Publications (153)
A new, precise measurement of the primordial abundance of Deuterium
Max Pettini, Ryan Cooke
The Relationship Between Stellar Populations and Lyman Alpha Emission in Lyman Break Galaxies
Katherine A. Kornei, Alice E. Shapley, Dawn K. Erb +4
Strong Spatial Clustering of UV-selected Galaxies with Magnitude Ks<20.5 and Redshift Z~2
Kurt L. Adelberger, Dawn K. Erb, Charles C. Steidel +3
Discovery of the most metal-poor damped Lyman-alpha system
Ryan Cooke, Max Pettini, Charles C. Steidel
Element Abundances at High Redshifts: The N/O Ratio in a Primeval Galaxy
Max Pettini, Keith Lipman, Richard W. Hunstead
Large scale outflows from z ~ 0.7 starburst galaxies identified via ultra-strong MgII quasar absorption lines
Daniel B. Nestor, Benjamin D. Johnson, Vivienne Wild +4
The Structure of High Redshift Galactic Halos
Sara L. Ellison, Rodrigo Ibata, Max Pettini +4
A new candidate for probing Population III nucleosynthesis with carbon-enhanced damped Lyman-alpha systems
Ryan Cooke, Max Pettini, Michael Murphy
Lyman alpha Emission from High-Redshift Galaxies
Max Pettini, Richard W. Hunstead, David L. King +1
A Study of Interstellar Gas and Stars in the Gravitationally Lensed Galaxy `The Cosmic Eye' from Rest-Frame Ultraviolet Spectroscopy
Anna M. Quider, Alice E. Shapley, Max Pettini +2
Zn and Cr abundances in damped Lyman alpha systems from the CORALS survey
Chris J. Akerman, Sara L. Ellison, Max Pettini +1
Rest-Frame Optical Spectra of Three Strongly Lensed Galaxies at z~2
Kevin N. Hainline, Alice E. Shapley, Katherine A. Kornei +4
Damped Lyman alpha systems and disk galaxies: number density, column density distribution and gas density
Samuel Boissier, Celine Peroux, Max Pettini
The CORALS Survey: A Review and Progress Report on The Search for Dust Obscured Quasar Absorption Line Systems
Sara L. Ellison, Max Pettini, Chris W. Churchill +6
The most metal-poor damped Lyman-alpha systems: Insights into chemical evolution in the very metal-poor regime
Ryan Cooke, Max Pettini, Charles C. Steidel +2
The Rest Frame Optical Spectra of Lyman Break Galaxies: Star Formation, Extinction, Abundances, and Kinematics
Max Pettini, Alice E. Shapley, Charles C. Steidel +5
Cosmology with the Lyman-alpha Forest
David H. Weinberg, Scott Burles, Rupert A. C. Croft +11
Metal Abundances in the Lyman Alpha Forest
Sara L. Ellison, Geraint F. Lewis, Max Pettini +3
A newly discovered DLA and associated Ly-alpha emission in the spectra of the gravitationally lensed quasar UM 673A,B
Ryan Cooke, Max Pettini, Charles C. Steidel +3
Lyman alpha absorption in the nearby universe: the sightline to Q1821+643
David V. Bowen, Max Pettini, Brian Boyle
The Column Density Distribution and Continuum Opacity of the Intergalactic and Circumgalactic Medium at Redshift <z>=2.4
Gwen C. Rudie, Charles C. Steidel, Alice E. Shapley +1
A Carbon-enhanced Metal-poor Damped Lyman alpha System: Probing Gas from Population III Nucleosynthesis?
Ryan Cooke, Max Pettini, Charles C. Steidel +2
CASSOWARY 20: a Wide Separation Einstein Cross Identified with the X-shooter Spectrograph
Max Pettini, Lise Christensen, Sandro D'Odorico +6
KECK HIRES Spectroscopy of APM 08279+5255
Sara L. Ellison, Geraint F. Lewis, Max Pettini +5
Star Formation and Extinction in Redshift z~2 Galaxies: Inferences from Spitzer MIPS Observations
Naveen A. Reddy, Charles C. Steidel, Dario Fadda +5
Deep Observations of Lyman Break Galaxies
Max Pettini, Charles C. Steidel, Alice E. Shapley +5
The Characteristic Star Formation Histories of Galaxies at Redshifts z~2-7
Naveen A. Reddy, Max Pettini, Charles C. Steidel +3
Zinc and Chromium Abundances in a Third Damped Lyman alpha System at Intermediate Redshift
Max Pettini, David V. Bowen
The Abundances of Nitrogen and Oxygen in Damped Lyman Alpha Systems
Max Pettini, Sara L. Ellison, Jacqueline Bergeron +1
A galaxy as the source of a Civ absorption system close to the epoch of reionization
C. Gonzalo Diaz, Emma V. Ryan-Weber, Jeff Cooke +3
A Sub-Damped Ly$α$ Absorber with Unusual Abundances: Evidence of Gas Recycling in a Low-Redshift Galaxy Group
Brenda Frye, David V. Bowen, Todd M. Tripp +3
The HII Regions of the Damped Lyman alpha Absorber SBS 1543+593
Regina E. Schulte-Ladbeck, Sandhya M. Rao, Igor O. Drozdovsky +3
Mining for Metals in the Lyman Alpha Forest
Sara L. Ellison, Antoinette Songaila, Joop Schaye +1
The Detection of Lyman-alpha Absorption from Nine Nearby Galaxies
David V. Bowen, Max Pettini, J. Chris Blades
Damped Lyman Alpha Systems in Galaxy Formation Simulations
Andrew Pontzen, Fabio Governato, Max Pettini +6
Comprehensive Study of a z = 2.35 DLA Galaxy: Mass, Metallicity, Age, Morphology and SFR from HST and VLT
Jens-Kristian Krogager, Johan P. U. Fynbo, Cedric Ledoux +8
The CORALS Survey I: New Estimates of the Number Density and Gas Content of Damped Lyman Alpha Systems Free from Dust Bias
Sara L. Ellison, Lin Yan, Isobel M. Hook +3
Dust Biasing of Damped Lyman Alpha Systems: a Bayesian Analysis
Andrew Pontzen, Max Pettini
New Observations of the Interstellar Medium in the Lyman Break Galaxy MS 1512-cB58
Max Pettini, Samantha A. Rix, Charles C. Steidel +3
The redshift evolution of rest-UV spectroscopic properties in Lyman Break Galaxies at z ~ 2-4
Xinnan Du, Alice E. Shapley, Naveen A. Reddy +8
Infared Observations of Nebular Emission Lines from Galaxies at z = 3
Max Pettini, Melinda Kellogg, Charles C. Steidel +3
Si and Mn Abundances in Damped Lya Systems with Low Dust Content
Max Pettini, Sara Ellison, Charles C. Steidel +2
The CGM and IGM at z$\sim$5: metal budget and physical connection
Alex Codoreanu, Emma V. Ryan-Weber, Luz Ãngela GarcÃa +5
Physical Conditions in Lyman Break Galaxies Derived From Rest-Frame UV Spectra
A. E. Shapley, C. C. Steidel, K. L. Adelberger +1
Measuring the Physical Conditions in High-Redshift Star-Forming Galaxies: Insights from KBSS-MOSFIRE
Allison L. Strom, Charles C. Steidel, Gwen C. Rudie +2
A Comparison of Absorption and Emission Line Abundances in the Nearby Damped Lyman-alpha Galaxy SBS 1543+593
David V. Bowen, Edward B. Jenkins, Max Pettini +1
C, N, O Abundances in the Most Metal-Poor Damped Lyman alpha Systems
Max Pettini, Berkeley J. Zych, Charles C. Steidel +1
Lyman-alpha absorption around nearby galaxies
David V. Bowen, Max Pettini, J. Chris Blades
Evidence of patchy hydrogen reionization from an extreme Ly$α$ trough below redshift six
George D. Becker, James S. Bolton, Piero Madau +3
Selecting damped Lyman-alpha systems through CaII absorption. I: Dust depletions and reddening at z~1
Vivienne Wild, Paul Hewett, Max Pettini
An Imaging and Spectroscopic Study of the z=3.38639 Damped Lyman Alpha System in Q0201+1120: Clues to Star Formation Rate at High Redshift
Sara L. Ellison, Max Pettini, Charles C. Steidel +1
A Lyman limit system associated with galactic winds
Hadi Rahmani, Celine Peroux, Ilane Schroetter +9
Mapping UV Properties Throughout the Cosmic Horseshoe: Lessons from VLT-MUSE
Bethan L. James, Matt Auger, Max Pettini +3
The evolution of the C/O ratio in metal-poor halo stars
Chris J. Akerman, Leticia Carigi, Poul E. Nissen +2
The Temperature-Density Relation in the Intergalactic Medium at Redshift <z>=2.4
Gwen C. Rudie, Charles C. Steidel, Max Pettini
Physical Conditions in a Young, Unreddened, Low Metallicity Galaxy at High Redshift
Dawn K. Erb, Max Pettini, Alice E. Shapley +3
The Sightline to Q2343-BX415: Clues to Galaxy Formation in a Quasar Environment
Samantha A. Rix, Max Pettini, Charles C. Steidel +4
H-alpha Spectroscopy of Galaxies at z>2: Kinematics and Star Formation
Dawn K. Erb, Alice E. Shapley, Charles C. Steidel +5
X-shooter Observations of the Gravitational Lens System CASSOWARY 5
Lise Christensen, Sandro D'Odorico, Max Pettini +4
The Power Spectrum of Mass Fluctuations Measured from the Lyman-alpha Forest at Redshift z=2.5
Rupert A. C. Croft, David H. Weinberg, Max Pettini +2
The Stellar, Gas and Dynamical Masses of Star-Forming Galaxies at z~2
Dawn K. Erb, Charles C. Steidel, Alice E. Shapley +3
The Metallicity of High Redshift Galaxies: The Abundance of Zinc in 34 Damped Lyman Alpha Systems from z = 0.7 to 3.4
Max Pettini, Linda J. Smith, David L. King +1
Element Abundances through the Cosmic Ages
Max Pettini
The Kiloparsec-Scale Kinematics of High-Redshift Star-Forming Galaxies
David R. Law, Charles C. Steidel, Dawn K. Erb +4
Spectroscopic Identification of a Proto-Cluster at z=2.300: Environmental Dependence of Galaxy Properties at High Redshift
Charles C. Steidel, Kurt L. Adelberger, Alice E. Shapley +3
The Enrichment History of the Intergalactic Medium: Measuring the CIV/HI Ratio in the Lyman Alpha Forest
Sara L. Ellison, Antoinette Songaila, Joop Schaye +1
Chemical Elements at High and Low Redshifts
Max Pettini
The first carbon-enhanced metal-poor star found in the Sculptor dwarf spheroidal
Asa Skuladottir, Eline Tolstoy, Stefania Salvadori +4
Intergalactic CIV absorption at redshifts 5.4 to 6
Emma V. Ryan-Weber, Max Pettini, Piero Madau
Where are the absorbers towards Q2302+029?
David V. Bowen, Raul Jimenez, Edward B. Jenkins +1
Testing metallicity indicators at z~1.4 with the gravitationally lensed galaxy CASSOWARY 20
Bethan L. James, Max Pettini, Lise Christensen +6
The host galaxies of strong CaII QSO absorption systems at z<0.5
Berkeley J. Zych, Michael T. Murphy, Max Pettini +3
The C IV Mass Density of the Universe at Redshift 5
Max Pettini, Piero Madau, Michael Bolte +3
Deuterium at High Redshifts: Recent Advances and Open Issues
Max Pettini
Spectroscopic Measurements of the Far-Ultraviolet Dust Attenuation Curve at z~3
Naveen A. Reddy, Charles C. Steidel, Max Pettini +1
The Direct Detection of Lyman-Continuum Emission from Star-forming Galaxies at z~3
Alice E. Shapley, Charles C. Steidel, Max Pettini +2
Element Abundances at High Redshifts
Max Pettini
Have we detected one of the sources responsible for an early reionisation of the Universe?
Massimo Ricotti, Martin G. Haehnelt, Max Pettini +1
The CORALS Survey II: Clues to Galaxy Clustering Around QSOs from z_abs ~ z_em Damped Lyman Alpha Systems
Sara L. Ellison, Lin Yan, Isobel M. Hook +3
Mixing Metals in the Early Universe
Andrea Ferrara, Max Pettini, Yuri Shchekinov
Nebular Emission Line Ratios in z~2-3 Star-Forming Galaxies with KBSS-MOSFIRE: Exploring the Impact of Ionization, Excitation, and Nitrogen-to-Oxygen Ratio
Allison L. Strom, Charles C. Steidel, Gwen C. Rudie +3
Dust Obscuration and Metallicity at High Redshift: New Inferences from UV, H-alpha, and 8 Micron Observations of z~2 Star-Forming Galaxies
Naveen A. Reddy, Dawn K. Erb, Max Pettini +2
[O III]/[N II] as an Abundance Indicator at High Redshift
Max Pettini, Bernard E J Pagel
The star formation rate of CaII and damped Lyman-alpha absorbers at 0.4<z<1.3
Vivienne Wild, Paul Hewett, Max Pettini
Precision measures of the primordial abundance of deuterium
Ryan Cooke, Max Pettini, Regina A. Jorgenson +2
Metal Abundances at z < 1.5: Fresh Clues to the Chemical Enrichment History of Damped Lyman alpha Systems
Max Pettini, Sara L. Ellison, Charles C. Steidel +1
Spatially resolved STIS spectra of the gravitationally lensed BAL quasar APM08279+5255: the nature of component C and evidence for microlensing
Geraint F. Lewis, Rodrigo A. Ibata, Sara L. Ellison +4
CaII and DLA absorption line systems: dust, metals and star formation at 0.4<z<1.3
Vivienne Wild, Paul Hewett, Max Pettini
Multi-Wavelength Constraints on the Cosmic Star Formation History from Spectroscopy: the Rest-Frame UV, H-alpha, and Infrared Luminosity Functions at Redshifts 1.9<z<3.4
Naveen A. Reddy, Charles C. Steidel, Max Pettini +4
The Spectra of Star Forming Galaxies at High Redshift
Max Pettini, Charles C. Steidel, Mark Dickinson +3
The primordial deuterium abundance of the most metal-poor damped Lyman-alpha system
Ryan Cooke, Max Pettini, Kenneth M. Nollett +1
One percent determination of the primordial deuterium abundance
Ryan Cooke, Max Pettini, Charles C. Steidel
Sulphur in the Sculptor dwarf spheroidal galaxy - Including NLTE corrections
Asa Skuladottir, Sergei M. Andrievsky, Eline Tolstoy +4
A search for damped Lyman-alpha systems towards radio-loud quasars I: The optical survey
Sara L. Ellison, Brian A. York, Max Pettini +1
The Gaseous Environment of High-z Galaxies: Precision Measurements of Neutral Hydrogen in the Circumgalactic Medium of z ~ 2-3 Galaxies in the Keck Baryonic Structure Survey
Gwen C. Rudie, Charles C. Steidel, Ryan F. Trainor +7
Multi-phase Circum-Galactic Medium probed with MUSE and ALMA
Celine Peroux, Martin Zwaan, Anne Klitsch +9
A Window On The Earliest Star Formation: Extreme Photoionization Conditions of a High-Ionization, Low-Metallicity Lensed Galaxy at z~2
Danielle A. Berg, Dawn K. Erb, Matthew W. Auger +2
Complex Mg II absorption in the outer disk of M61
David V. Bowen, J. Chris Blades, Max Pettini
The effect of dust bias on the census of neutral gas and metals in the high-redshift Universe due to SDSS-II quasar colour selection
Jens-Kristian Krogager, Johan P. U. Fynbo, Palle Møller +3
A downturn in intergalactic CIV as redshift 6 is approached
Emma V. Ryan-Weber, Max Pettini, Piero Madau +1