Jens Kauffmann
Pasadena, California, United States
Research field: Astronomy / Astrophysics / Space Science - Interstellar Matter
star formation at low and high masses; collapse of clouds into stars
Publications
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Journal Article (30)
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A. Hacar, M. Tafalla, J. Kauffmann et al. (2013) Cores, filaments, and bundles: hierarchical core formation in the L1495/B213 Taurus region. In eprint arXiv:1303.2118.
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D. Li, J. Kauffmann, Q. Zhang et al. (2013) MASSIVE QUIESCENT CORES IN ORION: DYNAMICAL STATE REVEALED BY HIGH-RESOLUTION AMMONIA MAPS, L5. In The Astrophysical Journal 768 (1).Download PDF (660.77 KB)
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Jens Kauffmann, Thushara Pillai, Qizhou Zhang (2013) THE GALACTIC CENTER CLOUD G0.253+0.016: A MASSIVE DENSE CLOUD WITH LOW STAR FORMATION POTENTIAL, L35. In The Astrophysical Journal 765 (2).Download PDF (1.14 MB)
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Brandon C. Kelly, Rahul Shetty, Amelia M. Stutz et al. (2012) DUST SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE ERA OF HERSCHEL AND PLANCK : A HIERARCHICAL BAYESIAN-FITTING TECHNIQUE, 55. In The Astrophysical Journal 752 (1).
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T. Pillai, P. Caselli, J. Kauffmann et al. (2012) H 2 D + IN THE HIGH-MASS STAR-FORMING REGION CYGNUS X, 135. In The Astrophysical Journal 751 (2).Download PDF (735.63 KB)
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J. Kauffmann, F. Bertoldi, T. L. Bourke et al. (2011) Confirmation of the VeLLO L1148−IRS: star formation at very low (column) density★, 2341-2358. In Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 416 (3).Download PDF (892.52 KB)
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T. Pillai, J. Kauffmann, F. Wyrowski et al. (2011) Probing the initial conditions of high-mass star formation, A118. In Astronomy \& Astrophysics.Download PDF (1.58 MB)
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Jaime E. Pineda, Héctor G. Arce, Scott Schnee et al. (2011) THE ENIGMATIC CORE L1451-mm: A FIRST HYDROSTATIC CORE? OR A HIDDEN VeLLO?, 201. In The Astrophysical Journal 743 (2).Download PDF (886.06 KB)
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Geneviève Parmentier, Jens Kauffmann, Thushara Pillai et al. (2011) Volume density thresholds for overall star formation imply mass-size thresholds for massive star formation, no-no. In Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 416 (1).Download PDF (1.05 MB)
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Jens Kauffmann, Thushara Pillai (2010) HOW MANY INFRARED DARK CLOUDS CAN FORM MASSIVE STARS AND CLUSTERS?, L7-L12. In The Astrophysical Journal 723 (1).Download PDF (1.35 MB)
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Generic (1)
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J Kauffmann (2003) The Structure and Stability of Star-Forming Molecular Clouds.
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Conference Proceedings (2)
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T Bourke, T Brooke, M Dunham et al. (2006) Going Long: Studying the Initial Conditions for Brown Dwarfs and Low-Mass Stars with Spitzer at 160 microns, 30384-+. In Spitzer Proposal ID #30384.
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S Schnee, J Kauffmann (2005) Column Density, Temperature and Emissivity Spectral Index Maps of the Starless Core TMC-1C from 450, 850 and 1200 {μ}m Images, 8275-+. In Protostars and Planets V.
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Awards and Grants
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May 2009NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship
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Mar 2009NSF (Science PI)
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Sep 2007NASA ADP (Science PI)
Biographical Information
Postdoc with Alyssa Goodman at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics from 2006 to 2009. NASA Postdoctoral Fellow at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory since 2009, hosted by Di Li.
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Professional Experience
2012 - Present
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California, United States
Pasadena, California, United States
Sep 2009 - Sep 2012
NPP Fellow at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, California, United States
Pasadena, California, United States
Sep 2006 - Sep 2009
Postdoc at Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Education
Aug 1995 - Aug 2006
Rheinische Friedrich- Wilhelms- Universität Bonn
in Bonn, Germany
PhD in Physics & Astronomy
PhD in Physics & Astronomy
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