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Richard F Green

  • Astronomer, Large Binocular Telescope Observatory
  • Astronomer, Steward Observatory
  • Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
  • (520) 626-7088
  • Steward Observatory, Rm. 488
  • Tucson, AZ 85721
  • rgreen@as.arizona.edu
  • Bio
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  • Courses
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Degrees

  • Ph.D. Astronomy
    • California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
    • A Complete Sample of White Dwarfs, Hot Subdwarfs, and Quasars

Work Experience

  • Steward Observatory, University of Arizona (2013 - Ongoing)

Awards

  • Fellow
    • American Astronomical Society, Spring 2020
    • AAAS, Spring 2002

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Research

Quasar demographics, including a collaboration with Xiaohui Fan's group to search for high-redshift quasars. Integrated stellar dynamics measurements and modeling for quiescent black hole masses in nearby galaxies. AGN emission-line profiles through follow-up on Eigenvector 1 and other component decompositions.

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Journals/Publications

  • Green, R. F., Luginbuhl, C. B., Wainscoat, R. J., & Duriscoe, D. (2022). "The growing threat of light pollution to ground-based observatories". aapr, 30(1), 1.
  • Matthews, B. M., Shemmer, O., Dix, C., Brotherton, M. S., Myers, A. D., Andruchow, I., Brandt, W., Ferrero, G. A., Gallagher, S., Green, R., Lira, P., Plotkin, R. M., Richards, G. T., Runnoe, J. C., Schneider, D. P., Shen, Y., Strauss, M. A., & Wills, B. J. (2021). "Placing High-redshift Quasars in Perspective: A Catalog of Spectroscopic Properties from the Gemini Near Infrared Spectrograph-Distant Quasar Survey". apjs, 252(2), 15.
  • Wang, F., Yang, J., Fan, X., Hennawi, J. F., Barth, A. J., Banados, E., Bian, F., Boutsia, K., Connor, T., Davies, F. B., Decarli, R., Eilers, A., Farina, E. P., Green, R., Jiang, L., Li, J., Mazzucchelli, C., Nanni, R., Schindler, J., , Venemans, B., et al. (2021). "A Luminous Quasar at Redshift 7.642". apjl, 907(1), L1.
  • Yang, J., Wang, F., Fan, X., Barth, A. J., Hennawi, J. F., Nanni, R., Bian, F., Davies, F. B., Farina, E. P., Schindler, J., Ba{~nados}, E., Decarli, R., Eilers, A., Green, R., Guo, H., Jiang, L., Li, J., Venemans, B., Walter, F., , Wu, X., et al. (2021). "Probing Early Supermassive Black Hole Growth and Quasar Evolution with Near-infrared Spectroscopy of 37 Reionization-era Quasars at 6.3 < z {ensuremath{leq} 7.64}". apj, 923(2), 262.
  • Dix, C., Shemmer, O., Brotherton, M., Green, R., Mason, M., & Myers, A. (2020). Prescriptions for Correcting Ultraviolet-based Redshifts for Luminous Quasars at High Redshift. apj, 893(1), 13. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab77b6
  • Yang, J., Wang, F., Fan, X., Hennawi, J., Davies, F., & Yue, M. (2020). Pōniuā'ena: A Luminous z = 7.5 Quasar Hosting a 1.5 Billion Solar Mass Black Hole. apjlett, 897(1), 7. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ab9c26
  • Zuo, W., Wu, X., Fan, X., Green, R., Yi, W., & Schulze, A. (2020). C IV Emission-line Properties and Uncertainties in Black Hole Mass Estimates of z ∼ 3.5 Quasars. apj, 896(1), 23. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab91a7
  • He, Z., Wang, T., Liu, G., Wang, H., Bian, W., & Kirill, T. (2019). The properties of broad absorption line outflows based on a large sample of quasars. NatAs, 3, 8. doi:10.1038/s41550-018-0669-8
  • Rabien, S., Angel, R., Barl, L., Beckmann, U., Busoni, L., & Belli, S. (2019). ARGOS at the LBT. Binocular laser guided ground-layer adaptive optics. aanda, 621, 21. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833716
  • Schindler, J., Fan, X., McGreer, I., Yang, J., Wang, F., & Green, R. (2019). The Extremely Luminous Quasar Survey in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Footprint. III. The South Galactic Cap Sample and the Quasar Luminosity Function at Cosmic Noon. apj, 871(2), 31. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aaf86c
  • Wang, F., Yang, J., Fan, X., Wu, X., Yue, M., & Li, J. (2019). Exploring Reionization-era Quasars. III. Discovery of 16 Quasars at 6.4 ≲ z ≲ 6.9 with DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys and the UKIRT Hemisphere Survey and Quasar Luminosity Function at z ˜ 6.7. apj, 884(1), 20. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab2be5
  • Yang, J., Wang, F., Fan, X., Wu, X., Bian, F., & Bañados, E. (2019). Filling in the Quasar Redshift Gap at z ˜ 5.5. II. A Complete Survey of Luminous Quasars in the Post-reionization Universe. apj, 871(2), 17. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aaf858
  • Dye, S., Lawrence, A., Read, M., Fan, X., Kerr, T., & Varricatt, W. (2018). The UKIRT Hemisphere Survey: definition and J-band data release. mnras, 473(4), 13. doi:10.1093/mnras/stx2622
  • Schindler, J., Fan, X., McGreer, I., Yang, J., Wang, F., & Green, R. (2018). The Extremely Luminous Quasar Survey in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Footprint. II. The North Galactic Cap Sample. apj, 863(2), 23. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aad2dd
  • Wang, F., Yang, J., Fan, X., Yue, M., Wu, X., & Schindler, J. (2018). The Discovery of a Luminous Broad Absorption Line Quasar at a Redshift of 7.02. apjlett, 869(1), 6. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/aaf1d2
  • Yang, Q., Wu, X., Fan, X., Jiang, L., McGreer, I., & Shangguan, J. (2018). Discovery of 21 New Changing-look AGNs in the Northern Sky. apj, 862(2), 19. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aaca3a
  • Cai, Z., Fan, X., Bian, F., Zabludoff, A., Yang, Y., & Prochaska, X. (2017). Mapping the Most Massive Overdensities through Hydrogen (MAMMOTH). II. Discovery of the Extremely Massive Overdensity BOSS1441 at z = 2.32. apj, 839(2), 11. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa6a1a
  • Cai, Z., Fan, X., Yang, Y., Bian, F., Prochaska, X., & Zabludoff, A. (2017). Discovery of an Enormous Lyα Nebula in a Massive Galaxy Overdensity at z = 2.3. apj, 837(1), 11. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa5d14
  • Schindler, J., Fan, X., McGreer, I., Yang, Q., Wu, J., & Jiang, L. (2017). The Extremely Luminous Quasar Survey in the SDSS Footprint. I. Infrared-based Candidate Selection. apj, 851(1), 16. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa9929
  • Wang, F., Fan, X., Wang, J., Wu, X., Yang, Q., & Bian, F. (2017). First Discoveries of z > 6 Quasars with the DECam Legacy Survey and UKIRT Hemisphere Survey. apj, 839(1), 8. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa689f
  • Yang, J., Fan, X., Wu, X., Wang, F., Bian, F., & Yang, Q. (2017). Discovery of 16 New z ∼ 5.5 Quasars: Filling in the Redshift Gap of Quasar Color Selection. aj, 153(4), 10. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aa6577
  • Yang, Q., Wu, X., Fan, X., Jiang, L., McGreer, I., & Green, R. (2017). Quasar Photometric Redshifts and Candidate Selection: A New Algorithm Based on Optical and Mid-infrared Photometric Data. aj, 154(6), 11. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aa943c
  • Yi, W., Green, R., Bai, J., Wang, T., Grier, C., & Trump, J. (2017). The Physical Constraints on a New LoBAL QSO at z = 4.82. apj, 838(2), 12. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa65d6
  • Bian, W., He, Z., Green, R., Shi, Y., Ge, X., & Liu, W. (2016). Spectral principal component analysis of mid-infrared spectra of a sample of PG QSOs. mnras, 456(4), 4081. doi:10.1093/mnras/stv2936
  • Wang, F., {Wu}, X., {Fan}, X., Yang, J., Yi, W., , F. (2016). A Survey of Luminous High-redshift Quasars with SDSS and WISE. I. Target Selection and Optical Spectroscopy. apj, 819, 24. doi:10.3847/0004-637X/819/1/24
  • Yang, J., Wang, F., Wu, X., Fan, X., McGreer, I., & Bian, F. (2016). A Survey of Luminous High-redshift Quasars with SDSS and WISE. II. the Bright End of the Quasar Luminosity Function at z ≈ 5. apj, 829(1), 13. doi:10.3847/0004-637X/829/1/33
  • {Bian}, F., {Stark}, D., {Fan}, X., {Jiang}, L., {Cl{'e}ment}, B., {Egami}, E., {Frye}, B., {Green}, R., {McGreer}, I., , Z. (2015). "{LBT/LUCI Spectroscopic Observations of z{sime}7 Galaxies}". apj, 806, 108.
  • {Zuo}, W., {Wu}, X., {Fan}, X., {Green}, R., {Wang}, R., , F. (2015). "{Black Hole Mass Estimates and Rapid Growth of Supermassive Black Holes in Luminous z ~{} 3.5 Quasars}". apj, 799, 189.
  • DiPompeo, M. A., Myers, A. D., Brotherton, M. S., Runnoe, J. C., & Green, R. F. (2014). The Intrinsic Quasar Luminosity Function: Accounting for Accretion Disk Anisotropy. apj, 787, 73.
  • Jiang, L., Fan, X., Bian, F., McGreer, I. D., Strauss, M. A., Annis, J., Buck, Z., Green, R., Hodge, J. A., Myers, A. D., Rafiee, A., & Richards, G. (2014). The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Stripe 82 Imaging Data: Depth-optimized Co-adds over 300 deg$^2$ in Five Filters. apjs, 213, 12.

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