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Donald G. York

UC Davis Health · US
Area of research
Astronomy and Astrophysics · Instrumentation
Research interest
Research interests include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies.
h-index
127
citations
107,044
works
662
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

Damped Lyα Absorbers in Star-forming Galaxies at z < 0.15 Detected with the Hubble Space Telescope and Implications for Galactic Evolution
The Astrophysical Journal 2022cited by 19position: middledoi
HD 62542: Probing the Bare, Dense Core of a Translucent Interstellar Cloud<sup>*</sup>
The Astrophysical Journal 2020cited by 20position: contributordoi
The Apache Point Observatory Catalog of Optical Diffuse Interstellar Bands
The Astrophysical Journal 2019cited by 92position: middledoi
Multiphase circumgalactic medium probed with MUSE and ALMA
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2019cited by 70position: middledoi
MUSE-ALMA haloes V: physical properties and environment of z ≤ 1.4 H i quasar absorbers
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2019cited by 48position: middledoi
Characterizing the circum-galactic medium of damped Lyman-α absorbing galaxies
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2018cited by 30position: middledoi
A Modern Census of the Broadest Diffuse Interstellar Bands
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 2018cited by 27position: lastdoi
Observational signatures of a warped disk associated with cold-flow accretion
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2017cited by 54position: lastdoi
The Mean Metal-line Absorption Spectrum of Damped Lyα Systems in BOSS
The Astrophysical Journal 2017cited by 33position: middledoi
The Behavior of Selected Diffuse Interstellar Bands with Molecular Fraction in Diffuse Atomic and Molecular Clouds
The Astrophysical Journal 2017cited by 33position: middledoi
Variable Stars Observed in the Galactic Disk by AST3-1 from Dome A, Antarctica
The Astronomical Journal 2017cited by 23position: middledoi
A Catalog of Broad Absorption Line Quasars in Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 5
2016cited by 202position: last
Nature of the absorbing gas associated with a galaxy group at z∼0.4
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2016cited by 64position: middledoi
Large-scale clustering of Lyman α emission intensity from SDSS/BOSS
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2016cited by 63position: middledoi
A SINFONI integral field spectroscopy survey for galaxy counterparts to damped Lyman α systems – VI. Metallicity and geometry as gas flow probes
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2016cited by 54position: middledoi
THERMAL PRESSURES IN THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM OF THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS*
The Astrophysical Journal 2016cited by 27position: lastdoi
The SDSS-III BOSS quasar lens survey: discovery of 13 gravitationally lensed quasars
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2015cited by 93position: lastdoi
DIFFUSE ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR GAS IN THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM OF M82 TOWARD SN 2014J
The Astrophysical Journal 2015cited by 42position: lastdoi
DISCOVERY OF MULTIPLE PULSATIONS IN THE NEW<i>δ</i>SCUTI STAR HD 92277: ASTEROSEISMOLOGY FROM DOME A, ANTARCTICA
The Astronomical Journal 2015cited by 39position: middledoi
Baryon acoustic oscillations in the Ly<i>α</i>forest of BOSS DR11 quasars
Astronomy and Astrophysics 2014cited by 876position: lastdoi
Quasar-Lyman α forest cross-correlation from BOSS DR11: Baryon Acoustic Oscillations
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2014cited by 568position: lastdoi
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey quasar catalog: tenth data release
Astronomy and Astrophysics 2014cited by 250position: lastdoi
A connection between extremely strong damped Lyman-<i>α</i>systems and Lyman-<i>α</i>emitting galaxies at small impact parameters
Astronomy and Astrophysics 2014cited by 89position: lastdoi
Probing the circumgalactic medium at high-redshift using composite BOSS spectra of strong Lyman α forest absorbers
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2014cited by 67position: lastdoi
Stellar masses of SDSS-III/BOSS galaxies at z ∼ 0.5 and constraints to galaxy formation models
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2013cited by 228position: middledoi
Candidate type II quasars at 2 &lt; z &lt; 4.3 in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2013cited by 105position: lastdoi
The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: weighing the neutrino mass using the galaxy power spectrum of the CMASS sample
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2013cited by 87position: lastdoi
ANOMALOUS DIFFUSE INTERSTELLAR BANDS IN THE SPECTRUM OF HERSCHEL 36. II. ANALYSIS OF RADIATIVELY EXCITED CH<sup>+</sup>, CH, AND DIFFUSE INTERSTELLAR BANDS
The Astrophysical Journal 2013cited by 72position: middledoi
ANOMALOUS DIFFUSE INTERSTELLAR BANDS IN THE SPECTRUM OF HERSCHEL 36. I. OBSERVATIONS OF ROTATIONALLY EXCITED CH AND CH<sup>+</sup>ABSORPTION AND STRONG, EXTENDED REDWARD WINGS ON SEVERAL DIBs
The Astrophysical Journal 2013cited by 52position: middledoi
Broad absorption line quasars with redshifted troughs: high-velocity infall or rotationally dominated outflows?
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2013cited by 51position: lastdoi

Grants

Collaborative Research: Carriers, Charge State and Diagnostic Use of the Long-Mysterious Diffuse Interstellar Bands
NSF1009603$668,2902010–2015PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Distances to High-Velocity Clouds
NSF0907743$125,2242009–2012PIRePORTER
Distances to high-velocity clouds
NSF0607474$117,3102006–2010PIRePORTER
Hardware Procurement and Software Development for a Multi-Institutional Mass Storage Systems
NSF9512191$1,642,6491995–2000PIRePORTER
A Digital Sky Survey of the North Polar Cap
NSF9123074$200,0001993–1994PIRePORTER
A 3.5 Meter Telescope and Associated Instrumentation
NSF8414829$3,751,7001986–1991PIRePORTER
Charge Coupled Devices for a New 3.5 Meter Telescope
NSF8514529$01986–1988PIRePORTER
Morphology and Kinematics of Diffuse Interstellar Clouds
NSF8317120$92,4001984–1987PIRePORTER
A Ccd Camera For Astronomical Research
NSF7920394$112,4001980–1981PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Varsha P. Kulkarni · University of South Carolina12 papers (2012–2022)Céline Péroux · Macquarie University10 papers (2012–2019)Donald P. Schneider · Russian State University for the Humanities10 papers (2012–2017)D. E. Welty · Space Telescope Science Institute7 papers (2013–2019) · 7 papers (2013–2019)Lorrie A. Straka · University of South Carolina6 papers (2012–2022) · 6 papers (2016–2019) · 6 papers (2016–2019) · 5 papers (2012–2022)Nicholas P. Ross · Pennsylvania State University5 papers (2012–2014) · 5 papers (2012–2017)L. M. Hobbs · University of Chicago5 papers (2013–2019)Max Pettini · The University of Western Australia4 papers (2016–2019) · 4 papers (2017–2019)Theodore P. Snow · University of Colorado Boulder4 papers (2013–2019) · 4 papers (2012–2014)Jian Ge · Massachusetts Institute of Technology4 papers (2012–2017) · 4 papers (2013–2019)Matthew M. Pieri · The Ohio State University3 papers (2014–2018)Patrick B. Hall · York University3 papers (2012–2016)