Christopher N Willmer
- Associate Research Professor, Steward Observatory
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
- (520) 626-0805
- Steward Observatory, Rm. 260
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- cnaw@as.arizona.edu
Degrees
- D.S. Astrophysics
- CNPq/Observatorio Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- The Statistical Properties of Systems of Galaxies
- M.S. Astrophysics
- CNPq/Observatorio Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- The Hydra-Centaurus Supercluster
- B.S. Astronomy
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- A Preliminary Colour-Magnitude Diagram for the Small Magellanic Cloud Cluster L113
Work Experience
- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona (2005 - Ongoing)
- Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia (2005)
- UCO/Lick Observatory, University of California (1998 - 2005)
- CNPq/Observatorio Nacional (1986 - 1998)
Interests
Research
Extragalactic Astrophysics, Evolution of Galaxies
Courses
No activities entered.
Scholarly Contributions
Journals/Publications
- Cheng, C., Huang, J., Willmer, C. N., Zhang, H., Ashby, M. L., Xu, H., Sawicki, M., Arnouts, S., Gwyn, S., Desprez, G., Coupon, J., Golob, A., Liang, P., Cao, T., Shi, Y., Jin, G., He, C., Wu, S., Li, Z., , Sophia Dai, Y., et al. (2021). "Searching for Low-redshift Faint Galaxies with MMT/Hectospec". apjs, 256(1), 4.
- Zhao, X., Civano, F., Fornasini, F., Alexander, D., Cappelluti, N., Chen, C., Cohen, S., Elvis, M., Gandhi, P., Grogin, N., Hickox, R., Jansen, R., Koekemoer, A., Lanzuisi, G., Maksym, W., Masini, A., Rosario, D., Ward, M., Willmer, C., & Windhorst, R. (2021). "The NuSTAR extragalactic survey of the James Webb Space Telescope North Ecliptic Pole time-domain field". mnras, 508(4), 5176-5195.
- Hainline, K. N., Hviding, R. E., Rieke, M., Shivaei, I., Endsley, R., Curtis-Lake, E., Smit, R., Williams, C. C., Alberts, S., K, B., Bunker, A. J., Egami, E., Maseda, M. V., Tacchella, S., & Willmer, C. N. (2020). "Simulating JWST/NIRCam Color Selection of High-redshift Galaxies". apj, 892(2), 125.
- Burchett, J. N., Tripp, T. M., Prochaska, J. X., Werk, J. K., Tumlinson, J., Howk, J. C., Willmer, C. N., Lehner, N., Meiring, J. D., Bowen, D. V., Bordoloi, R., Peeples, M. S., Jenkins, E. B., O'Meara, J. M., Tejos, N., & Katz, N. (2019). The COS Absorption Survey of Baryon Harbors (CASBaH): Warm-Hot Circumgalactic Gas Reservoirs Traced by Ne VIII Absorption. apjl, 877(2), L20.
- Prochaska, J. X., Burchett, J. N., Tripp, T. M., Werk, J. K., Willmer, C. N., Howk, J. C., Lange, S., Tejos, N., Meiring, J. D., Tumlinson, J., Lehner, N., Ford, A. B., & Dav{'e}, R. (2019). The COS Absorption Survey of Baryon Harbors: The Galaxy Database and Cross-correlation Analysis of O VI Systems. apjs, 243(2), 24.
- Rieke, M., Arribas, S., Bunker, A., Charlot, S., Finkelstein, S., Maiolino, R., Robertson, B., Willott, C., Windhorst, R., Eisenstein, D., Nelson, E., Tacchella, S., Egami, E., Endsley, R., Frye, B., Hainline, K., Hviding, R., Rieke, G., Williams, C., , Willmer, C., et al. (2019). JWST GTO/ERS Deep Surveys. baas, 51(3), 45.
- Watson, C., Tran, K., Tomczak, A., Alcorn, L., Salazar, I. V., Gupta, A., Momcheva, I., Papovich, C., Dokkum, P., Brammer, G., Lotz, J., & Willmer, C. N. (2019). Galaxy Merger Fractions in Two Clusters at ztextbackslashsim 2 Using the Hubble Space Telescope. apj, 874(1), 63.
- Windhorst, R., Alpaslan, M., Andrews, S., Ashcraft, T., Broadhurst, T., Coe, D., Conselice, C., Cohen, S., Diego, J., Dijkstra, M., Driver, S., Duncan, K., Finkelstein, S., Frye, B., Griffiths, A., Grogin, N., Hathi, N., Hopkins, A., Jansen, R., , Joshi, B., et al. (2019). On the observability of individual Population III stars and their stellar-mass black hole accretion disks through cluster caustic transits. baas, 51(3), 449.
- Zhou, R., Cooper, M. C., Newman, J. A., Ashby, M. L., Aird, J., Conselice, C. J., Davis, M., Dutton, A. A., Faber, S., Fang, J. J., Fazio, G., Guhathakurta, P., Kocevski, D., Koo, D. C., {Nand, r. K., Phillips, A. C., Rosario, D. J., Schlafly, E. F., Trump, J. R., , Weiner, B., et al. (2019). Deep ugrizY imaging and DEEP2/3 spectroscopy: a photometric redshift testbed for LSST and public release of data from the DEEP3 Galaxy Redshift Survey. mnras, 488(4), 4565-4584.
- Burchett, J., Tripp, T., Wang, Q., Willmer, C., Bowen, D., & Jenkins, E. (2018). Warm-hot gas in X-ray bright galaxy clusters and the H I-deficient circumgalactic medium in dense environments. \mnras, 475, 2067-2085.
- Cheng, C., Ibar, E., Hughes, T., Villanueva, V., Leiton, R., Orellana, G., Mu{\~noz, A. A., Lu, N., Xu, C., Willmer, C., Huang, J., Cao, T., Yang, C., Xue, Y., & Torstensson, K. (2018). VALES - IV. Exploring the transition of star formation efficiencies between normal and starburst galaxies using APEX/SEPIA Band-5 and ALMA at low redshift. \mnras, 475, 248-256.
- Maksym, W., Civano, F., MacLeod, C., Jansen, R., Windhorst, R., Ashcraft, T., Jones, V., Cohen, S., Koekemoer, A., Grogin, N., Cappelluti, N., Willmer, C., Elvis, M., Fazio, G., Ashby, M., Hasinger, G., Cotton, B., Condon, J., Brisken, W., & Perley, R. (2018). A Strong X-ray Flare from a Likely z$\gt$1 AGN Adjoining the JWST NEP-TDF. The Astronomer's Telegram, 11906.
- Simm, T., Buchner, J., Merloni, A., Nandra, K., Shen, Y., Erben, T., Coil, A., Willmer, C., & Schneider, D. (2018). Dramatic X-ray spectral variability of a Compton-thick type-1 QSO at z \tilde 1. \mnras, 480, 4912-4917.
- Williams, C., Curtis-Lake, E. .., Hainline, K., Chevallard, J., Robertson, B., Charlot, S., Endsley, R., Stark, D., Willmer, C., Alberts, S., Amorin, R., Arribas, S., Baum, S., Bunker, A., Carniani, S., Crandall, S., Egami, E., Eisenstein, D., Ferruit, P., , Husemann, B., et al. (2018). The JWST Extragalactic Mock Catalog: Modeling Galaxy Populations from the UV through the Near-IR over 13 Billion Years of Cosmic History. \apjs, 236, 33.
- Willmer, C. (2018). The Absolute Magnitude of the Sun in Several Filters. \apjs, 236, 47.
- Lee-Brown, D., Rudnick, G., Momcheva, I., Papovich, C., Lotz, J., Tran, K., Henke, B., Willmer, C., Brammer, G., Brodwin, M., Dunlop, J., & Farrah, D. (2017). "The Ages of Passive Galaxies in a z = 1.62 Protocluster". apj, 844, 43.
- Rudnick, G., Hodge, J., Walter, F., Momcheva, I., Tran, K., Papovich, C., Cunha, E., Decarli, R., Saintonge, A., Willmer, C., Lotz, J., & Lentati, L. (2017). "Deep CO(1-0) Observations of z = 1.62 Cluster Galaxies with Substantial Molecular Gas Reservoirs and Normal Star Formation Efficiencies". apj, 849, 27.
- Willmer, C. N., Perez, J. M., Hoyos, C., Diaz, A. I., & Koo, D. C. (2016). Direct determination of oxygen abundances in line-emitting star-forming galaxies at intermediate redshift. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 455(3), 3359-3366. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1949
- {Burchett}, J., {Tripp}, T., {Bordoloi}, R., {Werk}, J., {Prochaska}, J., {Tumlinson}, J., {Willmer}, C., {O'Meara}, J., , N. (2016). "{A Deep Search for Faint Galaxies Associated with Very Low Redshift C iv Absorbers. III. The Mass- and Environment-dependent Circumgalactic Medium}". apj, 832, 124.
- {Guo}, Y., {Koo}, D., {Lu}, Y., {Forbes}, J., {Rafelski}, M., {Trump}, J., {Amor{'{i}}n}, R., {Barro}, G., {Dav{'e}}, R., {Faber}, S., {Hathi}, N., {Yesuf}, H., {Cooper}, M., {Dekel}, A., {Guhathakurta}, P., {Kirby}, E., {Koekemoer}, A., {P{'e}rez-Gonz{'a}lez}, P., {Lin}, L., , {Newman}, J., et al. (2016). "{Stellar Mass-Gas-phase Metallicity Relation at 0.5 {le} z {le} 0.7: A Power Law with Increasing Scatter toward the Low-mass Regime}". apj, 822, 103.
- {Burchett}, J., {Tripp}, T., {Prochaska}, J., {Werk}, J., {Tumlinson}, J., {O'Meara}, J., {Bordoloi}, R., {Katz}, N., , C. (2015). "A Deep Search For Faint Galaxies Associated With Very Low-redshift C IV Absorbers. II. Program Design, Absorption-line Measurements, and Absorber Statistics". apj, 815, 91.
- {Chatterjee}, S., {Newman}, J., {Jeltema}, T., {Myers}, A., {Aird}, J., {Bundy}, K., {Conselice}, C., {Cooper}, M., {Laird}, E., {Nandra}, K., , C. (2015). "X-Ray Emission in Non-AGN Galaxies at z ~ 1". apj, 806, 136.
- {Chatterjee}, S., {Newman}, J., {Jeltema}, T., {Myers}, A., {Aird}, J., {Coil}, A., {Cooper}, M., {Finoguenov}, A., {Laird}, E., {Montero-Dorta}, A., {Nandra}, K., {Willmer}, C., , R. (2015). "X-ray Surface Brightness Profiles of Active Galactic Nuclei in the Extended Groth Strip: Implications for AGN Feedback". pasp, 127, 716-725.
- {Nandra}, K., {Laird}, E., {Aird}, J., {Salvato}, M., {Georgakakis}, A., {Barro}, G., {Perez-Gonzalez}, P., {Barmby}, P., {Chary}, R., {Coil}, A., {Cooper}, M., {Davis}, M., {Dickinson}, M., {Faber}, S., {Fazio}, G., {Guhathakurta}, P., {Gwyn}, S., {Hsu}, L., {Huang}, J., , {Ivison}, R., et al. (2015). "AEGIS-X: Deep Chandra Imaging of the Central Groth Strip". apjs, 220, 10.
- Dai, Y. S., Elvis, M., Bergeron, J., Fazio, G. G., Huang, J., Wilkes, B. J., Willmer, C. N., Omont, A., & Papovich, C. (2014). Mid-infrared-selected Quasars. I. Virial Black Hole Mass and Eddington Ratios. apj, 791, 113.
Proceedings Publications
- Jansen}, R., Grogin, N., Windhorst, R., Ashcraft, T., Brisken, W., Cohen, S., Conselice, C., Driver, S., Finkelstein, S., Frye, B., Hathi, N., Jones, V., Joshi, B., Kim, D., Koekemoer, A., Maksym, W., Riess, A., Rodney, S., Royle, P., , Ryan, R., et al. (2020, jan). "UV-Visible observations with HST in the JWST North Ecliptic Pole Time-Domain Field". In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #235, 235.
- Willmer}, C. N., Hainline, K. N., Curtis-Lake, E., & Team, {. (2020, jan). "Guitarra, a Simulator for the JWST/NIRCam". In Uncovering Early Galaxy Evolution in the ALMA and JWST Era, 352.
- Jansen, R. A., Grogin, N., Ashcraft, T., Brisken, W., Cohen, S., Conselice, C., Driver, S., Finkelstein, S., Frye, B., Hathi, N., Jones, V., Joshi, B., Kim, D., Koekemoer, A., Maksym, W., Riess, A., Rodney, S., Royle, P., Ryan, R., , Smith, B., et al. (2019, jan). UV-Visible observations with HST in the JWST North Ecliptic Pole Time-Domain Field. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #233, 233.
- Tyburczy, T., Jansen, R. A., Windhorst, R. A., Ashcraft, T., Cotton, W. D., Willmer, C., Grogin, N. A., & White, C. (2019, jun). Searching for Low-mass Stellar and Sub-stellar objects in the JWST North Ecliptic Pole Time-Domain Field. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #234, 234.
- White, C. W., Jones, V., Jansen, R. A., Windhorst, R., Cohen, S., Willmer, C., & Hasinger, G. (2019, jan). Color-Selected AGN and Variable Objects in the JWST North Ecliptic Pole Time-Domain Field. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #233, 233.
- Burchett, J., Tripp, T., Prochaska, J., Werk, J., Willmer, C., Ford, A., & Howk, C. (2018, jan). CASBaH: the Multiphase Circumgalactic Medium During the Decline of Cosmic Star Formation. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts \#231, 231.
- Jansen, R., Windhorst, R., Grogin, N., Koekemoer, A., Royle, P., Hathi, N., Jones, V., Cohen, S., Ashcraft, T., Willmer, C. N., Conselice, C., White, C., & Frye, B. L. (2018, January). UV--Visible observations with HST in the JWST North Ecliptic Pole Time-Domain Field. In AAS, 231.
- Jansen, R., Windhorst, R., Grogin, N., Koekemoer, A., Royle, P., Hathi, N., Jones, V., Cohen, S., Ashcraft, T., Willmer, C., Conselice, C., White, C., Frye, B., Team, H., & Webb, M. (2018, jan). UV--Visible observations with HST in the JWST North Ecliptic Pole Time-Domain Field. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts \#231, 231.
- Burchett, J., Tripp, T., Wang, D., Willmer, C., Prochaska, J., Werk, J., Bordoloi, R., Katz, N., & Tumlinson, J. (2017, jan). "Galaxy-environment Interactions as Revealed by the Circumgalactic Medium". In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #229, 229.
- Jansen, R., Alpaslan, M., Ashby, M., Ashcraft, T., Cohen, S., Condon, J., Conselice, C., Ferrara, A., Frye, B., Grogin, N., Hammel, H., Hathi, N., Joshi, B., Kim, D., Koekemoer, A., Mechtley, M., Milam, S., Rodney, S., Rutkowski, M., , Strolger, L., et al. (2017, jan). "The JWST North Ecliptic Pole Survey Field for Time-domain Studies". In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #229, 229.
- Rieke, M., Ferruit, P., Alberts, S., Bunker, A., Charlot, S., Chevallard, J., Dressler, A., Egami, E., Eisenstein, D., Endsley, R., Franx, M., Frye, B., Hainline, K., Jakobsen, P., Lake, E., Maiolino, R., Rix, H., Robertson, B., Stark, D., , Williams, C., et al. (2017, jun). "NIRcam-NIRSpec GTO Observations of Galaxy Evolution". In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #230, 230.
- Willott, C., Frye, B. L., Williams, C., Rieke, M. J., Stark, D., Willmer, C. N., Robertson, B., Egami, E., Rix, H., Ferruit, P., Maiolino, R., Alberts, S., Lake, E., Bunker, A., Jakobsen, P., Charlot, S., Hainline, K., Chevallard, J., Franx, M., , Dressler, A., et al. (2017, June). NIRcam-NIRSpec GTO Observations of Galaxy Evolution. In AAS, 230.
- {Garc{i}a-Mar{i}n}, M., {Willmer}, C., {Labiano}, A., {Alberts}, S., {Rieke}, G., {Wright}, G., , M. (2016, jul). "{Optimizing parallel observations for the JWST/MIRI instrument}". In Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, 9910.