Astrophysics

Dr. William Frank Wall

Office: 1321

E-mail: wwall@inaoep.mx

Education

• PhD, Astronomy, "Molecular Gas Excitation in Spiral Galaxies", University of Texas, 1991.

• MSc, Astronomy, "Two HII/HI Complexes in the Outer Galaxy", Universtiy of British Columbia, 1986.

• BSc, Physics and Astronomy, University of Toronto, 1983.

Research Interests

• Millimeter astronomy

• Galactic spirals

Recent Publications

Wong, O. Ivy; Vega, O.; Sánchez-Argüelles, D.; Narayanan, G.; Wall, W. F.; Zwaan, M. A.; Rosa González, D.; Zeballos, M.; Bekki, K.; Mayya, Y. D.; Montaña, A., Chung, A., "Early Science with the Large Millimeter Telescope: discovery of the 12CO(1-0) emission line in the ring galaxy VIIZw466", A&A, 466, 574, 2017.

Wall, W. F., Puerari, I., Tilanus, R., Israel, F. P., Austermann, J. E., Aretxaga, I., Wilson, G., Yun, M., Scott, K. S., Perera, T. A., Roberts, C. M., Hughes, D. H., "Continuum observations of M 51 and M 83 at 1.1 mm with AzTEC", MNRAS 459, 1440-1467, 6/2016. 

Abeysekara, A. U., Aguilar, J. A., Aguilar, S., Alfaro, R., Almaraz, E., Álvarez, C., Álvarez-Romero, J. d. D., Álvarez, M., Arceo, R., et al. incluyendo  Wall, W., "On the sensitivity of the HAWC observatory to gamma-ray bursts", APh 35, 641-650, 5/2012.

Bot, C., Ysard, N., Paradis, D., Bernard, J. P., Lagache, G., Israel, F. P., Wall, W. F., "Submillimeter to centimeter excess emission from the Magellanic Clouds. II. On the nature of the excess", A&A 523, A20-, 11/2010.

Israel, F. P., Wall, W. F., Raban, D., Reach, W. T., Bot, C., Oonk, J. B. R., Ysard, N., Bernard, J. P., "submillimeter to centimeter excess emission from the Magellanic Clouds. I. Global spectral energy distribution", A&A 519, A67-, 9/2010.

Wall, W. F., "Rethinking the N(H2)/I(CO) conversion factor", MNRAS 379, 674-688, 8/2007.