Thøger Emil Rivera-Thorsen

Astrophysicist, Ph.D. candidate.

Publications

Journal articles

As first author

  • Rivera-Thorsen, T. E.; Hayes, Matthew et al.: The Lyman Alpha Reference Sample. V. The Impact of Neutral ISM Kinematics and Geometry on Lyα Escape. The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 805, Issue 1, article id. 14, 26 pp. (2015). ADS entry

As co-author

  • Guaita, L.; Melinder, J. et al.: The Lyman alpha reference sample. IV. Morphology at low and high redshift. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 576, id.A51, 44 pp. ADS entry

  • Pardy, Stephen A.; Cannon, John M. et al.: The Lyman Alpha Reference Sample. III. Properties of the Neutral ISM from GBT and VLA Observations. The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 794, Issue 2, article id. 101, 19 pp. (2014). ADS entry

  • Östlin, G.; Hayes, M. et al.: The Lyman-alpha Reference Sample: I. Survey outline and first results for Markarian 259. The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 797, Issue 1, article id. 11, 23 pp. (2014).
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  • Hayes, M.; Östlin, G. et al.: The Lyman Alpha Reference Sample. II. Hubble Space Telescope Imaging Results, Integrated Properties, and Trends. The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 782, Issue 1, article id. 6, 22 pp. (2014).
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  • Stritzinger, M. D.; Hsiao, E.; et al.: Optical and near-IR observations of the faint and fast 2008ha-like supernova 2010ae. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 561, id.A146, 22 pp.
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  • Kruehler, T.; Malesani, D.; et al.: GRB 140301A: NOT afterglow candidate. GRB Coordinates Network, Circular Service, 15899, 1 (2014).
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  • Fynbo, J. P. U.; Geier, S. J.; et al.: On the two high-metallicity DLAs at z = 2.412 and 2.583 towards Q 0918+1636. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 436, Issue 1, p.361-370.
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  • Sandberg, A.; Östlin, G.; et al.: Neutral gas in Lyman-alpha emitting galaxies Haro 11 and ESO 338-IG04 measured through sodium absorption. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 552, id.A95, 8 pp.
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  • Fynbo, J. P. U.; Ledoux, C.; et al.: Galaxy counterparts of metal-rich damped Lyα absorbers - II. A solar-metallicity and dusty DLA at $z_{\rm abs}= 2.58$. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 413, Issue 4, pp. 2481-2488.
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Master Thesis

Probing Early Galaxy Formation With Damped Lyman-$\alpha$ Absorbers

For my Master thesis, I performed a spectroscopic analysis of Lyman $\alpha$ and metal absorption lines of a $z\approx 2$ Damped Lyman Alpha absorber system in the background spectrum of a $z\approx 3$ quasar. This analysis led to an estimate of metallicity and internal kinematic properties of the system, and a comparison to other objects of the same type. It was the hope to also find weak Ly$\alpha$ emission from the DLA host galaxy in the bottom of the absorption trough, but no such emission was detected.