While much of my effort at the University of Maryland concentrated on the M51 observations, I also became involved in many observing projects with the BIMA interferometer. With this instrument we are able to observe the molecular interstellar medium in the Milky Way and in extragalactic sources. The largest of these was the BIMA Key Project to image the molecular interstellar material in a sample of Seyfert galaxies. As a teaser, a preliminary map of the C0(1-0) emission from NGC 5033 is available here.
Recently my efforts have ``focused'' (well we can call it that but...) on three projects. The first is the BIMA LIRG Key-Project which has been looking at a sample of interacting galaxies that might be used to define a merging/interaction sequence for gas-rich spiral galaxies. This is really a work in progress but the link above should provide some insight into where the project is heading. As part of this survey, we made a full-synthesis map of CO emission Arp 244, ``The Antennae'' galaxies with BIMA. This has produced some very nice images.
The second project that I have been concentrating on is a search for mm-counterparts to Gamma-Ray Bursts using BIMA. When I have more time I will try and create a summary page of our attempts thus far.
Finally, I have embarked into some studies of planetary and Wolf-Rayet
nebualae. A better description might be to say that I have been looking at
wind-blown bubbles and stellar-ejecta nebulae. This project is somewhat in
its infancy (at least from my point of view) but so far we have begun trying
to image near-infrared emission from molecular hydrogen using the
NIRIM camera at
Mount Laguna Observatory.
Due to weather (and a couple of mechanical difficulties
this project has few results to show so far but you can
link here
to see the results from the pilot survey made with NIRIM and the NRAO-12m.
And this shows my bibliography which is likely not to be up to date as I tend to forget that I am broadcasting this information into the void.