Journal, 430, 495-504
Netzer, Hagai, Kazanas, D., Wills, Beverly J., Wills, D., Mingsheng, Han,
Brotherton, M. S., Baldwin, J. A., Ferland, G. J., and Browne, I. W. A.,
1994, "The optical-ultraviolet-gamma-ray spectrum of 3C 279," The
Astrophysical Journal, 430, 191-195
Peterson, B. M., Berlind, P., Bertram, R., Bochkarev, N. G., Bond, D.,
Brotherton, M. S., Busler, J. R., Chuvaev, K. K., Cohen, R. D., Dietrich,
M., Elvis, M., Filippenko, A. V., Foltz, C. B., Garnavich, P. M., Ho, L.
C., Horine, E., Horne, K., Huchra, J. P., Kollatschny, W., Korista, K. T.,
Malkan, M. A., Matheson, T., Mignoli, M., Morris, S. L., Nazarova, L.,
Penfold, J., Peters, J., Pogge, R. W., Pronik, V. I., Rush, B., Sergeev, S.
G., Shapovalova, A. I., Shields, J. C., Stirpe, G. M., Tokarz, S., Wagner,
R. M., Weymann, R. J., White, R. J., Wilkes, B. J., Wills, D., Wills, B.
J., Winge, C., and Younger, P. F., 1994, "Steps toward determination of
the size and structure of the broad-line region in active nuclei. 7:
Variability of the optical spectrum of NGC 5548 over years," The
Astrophysical Journal, 425, 622-634
Brotherton, M. S., Wills, Beverley J., Steidel, Charles C., and Sargent,
Wallace L. W., 1994, "Statistics of QSO broad emission-line profiles. 2:
The C IV wavelength 1549, C III) wavelength 1909, and MG II wavelength 2798
lines," The Astrophysical Journal, 423, 131-142
Shrader, C. R., Webb, J. R., Balonek, T. J., Brotherton, M. S., Wills,
Beverley J., Wills, D., Godlin, S. D., Smith, A. G., and McCollum, B.,
1994, "Optical and ultraviolet observations of 3C 279 during outburst,"
The Astronomical Journal, 107, 904-909
Wills, Beverley J., Brotherton, M. S., Fang, D., Steidel, Charles C., and
Sargent, Wallace L. W., 1993, "Statistics of QSO Broad Emission-Line
Profiles. I. The C IV lambda 1549 Line and the lambda 1400 Feature," The
Astrophysical Journal, 415, 563Wills, Beverley J., Netzer, H., Brotherton, M. S., Han, Mingsheng, Wills,
D., Baldwin, J. A., Ferland, G. J., and Browne, I. W. A., 1993, "The
narrow-line region of high-luminosity active galactic nuclei," The
Astrophysical Journal, 410, 534-542
Refereed Chapters in Books (4):
Brotherton, Michael S., 2013, “A Gram of Prevention is Worth a Kilogram of Cure:
Teaching Writers Science,” In Hollywood Chemistry – When Science Met Entertainment,
edited by Nelson, Grazier, Paglia, and Perkowitz, ACS Symposium Series, Volume 1139,
American Chemical Society, 25-33
Brotherton, M.S. 2009, “What would Galileo Teach Today,” Galileo's Classroom: A
Teacher Workshop in Celebration of the International Year of Astronomy (Slater, S.,
Baily, J., Gibbs, M., editors), http://www.uwyo.edu/caper/info.asp?p=16091
Brotherton, M. S. and Francis, Paul J., 1999, "The Intermediate Line
Region and the Baldwin Effect," Quasars and Cosmology, ASP Conference
Series 162, Edited by Gary Ferland and Jack Baldwin. Astronomical Society
of the Pacific (San Francisco), ISBN 1-886733-83-X (1999)., p.395, 162, 395-405
Wills, Beverly J., Brotherton, M., Laor, Ari, Wills, Derek, Wilkes, Belinda
J., Ferland, Gary J., and Shang, Zhaohui, 1999, "The PG X-Ray QSO sample:
Links between the UV-X-Ray Continuum and Emission Lines," Quasars and
Cosmology, ASP Conference Series 162, Edited by Gary Ferland and Jack
Baldwin. Astronomical Society of the Pacific (San Francisco), ISBN
1-886733-83-X (1999)., 162, 373-383
Refereed Proceedings/Transactions (32):
DiPompeo, M. A., Brotherton, M. S., De Breuck, C., and Laurent-Muehleisen,
S., 2012, "Reorienting Our Perspective of Broad Absorption Line Quasars," AGN
Winds in Charleston. Proceedings of a Conference held 14-21 October,
2011 at the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Edited
by G. Chartas, F. Hamann, and K.M. Leighly. ASP Conference Series, Vol.
460. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2012., 460, 62
Gonzalez Delgado, R. M., Rodriguez Zaurin, J., Perez, E., Alonso-Herrero,
A., Tadhunter, C., Veilleux, S., Heckman, T., Overzier, R., Goncalves, T.
S., Alberdi, A., Perez Torres, M. A., Pasquali, A., Monreal-Ibero, A.,
Diaz-Santos, T., Garcia-Burillo, S., Miralles Caballero, D., Di Matteo, P.,
Kewley, L., Ramos Almeida, C., Weiner, B., Rothberg, B., Tan, J. C., Jogee,
S., Cid Fernandes, R., Rodrigues, M., Delgado-Serrano, R., Spoon, H.,
Hopkins, P., Rupke, D., Bellocchi, E., Cortijo, C., Piqueras Lopez, J.,
Canalizo, G., Imanishi, M., Lazarova, M., Villar-Martin, M., Brotherton,
M., Wild, V., Swinbank, M., Menendez-Delmestre, K., Hammer, F.,
Perez-González, P., Turner, J., Fischer, J., Sanchez, S. F., Colina, L.,
and Gardini, A., 2010, "Extreme Starbursts in the Local Universe,"
eprint arXiv:1008.2107
Sanmartim, David, Storchi-Bergmann, Thaisa, and Brotherton, Michael S.,
2010, "Kinematics and Principal Component Analysis from IFU Spectroscopy
of the Post-Starburst Quasar SDSS J0210-0903," Co-Evolution of Central
Black Holes and Galaxies, Proceedings of the International Astronomical
Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 267, 267, 138-138
Brotherton, Michael, Cales, Sabrina, Ganguly, Rajib, Shang, Zhaohui,
Canalizo, Gabriela, Stoll, R., Paul, C., and Diamond-Stanic, A. M., 2010,
"Post-Starburst Quasars," Co-Evolution of Central Black Holes and
Galaxies, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU
Symposium, Volume 267, 267, 105-105
Shang, Z., Brotherton, M., Ganguly, R., Cales, S., and Strom, A., 2009,
"HST and Spitzer View of Post-Starburst Quasars," The Starburst-AGN
Connection. ASP Conference Series, Vol. 408, proceedings of the conference
held 27-31 October 2008, at Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Edited by Weimin Wang, Zhaoqing Yang, Zhijian Luo, and Zhu Chen. San
Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2009., 408, 185Wold, M., Brotherton, M. S., and Shang, Z., 2008, "Black hole mass and
variability in quasars," Proceedings of the 2nd Kolkata Conference on Observational
Evidence for Black Holes in the Universe held in Kolkata India, 10-15
February 2008 and the Satellite Meeting on Black Holes, Neutron Stars, and
Gamma-Ray Bursts held 16-17 February 2008. AIP Conference Proceedings,
Volume 1053, pp. 55-58 (2008).
Wold, M., Brotherton, M. S., and Shang, Z., 2008, "Quasar Optical
Variability and Black Hole Mass," The Nuclear Region, Host Galaxy and
Environment of Active Galaxies (Eds. Erika Benitez, Irene Cruz-Gonzalez, &
Yair Krongold) Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica (Serie de
Conferencias) Vol. 32, pp. 15-17 (2008) (http://www.astroscu.unam.mx/~rmaa/
Shang, Z., Brotherton, M., Dale, D. A., and Hines, D., 2007, "UV to
Mid-IR SEDs of Low-redshift Quasars," The Central Engine of Active
Galactic Nuclei, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 373, proceedings of the
conference held 16-21 October, 2006 at Xi'an Jioatong University, Xi'an,
China. Edited by Luis C. Ho and Jian-Min Wang, 373, 604Yuan, Q., Brotherton, M. S., Green, R. F., Ganguly, R., Shang, Z., and
Kriss, G. A., 2007, "A Decelerating Wind Observed in Mrk 478," The
Central Engine of Active Galactic Nuclei, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 373,
proceedings of the conference held 16-21 October, 2006 at Xi'an Jioatong
University, Xi'an, China. Edited by Luis C. Ho and Jian-Min Wang,
373, 329Brotherton, M. S., 2007, "Busting Myths about BAL Quasars," The Central
Engine of Active Galactic Nuclei, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 373,
proceedings of the conference held 16-21 October, 2006 at Xi'an Jioatong
University, Xi'an, China. Edited by Luis C. Ho and Jian-Min Wang,
373, 315Scott, J., Kriss, G., Brotherton, M., Green, R., Hutchings, J., Shull, J.
M., and Zheng, W., 2004, "A Composite EUV AGN Spectrum and the AGN
Contribution to the Low Redshift UV Background," MULTIWAVELENGTH AGN
SURVEYS. Proceedings of the Guillermo Haro Conference 2003. Held 8-12
December 2003 in Cozumel, Mexico. Edited by Raual Muajica (Instituto Nacional de
Astrofisica, & Optica y Electronica, Mexico) & Roberto Maiolino
(INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Italy). Published by World
Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 2004. ISBN #9789812702432, pp.
291-294
Yuan, Q., Brotherton, M., Green, R. F., and Kriss, G. A., 2004,
"Outflowing Components in the Prototype Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy
Markarian 478," International Astronomical Union Symposium no. 217, held
14-17 July, 2003 in Sydney, Australia. Edited by P.-A. Duc, J. Braine, and
E. Brinks. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2004., 217, 364Schaefer, J., Brotherton, M., Gregg, M., Becker, R., Laurent-Muehleisen,
S., Lacy, M., and White, R., 2004, "XMM-Newton Observations of the FR II
Radio-Loud BAL Quasar FIRST J1016+5209," AGN Physics with the Sloan
Digital Sky Survey, Proceedings of a conference held in Princeton, NJ, USA,
27-31 July 2003, Edited by Gordon T. Richards and Patrick B. Hall, ASP
Conference Series, Volume 311. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the
Pacific, 2004., 311, 329Brotherton, M., Diamond-Stanic, A., vanden Berk, D., Burton, R., and Croom,
S., 2004, "Post-starburst Quasars in the 2dF and SDSS," AGN Physics with
the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Proceedings of a conference held in
Princeton, NJ, USA, 27-31 July 2003, Edited by Gordon T. Richards and
Patrick B. Hall, ASP Conference Series, Volume 311. San Francisco:
Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2004, 285Wills, B., Yuan, M., Lacy, M., Hall, P., Brotherton, M., vanden Berk, D.,
and Richards, G., 2004, "Black Hole Accretion and Outflows at z ~ 2," AGN
Physics with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Proceedings of a conference held
in Princeton, NJ, USA, 27-31 July 2003, Edited by Gordon T. Richards and
Patrick B. Hall, ASP Conference Series, Volume 311. San Francisco:
Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2004, 99Scott, J., Kriss, G., Brotherton, M., Green, R., Hutchings, J., Shull, J.,
and Zheng, W., 2004, "A Composite Extreme Ultraviolet QSO Spectrum from
FUSE," AGN Physics with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Proceedings of a
conference held in Princeton, NJ, USA, 27-31 July 2003, Edited by Gordon T.
Richards and Patrick B. Hall, ASP Conference Series, Volume 311. San
Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2004, 31Shields, G., Gebhardt, K., Salviander, S., Wills, B., Xie, B., Brotherton,
M., Yuan, J., and Dietrich, M., 2003, "The Black Hole-Bulge Relationship
in QSOs," Galaxy Evolution: Theory & Observations (Eds. Vladimir
Avila-Reese, Claudio Firmani, Carlos S. Frenk; Christine Allen) Revista
Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica (Serie de Conferencias) Vol. 17,
(http://www.astroscu.unam.mx/~rmaa/), 242-242
Yuan, Qi-Rong, Green, Richard F., Brotherton, Michael, and Kriss, Gerard
A., 2003, "Associated far-ultraviolet absorption lines in the narrow-line
Seyfert 1 galaxy Markarian 478," Publications of the Yunnan Observatory
(ISSN 1001-7526), 95, Supplement, p. 46 - 50 (2003). In: China-Germany
Workshop on the Multiwavelength View on AGN, Lijiang, 30.7.-4.8.2002
Yuan, Q., Green, R. F., and Brotherton, M. S., 2002, "Intrinsic Far-UV
Absorbers in the Radio-Loud Quasar 3C 351," The Proceedings of the IAU 8th
Asian-Pacific Regional Meeting, Volume II, held at National Center of
Sciences, Hitotsubashi Memorial Hall, Tokyo, July 2 - 5, 2002, Edited by S.
Ikeuchi, J. Hearnshaw, and T. Hanawa, the Astronomical Society of Japan,
2002, 409-410
Tran, H. D., Brotherton, M. S., Stanford, S. A., and van Bruegel, W.,
1999, "Hidden Quasars in Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies," Active
Galactic Nuclei and Related Phenomena, Proceedings of IAU Symposium 194,
held 17-21 Aug. 1998, in Yerevan, Armenia. Edited by Y. Terzian, E.
Khachikian, and D. Weedman, San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the
Pacific, 1999, 181Wills, B. J., Brotherton, M. S., Laor, A., Wills, D., Wilkes, B. J., and
Ferland, G. J., 1999, "The PG X-ray QSO Sample: Links among X-ray, UV &
Optical Spectra," Structure and Kinematics of Quasar Broad Line Regions,
ASP Conference Series, Vol. 175. Ed. C. M. Gaskell, W. N. Brandt, M.
Dietrich, D. Dultzin-Hacyan, and M. Eracleous. ISBN: 1-886733-97-X
(1999), p.241Brotherton, M. S., van Breugel, W., Dey, A., and Antonucci, R., 1997,
"Spectropolarimetry of FIRST 0840+3633," Mass Ejection from Active
Galactic Nuclei; ASP Conference Series; Vol. 128; 1997; ed. N. Aravm ; I.
Shlosman ; and R. J. Weymann (1997), p.84-
Brotherton, M. S., 1997, "Near-IR Spectroscopy of High-z QSOs: Relating
the Broad and Narrow-Line Regions," Emission Lines in Active Galaxies: New
Methods and Techniques; IAU Colloquium 159. Astronomical Society of the
Pacific Conference Series #113; Proceedings of a meeting held in Shanghai;
People's Republic of China; 17-20 June 1996; San Francisco: edited by
Bradley M. Peterson, Fu-zhen Cheng, and Andrew S. Wilson., p.258Wills, D., Thompson, K. L., Brotherton, M. S., Wills, Beverley J., Baldwin,
J. A., Carswell, R. F., Browne, I. W. A., and Netzer, H., 1997, "The HST
Sample of Radio-Loud Quasars: Fell and Other Correlations," Emission Lines
in Active Galaxies: New Methods and Techniques; IAU Colloquium 159.
Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series #113; Proceedings of
a meeting held in Shanghai; People's Republic of China; 17-20 June 1996;
San Francisco: edited by Bradley M. Peterson, Fu-zhen Cheng, and Andrew S.
Wilson., p.106Wills, Beverley J., Brotherton, M. S., Wills, D., Thompson, K. L., Baldwin,
J. A., Carswell, R. F., Browne, I. W. A., Netzer, H., and Francis, P. J.,
1997, "The HST Sample of Radio-Loud Quasars: Emission Lines from Ly-alpha
to H-Beta," Emission Lines in Active Galaxies: New Methods and Techniques;
IAU Colloquium 159. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series
#113; Proceedings of a meeting held in Shanghai; People's Republic of
China; 17-20 June 1996; San Francisco: edited by Bradley M. Peterson,
Fu-zhen Cheng, and Andrew S. Wilson., p.104Wills, Beverley J., Baldwin, J. A., Wills, D., Netzer, H., Ferland, G. J.,
Browne, I. W. A., Brotherton, M. S., Carswell, R. F., and Han, M., 1994,
"From Ly α to the Hydrogen Balmer Lines: Quasi-Simultaneous
HST-Ground-Based Spectrophotometry of a Quasar Sample," The Analysis of
Emission Lines. Poster papers from the Space Telescope Science Institute
symposium in honor of the 70th birthdays of D.E. Osterbrock and M.J.
Seaton, held 16-18 May, 1994 at the Space Telescope Science Institute,
Baltimore, MD. Edited by Robert E. Williams and Mario Livio. Baltimore:
STScI, 1994., p.90Brotherton, M. S. and Wills, Beverly J., 1994, "The Intermediate Line
Region of QSOs," The Analysis of Emission Lines. Poster papers from the
Space Telescope Science Institute symposium in honor of the 70th birthdays
of D.E. Osterbrock and M.J. Seaton, held 16-18 May, 1994 at the Space
Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD. Edited by Robert E. Williams
and Mario Livio. Baltimore: STScI, 1994., p.7Wills, B. J., Netzer, H., Brotherton, M. S., Han, M., Wills, D., Baldwin,
J. A., Ferland, G. J., and Browne, I. W. A., 1993, "McDonald Observatory
- Hubble Space Telescope spectroscopy of the narrow line region of high
luminosity active galactic nuclei.," Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y
Astrofisica, Vol. 27, p. 225 - 226
Brotherton, M. S. and Wills, B. J., 1993, "A New Interpretation of Broad
Emission Line Widths in High Luminosity AGNS," Revista Mexicana de
Astronomia y Astrofisica, 27, 223
Shrader, C. R., Webb, J. R., Balonek, T. J., Brotherton, M. S., Wills, B.
J., Wills, D., Godlin, S. D., and McCollum, B., 1993, "The optical-UV
spectrum of 3C 279 during outburst.," AIP Conf. Proc., No. 280, p. 513 - 517
Wills, B. J., Fang, D., and Brotherton, M. S., 1992, "Kinematic
Axisymmetry in QSOS," Physics of Active Galactic Nuclei. Proceedings of
the International Conference, held in Heidelberg, Germany, June 3-7, 1991.
Editors, W.J. Duschl, S.J. Wagner, Publisher, Springer-Verlag, Berlin,
Germany; New York, NY, 1992. ISBN # 3-540-55554-4. LC # QB858.3 .P49 P.264,
Other (Educational and Popular Science Articles – 6)
Brotherton, M. S., 2012, “The Launchpad Astronomy Workshop for Writers,” In: 2012
summer issue of the Science Fiction Writers of America Bulletin
Brotherton, M. S. 2011, “Deja New,” in Fringe Science: Parallel Universes, White
Tulips, and Mad Scientists, edited by Leah Wilson and Kevin R. Grazier, BenBella
Books
Brotherton, M. S., 2011, “Inventing the Future,” in Sense of Wonder: A Century of
Science Fiction, edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman, Wildside Press
Brotherton, M. S., 2011, “Dividing Space by Zero,” Lightspeed Magazine,
http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/dividing-space-by-zero
Brotherton, M., S. 2010, “Is There Anyone Out There Who Wants to Go Fast?”
Lightspeed Magazine,
http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/anyone-want-to-go-fast/
Brotherton, M. S., 2008, “Where Science Meets Science Fiction,” Astronomy Beat,
Magazine of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Other (American Astronomical Society meeting abstracts, IAU Circulars – 76):
Bhattacharjee, Anirban, Chatterjee, S., Myers, A. D., Brotherton, M. S.,
Newman, J., Aird, J., Cooper, M., Jeltema, T. E., Nandra, K., Yan, R.,
Willmar, C., Montero-Dorta, A., and Laird, E., 2014, "Diffuse X-Ray
Emission in Active and Normal Galaxies in the Extended Groth Strip, "
American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, 223, #251.28
Topel, Eric, Burke, J. F., Chapman, J. E., Keller, E., Lester, K. V.,
Rolen, E., Lundquist, M. J., Brotherton, M. S., Dale, D. A., and
Kobulnicky, H. A., 2014, "The Cygnus OB2 Radial Velocity Survey: MT378,
MT601, MT268, and MT646, " American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts,
223, #155.06
Rolen, Emily, Burke, J. F., Chapman, J. E., Keller, E., Lester, K. V.,
Topel, E., Lundquist, M. J., Brotherton, M. S., Dale, D. A., and
Kobulnicky, H. A., 2014, "The Cygnus OB2 Radial Velocity Survey: A Study
of Six Additional Massive Systems, " American Astronomical Society Meeting
Abstracts, 223, #155.05
Lester, Kathryn V., Burke, J. F., Chapman, J. E., Keller, E., Rolen, E.,
Topel, E., Lundquist, M. J., Brotherton, M. S., Dale, D. A., and
Kobulnicky, H. A., 2014, "The Cygnus OB2 Radial Velocity Survey: Three
new massive binaries MT216, MT234, MT485, " American Astronomical Society
Meeting Abstracts, 223, #155.04
Keller, Erica, Burke, J. F., Chapman, J. E., Lester, K. V., Rolen, E.,
Topel, E., Lundquist, M. J., Brotherton, M. S., Dale, D. A., and
Kobulnicky, H. A., 2014, "The Cygnus OB2 Radial Velocity Survey:
Discovery of three new single-lined massive binary systems, " American
Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, 223, #155.03
Chapman, James E., Burke, J. F., Keller, E., Lester, K. V., Rolen, E.,
Topel, E., Lundquist, M. J., Brotherton, M. S., Kobulnicky, H. A., and
Dale, D. A., 2014, "Massive OB Binary Star Characterization in the Cygnus
OB2 Association, " American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, 223,
#155.02
Runnoe, Jessie C., Brotherton, M. S., and Shang, Z., 2014,
"Rehabilitating CIV-based Black Hole Mass Estimates in Quasars, " American
Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, 223, #150.14
Cales, Sabrina, Brotherton, M. S., Shang, Z., Bennert, V., Canalizo, G.,
and Diamond-Stanic, A. M., 2014, "The Role AGN Play in the Evolution of
Quasars Host Galaxies with Spectral Signatures of Post-Starburst Stellar
Polulations, " American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, 223,
#115.06
DiPompeo, Michael A., Brotherton, M. S., and Myers, A. D., 2013, "An IR
Excess Identified in Radio-Loud BAL Quasars," American Astronomical
Society Meeting Abstracts, 221, #430.04Bhattacharjee, Anirban, Brotherton, Michael, DiPompeo, Michael, Runnoe,
Jessie, Cales, Sabrina, Cook, Dave, Nissim, Sam, Staudaher, Shawn, Smullen,
Rachel, Long, Garrett, Miller, Amy, Chatterjee, Ritaban, Chatterjee,
Suchetana, Lundquist, Mike, Eftekerzadeh, Sareh, and Woods, Earl, 2013,
"Reverberation Mapping of Radio-Loud Active Galatic Nuclei," American
Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, 221, #422.04Mason, Michelle, Erickson, N., Roberts, C. A., Johnson-Groh, M.,
Starcevich, D., Niles Nissim, S., Bhattacharjee, A., Brotherton, M. S.,
Dale, D. A., and Kobulnicky, H. A., 2013, "Reverberation Mapping of
Radio-Loud Active Galactic Nuclei," American Astronomical Society Meeting
Abstracts, 221, #339.21Runnoe, Jessie C., Brotherton, M. S., and Shang, Z., 2013, "Better
Determinations of Quasar Fundamental Parameters," American Astronomical
Society Meeting Abstracts, 221, #309.01DiPompeo, Michael A., Brotherton, M. S., De Breuck, C., Laurent-Muehleisen,
S., and Myers, A. D., 2012, "The First Direct Measure of BAL Quasar
Orientations," American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #219, 219,
#435.02Hiner, Kyle, Canalizo, G., Wold, M., and Brotherton, M., 2012, "Measuring
the M-&sigma; Relation with Quasars from 0.2 < z < 1," American Astronomical
Society Meeting Abstracts #219, 219, #307.01Runnoe, Jessie C., Brotherton, M., and Shang, Z., 2012, "Updating
Standard Quasar Bolometric Luminosity Corrections," American Astronomical
Society Meeting Abstracts #219, 219, #243.19Shang, Zhaohui, Brotherton, M., Wills, B., and Wills, D., 2012, "The New
Generation Quasar SEDs from Radio to X-rays," American Astronomical
Society Meeting Abstracts #219, 219, #243.18Townsend, Shonda, Ganguly, R., Strom, A., Cales, S., and Brotherton, M. S.,
2011, "Recent Star-formation in Post-Starburst Quasars," Bulletin of the
American Astronomical Society, 43, #142.05Ganguly, Rajib, Bourjaily, M., Munsell, J., Brotherton, M. S.,
Bhattacharjee, A., Runnoe, J., Charlton, J. C., and Eracleous, M., 2011,
"Toward a Prescription for Feedback from Quasar Outflows," Bulletin of the
American Astronomical Society, 43, #142.04Stark, Michele A., Ganguly, R., Gallagher, S. C., Gibson, R., and
Brotherton, M. S., 2011, "Testing the Radiative-Driving Hypothesis of
Quasar Outflows," Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 43,
#142.03DiPompeo, Michael A., Brotherton, M. S., Becker, R. H., Tran, H. D., Gregg,
M. D., White, R. L., and Laurent-Muehleisen, S. A., 2010, "Keck
Spectropolarimetry of Radio-Selected Broad Absorption Line Quasars,"
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 36, #602.08Strom, Allison, Ganguly, R., Brotherton, M., Cales, S., and Stoll, R.,
2009, "The Young Stellar Content of Post-Starburst Quasars," Bulletin of
the American Astronomical Society, 41, #484.10Cales, Sabrina, Brotherton, M. S., Shang, Z., Bennert, N., Canalizo, G.,
Stoll, R., Ganguly, R., Vanden Berk, D., Paul, C., and Diamond-Stanic, A.
M., 2009, "HST/ACS Snapshot Imaging of 29 Post-Starburst Quasars,"
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 41, #484.09Ganguly, Rajib, Strom, A., Brotherton, M., and Cales, S., 2009,
"Post-starburst Quasars: Still Star-forming or Blowhards?," Bulletin of
the American Astronomical Society, 41, #342.02Brotherton, Michael S., Cales, S., Ganguly, R., Shang, Z., and Canalizo,
G., 2008, "Hubble Space Telescope Images of Post-Starburst Quasars,"
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 40, 217Ganguly, Rajib and Brotherton, M. S., 2007, "What Fraction of Active
Galaxies Actually Show Outflows?," Bulletin of the American Astronomical
Society, 39, 865Berrington, Robert C., Brotherton, M. S., Gallagher, S. C., Ganguly, R.,
Shang, Z., Lacy, M., Gregg, M. D., Hall, P. B., and Laurent-Muehleisen, S.
A., 2007, "The X-ray Spectrum and Spectral Energy Distribution of FIRST
J155633.8+351758: A Beamed Radio-Quiet Quasar with a Polar Outflow,"
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 39, 855Shang, Zhaohui, Brotherton, M. S., Hines, D. C., and Dale, D. A., 2007,
"Connections Between UV-optical and Mid-infrared Spectral Properties in
Quasars -- Effects of Dust," Bulletin of the American Astronomical
Society, 39, 797Runnoe, Jessie, Ganguly, R., Brotherton, M. S., and Shang, Z., 2007,
"Rest-frame Optical Properties of High-Redshift Radio-Selected Broad
Absorption Line Quasars," Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society,
39, 796Cales, Sabrina, Brotherton, M., Stoll, R., and Canalizo, G., 2007, "The
Environments of Post-Starburst Quasars," Bulletin of the American
Astronomical Society, 39, 95Brotherton, Michael S., Stoll, R., Paul, C., Diamond-Stanic, A., Shang, Z.,
Cales, S., Ganguly, R., Canalizo, G., and Vaden Berk, D., 2007, "A
Catalog of Post-Starburst Quasars," Bulletin of the American Astronomical
Society, 39, 95Shang, Zhaohui and Brotherton, M., 2006, "Applications Of Spectral
Principle Component Analysis In AGN Research: Sample Selection and Beyond,
" Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 38, 985Stoll, R., Brotherton, M., Paul, C., Shang, Z., and Cales, S., 2005, "The
Environoments of Post-Starburst Quasars," Bulletin of the American
Astronomical Society, 37, #116.03Scoggins, B., Brotherton, M. S., Shang, Z., and Vestergaard, M., 2004,
"Are BALQSOs Really Stuck in Overdrive?," Bulletin of the American
Astronomical Society, 36, #143.11Paul, C., Brotherton, M. S., Diamond-Stanic, A., Vanden Berk, D., and
Canalizo, G., 2004, "The Post-Starburst Quasar Population," Bulletin of
the American Astronomical Society, 36, #143.05Brotherton, M., 2004, "Diamonds in the Sky," Bulletin of the American
Astronomical Society, 36, #112.04Weinzirl, T., Brotherton, M. S., Nandra, K., Georgantopoulos, I., and
Papadakis, I., 2004, "Counting All the SHEEP," Bulletin of the American
Astronomical Society, 36, 1387Shang, Z., Brotherton, M., Green, R., Kriss, G., Scott, J., Kim, J., Blaes,
O., Hubeny, I., Zheng, W., Kaiser, M., Oegerle, W., and Hutchings, J.,
2004, "AGN SEDs and the Big Blue Bump," Bulletin of the American
Astronomical Society, 36, 824Brotherton, M. S. and Scoggins, B., 2004, "The Self-Consistency of C IV
and H-beta Black Hole Mass Estimates in High-Redshift, High-Luminosity
Quasars," Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 36, 823Schaefer, J. J. and Brotherton, M. S., 2004, "FR II BALQSOs in DR2 of the
SDSS," Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 36, 767Scoggins, B., Brotherton, M. S., Becker, R. H., Tran, H. D., Gregg, M. D.,
White, R. L., and Laurent-Muehleisen, S., 2004, "A Spectropolarimetric
Survey of Radio-Selected Broad Absorption Line Quasars," Bulletin of the
American Astronomical Society, 36, 766Diamond-Stanic, A. M. and Brotherton, M. S., 2003, "Poststarburst Quasars
in the Sloan Digitial Sky Survey," Bulletin of the American Astronomical
Society, 35, 1327Scott, J. E., Kriss, G. A., Brotherton, M. S., Green, R. F., Hutchings, J.,
Shull, J. M., and Zheng, W., 2003, "The AGN Contribution to the Low
Redshift Ultraviolet Background," Bulletin of the American Astronomical
Society, 35, 1310Schaefer, J. J. and Brotherton, M. S., 2003, "FR II BALQSOs in the SDSS,"
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 35, 1300Gallagher, S. C., Hylton, S., Brandt, W. N., Brotherton, M. S., Chartas,
G., Hines, D. C., and Smith, P. S., 2003, "A Sensitive Chandra
Observation of Markarian 231, the Most Luminous Galaxy in the Local
Universe," Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 35, 1296Scott, J. E., Kriss, G. A., Brotherton, M., Green, R. F., Hutchings, J.,
Shull, J. M., and Zheng, W., 2003, "A Composite Extreme Ultraviolet QSO
Spectrum from FUSE," Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 35,
759Scott, J. E., Kriss, G. A., Alexander, T., Brotherton, M. S., Green, R. F.,
Hutchings, J. B., Kaiser, M. E., Lee, J. C., Marshall, H. L., Oegerle, W.
R., Ogle, P. M., and Zheng, W., 2002, "The Intrinsic Absorption Spectrum
of Mrk 279," Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 35, #146.03Kriss, G. A., Scott, J. E., Alexander, T., Brotherton, M., Green, R. F.,
Hutchings, J., Kaiser, M. E., Oegerle, W., Shull, J. M., Sembach, K., York,
D., and Zheng, W., 2002, "Ultraviolet Properties of Low-Redshift AGN
Observed with FUSE," Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 35,
#146.01Brotherton, M. S., Laurent-Muehleisen, S. A., Becker, R. H., Gregg, M. D.,
Telis, G., and White, R. L., 2002, "X-rays from Radio-Loud Broad
Absorption Line Quasars," Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society,
34, #114.11Filippenko, A. V., Brotherton, M., and Nandra, P., 2002, "Supernova
2002cw in NGC 6700," International Astronomical Union Circular, 7905, 4Brotherton, M. S., Green, R. F., Kriss, G. A., Alexander, T., Kim, J.,
Zheng, W., Kaiser, M. E., Oegerle, W., and Hutchings, J., 2001, "Big Blue
Bumps in AGN," Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 33,
#138.01Yuan, Q., Green, R. F., Brotherton, M., Kriss, G. A., Tripp, T. M., and
Kaiser, M. E., 2001, "Associated Absorption Lines in the STIS Spectrum of
the Radio-Loud Quasar 3C351," Bulletin of the American Astronomical
Society, 33, 1457Kaiser, M. E., Calvani, H., Kriss, G. A., Sembach, K. R., Friedman, S. D.,
Zheng, W., Green, R. F., Brotherton, M., Oegerle, W. R., Woodgate, B.,
Hutchings, J. B., Shull, J. M., and York, D. G., 2001, "Intrinsic
Ultraviolet Absorption in Mrk 290," Bulletin of the American Astronomical
Society, 33, 1374Grabelsky, M. A., Brotherton, M. S., Canalizo, G., Breugel, W., Croom, S.
M., Filippenko, A. V., Stockton, A., Smith, R. J., Boyle, B. J., Miller,
L., and Shanks, T., 2001, "Hubble Space Telescope Imaging of the
Post-starburst Quasar UN J1025-0040: ``Post''-starburst No More?,"
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 33, 1365Brotherton, M. S., Green, R. F., Kriss, G. A., Zheng, W., Kaiser, M. E.,
Hutchings, J., and Oegerle, W., 2001, "FUSE Observations of NGC 5548 in a
Low State," Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 33, 894Kaiser, M. E., Kriss, G. A., Sembach, K. R., Oegerle, W. R., Davidsen, A.
F., Friedman, S. D., Zheng, W., Green, R. F., Brotherton, M., Woodgate, B.,
Hutchings, J. B., Shull, J. M., and York, D. G., 2000, "Intrinsic
Ultraviolet Absorption in the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 3783," Bulletin of the
American Astronomical Society, 32, #109.11Kay, L. E., Moran, E. C., Filippenko, A. V., Barth, A. J., Leighly, K.,
Magalhes, A. M., Brotherton, M., and Becker, R., 2000, "Seyfert 2
Galaxies: Unification and the X-ray Background," Bulletin of the American
Astronomical Society, 32, #109.03Mathur, S., Green, P., Otani, C., Shields, J., Hamann, F., Korista, K.,
Arav, N., DeKool, M., Elvis, M., Peterson, B., Crenshaw, M., Foltz, C.,
Goodrich, R., Hines, D., Mushotzky, R., Shlosman, I., van Breugel, W.,
Voit, M., and Brotherton, M., 1999, "Deep ASCA Observation of a Typical
BALQSO PG0946+301," Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 31,
1516Becker, R. H., Gregg, M. D., Laurent-Muehleisen, S., White, R. L.,
Brotherton, M., and Helfand, D. J., 1999, "The Discovery of a FIRST
Radio-loud FRII BAL Quasar," Bulletin of the American Astronomical
Society, 31, 1398Helfand, D. J., Becker, R. H., Gregg, M. D., Laurent-Muehleisen, S.,
Brotherton, M., and White, R. L., 1999, "The FIRST Quasar Survey: Where's
the Bimodality in Radio Loudness?," Bulletin of the American Astronomical
Society, 31, 1398Kriss, G., Green, R., Brotherton, M., Davidsen, A., Friedman, S., Oegerle,
W., Kaiser, M. E., Zheng, W., Hutchings, J., Shull, M., Woodgate, B.,
Koratkar, A., and FUSE Science Team, 1999, "Initial FUSE Results on
Active Galactic Nuclei," Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society,
31, 1376Wills, B. J., Laor, A., Brotherton, M. S., Wills, D., Shang, Zhaohui,
Wilkes, B. J., and Ferland, G. J., 1998, "The PG X-ray QSO Sample:
Ionizing Continuum and Properties of the Fueling Gas," Bulletin of the
American Astronomical Society, 30, #107.05Tran, H. D., Brotherton, M. S., Stanford, S. A., van Breugel, W., Dey, A.,
Stern, D., and Antonucci, R., 1998, "Hidden Quasars in Radio-Selected
Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies," Bulletin of the American Astronomical
Society, 30, #107.04Becker, R. H., White, R. L., Gregg, M. D., Laurent-Muehleisen, S. A.,
Brotherton, M. S., Impey, C. D., Petry, C. E., Chaffee, F., Richards, G.,
Oegerle, W. R., Helfand, D. J., McMahon, R. G., and Cabanela, J. E., 1998,
"The FIRST Bright Quasar Survey. II. 60 Nights and 1200 Spectra Later,"
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 30, #107.02-
Laurent-Muehleisen, S. A., Becker, R. H., Gregg, M. D., Brotherton, M. S.,
White, R. L., and Helfand, D. J., 1998, "The FBQS BL Lac Sample,"
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 30, 1286Brotherton, M. S., van Breugel, W., Stanford, S. A., Smith, R. J., Boyle,
B. J., Shanks, T., Croom, S. M., Miller, L., and Filippenko, A. V., 1998,
"A Spectacular Post-Starburst Quasar," Bulletin of the American
Astronomical Society, 30, 1280Becker, R. H., Laurent-Muehleisen, S., Gregg, M., Brotherton, M., White, R.
L., Helfand, D. J., Chaffee, F., Impey, C., and Petry, C., 1998, "The
FIRST Faint Quasar Survey," Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society,
30, 831Brotherton, M. S., 1995, "The Nature of Quasar Emission Line Regions,"
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 27, #119.03Thompson, K. L., Wills, B. J., Brotherton, M. S., Wills, D., Netzer, H.,
Baldwin, J. A., Carswell, R. F., and Ferland, G. J., 1995, "Fe II
Emission as a Probe in Radio Loud Quasars," Bulletin of the American
Astronomical Society, 27, 1411Wills, Beverley J., Brotherton, M. S., Wills, D., Thompson, K. L., Netzer,
H., Baldwin, J. A., Ferland, G. J., Carswell, R. F., and Han, M., 1994,
"HST -- Ground-based Spectrophotometry of a Quasar Sample: Emission Line
Profiles, Radio Emission, and Orientation?," Bulletin of the American
Astronomical Society, 26, 1340Brotherton, Michael S., 1994, "H&beta; and [O III] lambda 5007 Profiles in
Radio-loud Quasars," Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 26,
1339Brotherton, M. S. and Wills, B. J., 1994, "The intermediate line region
of QSOs.," Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 26, 959Brotherton, M. S. and Wills, Beverley J., 1994, "The Intermediate Line
Region of QSOs," Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 26, 959Wills, B. J., Baldwin, J. A., Brotherton, M. S., Netzer, H., Ferland, G.
J., Wills, D., Browne, I. W. A., Carswell, R. F., and Han, M., 1994, "HST
and Ground-Based Spectroscopy of High Luminosity AGNs," Bulletin of the
American Astronomical Society, 26, 875Clocchiatti, A., Brotherton, M., Harkness, R. P., Wheeler, J. C., Mikuz,
H., and Corwin, H., 1994, "Supernova 1994I in NGC 5194," International
Astronomical Union Circular, 5972, 2Han, M., Wills, Beverley J., Brotherton, M. S., Wills, D., Baldwin, J. A.,
Netzer, H., Ferland, G. J., and Browne, I. W. A., 1993, "The Broad Line
Region of Radio-loud Quasars: New Hubble Space Telescope &amp; Ground-based
Spectroscopy," Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 25, 792Brotherton, M. S. and Wills, Beverley J., 1993, "Emission Line Width: A
Key Observational Parameter in High Luminosity QSOs," Bulletin of the
American Astronomical Society, 25, 791
CONTRACTS & GRANTS
Funded Projects as PI
Years (2013-2015) Rehabilitating C IV-Based Quasar Black Hole Estimates, Space
Telescope Space Institute, $58k
Years (2012-2013) Initiating Quasar Reverberation Mapping at Wyoming, NASA
Wyoming Spacegrant, $20k
Years (2010-2011)
New Perspectives on Quasar Outflows, NSF, $64k
Years (2010-2012) Understanding Post-Starburst Quasars, NASA NESFF Fellowship
(to support Sabrina Cales), $90k
Years (2006-2010) Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop for Writers, NASA E/PO
proposal supplemental to LTSA, $60k
Years (2005-2010) Understanding the Post-Starburst Quasar Population, NASA,
LTSA, $629K
Years (2005-2008) Quasar Superunification and the Man Behind the Curtain, NSF,
$240K
Years (2006-2007) A Deep Look at the (Relatively) X-ray Bright Broad Absorption
Line Quasar FIRST J1556+3517, Chandra X-ray Observatory,
$43K
Years (2005-2007) The Host Galaxies of Post-Starburst Quasars, Space Telescope
Science Institute (NASA), $55K
Years (2005-2006) X-rays from Extreme Broad Absorption Line Quasars, Brotherton
is Budget PI, Paul Nandra (Imperial College, London) CoPI,
Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA), $35k
Years (2004-2005) A Deep Look at the (Relatively) X-ray Bright Broad Absorption
Line Quasar FIRST J1556+3517, Goddard Space Flight Center
(NASA), $44K
Years (2003-2004) A Decade of AGN Spectral Energy Distributions, Space
Telescope Science Institute (NASA), $55K
Years (2003-2004) X-rays from Extreme Broad Absorption Line Quasars, Patrick
Hall Co-PI, Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA), $38K
Years (2002-2003) X-rays from Extreme Broad Absorption Line Quasars, Patrick
Hall Co-PI, Chandra X-ray Observatory (NASA), $35K
Years (2002-2003) The Natural Occulting Disk and Host Galaxy of the Red BAL
Quasar FIRST J1556+3517, Space Telescope Science Institute
(NASA), $26K.
Years (2001-2002) A Spectacular Post-Starburst Quasar and the AGN-Starburst
Connection, Space Telescope Science Institute, (NASA), $26K.
Funded Projects as CoPI
Years (2009-2011) A Multivariate, Panchromatic Investigation of Outflows as a
Function of Quasar Properties, Rajib Ganguly PI (NASA ADAP),
$105k
Years (2009-2011) Testing the Radiative-Driving Hypothesis of Quasar Outflows,
Rajib Ganguly PI (Chandra X-Ray Observatory), $72k
Years (2008-2009) The Young Stellar Content of Post-Starburst Quasars, Rajib
Ganguly PI (NASA GALEX Cycle 4), $35k
Years (2007-2012) Upgrading the WIRO 2.3 m Telescope, NSF, Chip Kobulnicky PI,
$413k
Years (2006-2008) The Infrared Properties of Post-Starburst Quasars, Zhaohui Shang
PI, (NASA Spitzer Space Telescope program, via Caltech), $63k
Years (2005-2008) The Next Generation of Quasar Spectral Energy Distributions,
Zhaohui Shang PI, (NASA ADP Program), $180k
Years (2005-2007) Quasar Spectral Energy Distributions, Zhaohui Shang PI, Spitzer
Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope (STScI, JPL, via
NASA), $50k
Years (2004-2007) Development of a Wide-Field, Near-Infrared Camera for the
Wyoming Infrared Observatory, Michael Pierce PI, $855k
Years (2002-2004) STIS/UV snapshot survey of bright AGN, PI is Nahum Arav
(Colorado), Space Telescope Science Institute (NASA), my
subcontract was $43K.
Pending Projects as PI
Years (2013-2015) Updating the Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop for Writers,
Space Telescope Science Institute E/PO, $20k
Years (2014-2016)
Improving Quasar Black Hole Mass Determinations, NSF, $310k
Proposals not accepted as PI
Years (2014-2015)
The Quasarchive, NASA ADAP, $164k
Years (2013-2015)
Quasar Black Hole Masses and Orientation Bias, NSF, $343k
Years (2013-2015)
The Quasarchive, NASA ADAP, $299k
Years (2012-2014) Better Black Hole Masses through Quasar Reverberation Mapping
at Wyoming, NSF, $299k
Years (2011-2012)
The Hot Dust Bump of Quasars, NASA ADAP, $240k
Years (2011-2013) Exploring the Next Generation of Quasar Spectral Energy
Distributions, NASA NESFF Fellowship (to support Jessie
Runnoe), $90k
Years (2011-2012) Extreme Quasar Outflows: Geometry and Evolution, NASA
NESFF Fellowship (to support Michael DiPompeo), $60k
Years (2011-2013) Quasars Two-Ways: Spectral Energy Distributions and
Reverberation Mapping, NSF, $338k
Years (2011-2013) Quasar Outflows: Geometry, Evolution, and Demographics, NSF,
$161k
Years (2009-2011) The Broader Impact of Understanding Quasar Outflows, NSF,
$276k
Years (2009-2011) Understanding Post-Starburst Quasars, NASA NESFF Fellowship
(to support Sabrina Cales), $90k
Years (2005-2010)
CAREER: Quasars -- Fact, Fiction, and Future, NSF, $600k
Years (2005-2010) Launch Pad Science Workshop for Writers, NASA E/PO proposal
supplemental to LTSA, $75k
Years (2004-2005) A Web-Based Lab for Estimation of Black Hole Masses in
Quasars, E/PO Space Telescope Science Institute (NASA), $20k
Years (2002-2002) Quasar Host Galaxies and Mutual Quasar/Galaxy Evolution,
Research Corporation, $35K.
Proposals not accepted as CoPI
Years (2008-2010)
A Multivariate, Panchromatic Investigation of Outflows as a
Function of Quasar Properties, Rajib Ganguly PI (NASA ADAP),
$105k
Years (2005-2008)
Revitalizing the Wyoming Infrared Observatory and Graduate
Program, Michael Pierce PI, NSF, $342k
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
1993-present, American Astronomical Society
2009-present, International Astronomical Union
2013-present, Editorial Board, “Science and Fiction” line, Springer Publishing
2008-present, Editorial Board of the peer-reviewed journal, Advances in Astronomy
2012, NASA Post-doctoral Fellowship Review Panel
2012, National Science Foundation CAREER Review Panel
2001, 2009, 2011, Chandra X-ray Observatory Review Panel
2008, 2003, Hubble Space Telescope Review Panel
2005, 2004, 1998, National Science Foundation Review Panel
2004 to 2005, NASA Infrared Telescope Facility Time Allocation Committee
2005, Spitzer Space Telescope Review Panel
1997-present, Referee for various astronomical journals, including the
Astronomical Journal, Astrophysical Journal, Astronomy and Astrophysics,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, usually 2-5 per year, about 40 total
HONORS AND AWARDS
2013, 1996, International Travel Award Recipient, American Astronomical Society
2011, Science Guest of Honor, Windycon, Chicago, IL
2010, Faculty Senate Distinguished Speaker, UW Faculty Senate
2006, Extraordinary Merit Award for Research, UW College of Arts & Sciences
PAPERS PRESENTED/SYMPOSIA/INVITED
LECTURES/PROFESSIONALMEETINGS/WORKSHOPS
2013-2007, Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop for Writers, University of Wyoming,
Organizer/founder, Laramie
2013, Invited Speaker for Saturday University, “Superheroic Science,” Gillette, WY
2013, 50 Years of Quasars, “Eigenvector 1 Biases in C IV-Based Black Hole Mass
Scaling Relationships and Reverberation-Mapped Samples,” Pasadena, CA
2013, Invited Colloquium, “Improving Quasar Black Hole Masses,” University de
Concepcion, Chile
2013, Invited Colloquium, “Improving Quasar Black Hole Masses,” Nanjing Normal
University, China
2012, Invited Talk, “Writing Science Fiction,” Laramie County Library, Cheyenne, WY
2012, Invited Speaker, Dragon*Con, The Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop, Atlanta, GA
2012, Astronomy Meeting to Honor Miriani Pastoriza, “The Orientation Bias of Quasar
Black Hole Masses,” Gramado, Brazil
2011, Invited Speaker for SPS zone conference, “Science and Science Fiction,” Laramie,
WY
2011, Invited Speaker for Saturday University, “Science in the Movies,” Jackson, WY
2011, Invited Speaker and Science Guest of Honor, “Science in the Movies,” “The
Science of Superheroes,” Windycon, Chicago, IL
2010, Invited Talk, Extreme Starbursts in the Local Universe, “Post-Starburst Quasars,”
Grenada, Spain
2010, “Science in the Movies,” Faculty Senate Speaker Series (UW Laramie, Casper)
2010, “Science and Science Fiction,” Milehicon, Denver, WY
2010, “A Brief History of Dark Matter,” Sagecon, Laramie, WY
2010, “Science and Science Fiction,” and “Innovations in Astronomy,” Invited Talks,
Rock Springs Community College, WY
2010, “Quasar Bolometric Corrections: Theoretical Considerations,” UW, Laramie,
Astronomy Colloquium
2009, International Astronomical Union General Assembly, “Post-Starburst Quasars,”
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2009, “Science and Science Fiction,” Invited Colloquium, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2008, 212th American Astronomical Society Meeting, St. Louis, MO, presented “Hubble
Space Telescope Imaging of Post-Starburst Quasars,” Press Conference
2008, Multiple science/outreach talks, World Science Fiction convention, Denver, CO
2007, “Science and Science Fiction,” Revisioning the (W)hole Seminiar, UW, Laramie,
WY
2007, Speaker, Annual Fox Park Star Party, Woods Landing, WY
2007, 201th American Astronomical Society Meeting, Honolulu, HI
2006, “Science and Science Fiction,” Lunch Talk, ESO, Garching, Germany
2006, Official Visitor, European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany
2006, International Meeting on “The Central Engines of Active Galactic Nuclei,” Xi’an,
China
2005, “Science Fiction in the Classroom,” and other presentations, World Science Fiction
Convention, Los Angeles, CA
2005, Workshop on Quasar Superunification, Elba Island, Italy
2005, 205th American Astronomical Meeting, AAS, San Diego, CA
2005, Invited Colloquium, Feb., University of Northern Colorado, Greely, CO
2004, 204th American Astronomical Meeting, AAS, Denver, CO
2004, “Highlights from the Hubble Telescope,” World Science Fiction Convention,
Boston, MA
2003, Invited Colloquium, Sep. 5, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
2003, Paper presented, Aug. 1, AGN Physics with the SDSS Conference, Princeton, NJ
2003, 201st American Astronomical Meeting, AAS, Seattle, WA
2002, FUSE Science Workshop, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
2002, 199th American Astronomical Society Meeting, AAS, Washington, DC
2001, Mass Outflow in Active Galactic Nuclei: New Perspectives, Catholic University,
Washington, DC
2001, 198th American Astronomical Society Meeting, AAS, Pasadena, CA
1999, 193rd American Astronomical Society Meeting, AAS, Austin, TX
1998, Sixth Synthesis Imaging Summer School, NRAO, Socorro, NM
1998, Quasars as Standard Candles for Cosmology Workshop, CTIO, La Serena, Chile
1997, Mass Ejection from AGN Workshop, Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, CA
1996, IAU Colloquium 159, Emission Lines in Active Galaxies: New Methods and
Techniques, International Astronomical Union, Shanghai, China
1996, 187th American Astronomical Society Meeting, AAS, San Antonio, TX
1995, 185th American Astronomical Society Meeting, AAS, Tucson, AZ
1994, The Analysis of Emission Lines, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD
1994, 184th American Astronomical Society Meeting, AAS, Minneapolis, MN
1993, 182nd American Astronomical Society Meeting, AAS, Berkeley, CA
1993, 3rd Texas-Mexico Conference, University of Texas at Austin, TX
1991, 2nd Texas-Mexico Conference, Rice University, Houston, TX
Also, I have sponsored many of my undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral students
to attend meetings (domestic and international) where they give talks and posters
COMMITTEES
College of Arts and Sciences, Self-Designed Major Committee, 2006-present
Faculty Senate, 2005-2006
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Director of Graduate Studies, 2006-2010
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Graduate Admissions, 2003-2007, 2010-2011
(Chair)
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 20022004
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Graduate Curriculum Committee, 2002-2007
(Chair), 2010-2011
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Qualifying Exam Committee, 2002-2007, 2013
(Chair in 2013)
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty Search Committee, 2004-2006
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty Search Committee, 2010 (Chair)
2010, Assessment of ASTR 1050, Survey of Astronomy (USP S)
STUDENT ADVISING/GRADUATE SUPERVISION (last 5 years)
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS:
5 Current Undergraduate Advisees
7 Previous Undergraduate Advisees – AY 2012-2013
6 Previous Undergraduate Advisees – AY 2011-2012
6 Previous Undergraduate Advisees – AY 2010-2011
9 Previous Undergraduate Advisees – AY 2009-2010
GRADUATE STUDENTS:
Current Graduate Advisees:
Anirban Bhattacharjee (PhD)
Michelle Mason (PhD)
Current Graduate Committee Chairmanships:
Anirban Bhattacharjee (PhD)
Current Graduate Committee Memberships (excluding those chaired):
0 Plan B
2 MS/MA (thesis)
2 PhD
Graduate Degrees Completed Under Your Supervision (past 5 years):
Jessie Runnoe (MS and PhD)
Michael DiPompeo (MS and PhD)
Sabrina Cales (PhD)
Anirban Bhattacharjee (MS)
POSTDOCTORAL STUDENTS/RESEARCH ASSOCIATES:
Past 5 years:
Rajib Ganguly, 2006-2009 (PhD)
Robert Berrington, 2007-2008 (PhD)
OTHER ACTIVITIES/ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Visiting scholars/outstanding students sponsored:
Pat Hall (York University)
Qirong Yuan (Nanjing Normal University)
Rebecca Stoll (OSU/Yale)
Jerome Taylor (John Burroughs High School)
Kevin R. Grazier (JPL)
Geoffrey Landis (NASA)
Diego Tuccillo (Spain)
Rodrigo Nemmen (NASA/Goddard)
Zhaohui Shang (Tianjin Normal University)
Special service to the state/community:
Public science talks in Caspar, Cheyenne, Rock Springs, Laramie, Jackson
News coverage/features in UWYO Magazine, Branding Iron, Boomerang, etc., e.g.
Snapshots: Michael Brotherton, UWYO, Volume 12, Number 3, May 2011
Science-Based Science Fiction for stealth education and inspiration of new scientists:
Star Dragon (2003, Tor Books)
Diamonds in the Sky (NSF-sponsored, 2007), edited by Mike Brotherton
Spider Star (2008, Tor Books)
“Middle Ground” (2013, Hadrosaur Productions) in A Kepler's Dozen, edited by
Steven B. Howell, and David Lee Summers
Launch Pad (2013, Event Horizon Books), edited by Jody Lynn Nye and Mike
Brotherton, includes “Are We Alone?” by Mike Brotherton
Research/Creative/Professional Development Activities Summary
For reappointment, tenure, extended term and promotion candidates
to be placed in front of the A&S vita (3.B) in Packet I.
Candidate: Michael Brotherton
Date: January 2014
UW
During tenure- and
extended-term track
Published refereed articles and
book chapters
Published books
Grants awarded as PI
Grants awarded as CoPI
Grant dollars awarded
PhD committees chaired
PhD committee memberships
MFA committee chaired
MFA committee memberships
MA/MS committees chaired
MA/MS committee memberships
Other graduate degrees
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Juried performances/exhibits/productions
Juried compositions/arrangements
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(scenery/lighting/costumes)
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24
UW
Full Professor
(If applicable)
Since tenure
31
Career Total
Including prior
work not at
UW
100
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$2838k
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