Edward B. Jenkins, Ph.D.
Sr. Research Astronomer
Princeton University Observatory
Department of Astrophysical Sciences
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Research Interests
Interstellar Medium
- Atomic depletions
- Abundances of deuterium and their variability
- Molecular hydrogen
- Distribution of thermal pressures from observations of C I fine-structure excitation
- Studies of hot gas in and near the Galaxy: O VI as an indicator of collisionally ionized gas at temperatures 105 < T 106 K
- Gas inside supernova remnants
- Ionization and electron density of the Local Interstellar Medium (LISM)
Intergalactic Medium
- Warm-hot gas as indicated by O VI absorption features in quasar spectra
- Low z absorption systems
- Absorption Line Analysis Techniques
Projects - Usage of Observatories in Space to Perform UV Spectroscopy
Present:
- Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) on the Hubble Space Telescope (1997 - present)
- Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) (1999 - present)
Past:
- Small spectrographs in sounding rockets (1966-70)
- Copernicus satellite (1972-81)
- International Ultraviolet Explorer (1978-86)
- Interstellar Medium Absorption Profile Spectrograph (1980-2002)
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