Publications

Ferkinhoff, C., Brisbin, D., Nikola, T., Stacey, G. J., Sheth, K., Hailey-Dunsheath, S., Falgarone, E., "Band-9 ALMA Observations of the [NII] 122 μm line and FIR continuum in two high-z galaxies" The Astrophysical Journal, 806, 260 (Jun. 2015). -- ADS, PDF

Brisbin, D., Ferkinhoff, C., Nikola, T., Parshley, S., Stacey, G., Spoon, H., Hailey-Dunsheath, S., Verma, A., “Strong C+ emission in galaxies at z∼1-2:Evidence for cold flow accretion powered star formation in the early Universe” The Astrophysical Journal, 799, 13 (Jan. 2015).-- PDF

Ferkinhoff, C. , Brisbin, D., Parshley, S. C., Nikola, T., Stacey, G. J., Schoenwald, J., Higdon, J. L., Sarah, J. U., Verma, A., Riechers, D., Hailey-Dunsheath, S., Menten, K.., Güsten, R.., Weiß, A., Irwin, K., Cho, H. M., Niemack, M., Halpern, M., Amiri, M., Hasselfield, M., Wiebe, D. V., Ade, P. A. R., Tucker, C. E, “The Second-generation z(Redshift) and Early Universe Spectrometer. I. First-light Observation of a Highly Lensed Local-ULIRG Analog at High-z.” The Astrophysical Journal , 780, 142 (Jan. 2014).

Decarli, R., Walter, F., Carilli, C., Bertoldi, F., Cox, P., Ferkinhoff, C., Groves, B., Maiolino, R., Neri, R., Riechers, D., Weiß, A., “Varying [C II]/[N II] Line Ratios in the Interacting System BR1202-0725 at z = 4.7”, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 782, L17 (Jan. 2014).

Ferkinhoff, C., Brisbin, D., Nikola, T., Parshley, S. C., Stacey, G. J., Phillips, T. G., Falgarone, E., Benford, D. J., Staguhn, J. G., & Tucker, C. E., “First Detections of the [NII] 122 μm Line at High Redshift: Demonstrating the Utility of the Line for Studying Galaxies in the Early Universe.” The Astrophysical Journal , 740, L29 (Oct. 2011).

Nikola, T., Stacey, G.J., Brisbin, D., Ferkinhoff, C. , Hailey-Dunsheath, S., Parshley, S.C., & Tucker, C. "Mid-J CO Emission From NGC 891: Microturbulent Molecular Shocks in Normal Star Forming Galaxies", The Astrophysical Journal, 742, 88 (Dec. 2012)

Stacey, G. J., Hailey-Dunsheath, S., Ferkinhoff, C., T. Nikola, S. C. Parshley, D. J. Benford, J. G. Staguhn, and N. Fiolet. “A 158 μm [CII] Line Survey of Galaxies at z~1-2: An Indicator of Star Formation in the Early Universe.” The Astrophysical Journal, 724, 957 (Dec. 2010).

Ferkinhoff, C., Hailey-Dunsheath, S., Nikola, T., Parshley, S. C., Stacey, G. J., Benford, D. J., & Staguhn, J. G., “First Detection of the [O III] 88 μm Line at High Redshifts: Characterizing the Starburst and Narrow-Line Regions in Extreme Luminosity Systems. ” The Astrophysical Journal, 714, L147 (May 2010).

Ferkinhoff, C., “Hacking for astronomy: can 3D printers and open-hardware enable low-cost sub-/millimeter instrumentation?” in Proc. SPIE 9135, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII, 915329 (July 2014) -- Proceeding, Poster

Ferkinhoff, C., Nikola, T., Parshley, S. C., Stacey, G. J., Irwin, Cho, H. M., Niemack, M., Halpern, M., Hasselfield, M., Amiri, M., “Design and first-light performance of TES bolometers arrays for submillimeter spectroscopy with ZEUS-2.” in [Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series], Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series 8452 (July 2012).

Ferkinhoff, C., Nikola, T., Parshley, S. C., Stacey, G. J., Irwin, Cho, H. M., and Halpern, M., “ZEUS-2: a second generation submillimeter grating spectrometer for exploring distant galaxies.” in [Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series], Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series 7741 (July 2010).

Ferkinhoff, C. "Extreme Science! - Submillimeter Instrumentation and the Study of Galaxies in the Early Universe", Sigma Pi Sigma Induction, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN. (May 2017)

Ferkinhoff, C. " Far-infrared fine-structure line studies of early galaxies: Where are we? Where do we need to go?", Colloquium, Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. (April 2017).

Ferkinhoff, C. "Extreme Science! - Submillimeter Instrumentation and the Study of Galaxies in the Early Universe", Colloquium, Department of Physics, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN. (February 2017)

Ferkinhoff, C. Higdon, S., Higdon, J., Tidwell, H., Rangel, M., Vishwas, A., Nikola, T., Stacey, G., Brisbin, D., "The ZINGRS Radio Survey: Probing metallicities at high-z with far-IR fine-structure lines and the radio continuum", American Astronomical Society, 229, Grapevine, TX (January 2017)

Ferkinhoff, C. " ROBH.aT Network: The Robotic Observatory by HARDWARE.astronomy and Telescope Network." Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, SPIE Astronomical Telescopes & Instrumentation, Edinburgh, Scottland, UK (June 2016)

Ferkinhoff, C. " ha.HK Box: The HARDWARE.astronomy Housekeeping Box" Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, SPIE Astronomical Telescopes & Instrumentation, Edinburgh, Scottland, UK (June 2016)

Ferkinhoff, C. " HARDWARE.astronomy: An open­source hardware initiative for astronomy" Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, SPIE Astronomical Telescopes & Instrumentation, Edinburgh, Scottland, UK (June 2016)

Ferkinhoff, C. " HARDWARE.astronomy: An open­source hardware initiative for astronomy " dotAstronomy 8, Oxford, England, UK (June 2016)

Ferkinhoff, C. "Extreme Science! - Submillimeter Instrumentation and the Study of Galaxies in the Early Universe", Earth Talks, Department of Geoscience, Winona State University, Winona, MN. (January 2016)

Ferkinhoff, C. " Far-infrared fine-structure line studies of early galaxies: Where are we? Where do we need to go?", Colloquium, ASTRON, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands. (Oct 2015).

Ferkinhoff, C. "A Simple analytic model for explaining the '[CII] deficit'. 6th Zermatt ISM Symposium, Zermatt, Switzerland (September 2015)

Ferkinhoff, C. "A Simple analytic model for explaining the '[CII] deficit'. American Astronomical Society, 225, Seattle, WA (2015)

Ferkinhoff, C., Brisbin, D., Nikola, T., Stacey, G. J., Walter, F., Decarli, R., “Far-IR fine-structure line studies of early galaxies: Where are we and where do we need to go?” Transformational Science in the ALMA Era: Multi-Wavelength Studies of Galaxy Evolution, Charlottesville, VA. (August 2014).

Ferkinhoff, C., "Extreme Science - Submillimeter instrumentation and the study of far-infrared fine-structure emission lines in early galaxies." Koenighstuhl Colloquium, MPIA, Heidelberg, Germany (May 2014)

Ferkinhoff, C., Brisbin, D., Nikola, T., Parshley, S. C., Stacey, G., Hailey-Dunsheath, S., Phillips, T.G., Falgarone, E., Benford, D., Staguhn, J., G. J., Irwin, Cho, H. M., and Niemack, M., Halpern, M., Hasselfield, M., Amiri, M., “Development of the 2nd Generation Redshift(z) and Early Universe Spectrometer and the Detailed Study of Far-IR Fine-Structure Lines in High-z Galaxies.” American Astronomical Society, 221, Long Beach, CA (2013)

Ferkinhoff, C., Brisbin, D., Nikola, T., Parshley, S. C., Stacey, G. J., Sheth, K., Phillips, T. G., Falgarone, E., Benford, D. J., Staguhn, J. G., “Probing the State of the Ionized Medium at High-z with ZEUS and ALMA Band-9 Early Science.” The First Year of ALMA Science. (Dec. 2012)

Adams, E., & Ferkinhoff, C., “CCAT Podcast 2 – Astronomy and Geology in Chile”, Ask an Astronomer @ Cornell University Podcast, Episode 016 (Sep. 2012)

Brisbin, D., Stacey, G., Ferkinhoff, C., Hailey-Dunsheath, S., Spoon, H., Nikola, T., “A Survey of [CII] and Oxygen at z~1-2.” American Astronomical Society, 220, Anchorage, AK (2012)

Ferkinhoff, C., Brisbin, D., Nikola, T., Parshley, S. C., Stacey, G., Hailey-Dunsheath, S., Phillips, T.G., Falgarone, E., Benford, D., Staguhn, J., G. J., Irwin, Cho, H. M., and Niemack, M., “Probing the Ionized Medium in the Early Universe with ZEUS(1&2).” American Astronomical Society, 220, Anchorage, AK (2012)

Adams, E., & Ferkinhoff, C., “The CCAT Telescope”, Ask an Astronomer @ Cornell University Podcast, Episode 009 (Feb. 2012)

Ferkinhoff, C., & Madison, D., “In a galaxy not quite so far away”, Ask an Astronomer @ Cornell University Podcast, Episode 006 (Oct. 2011).

Ferkinhoff, C., Hailey-Dunsheath, S., Nikola, T., Oberst, T. E., Parshley, S. C., Stacey, G. J., Benford, D. G., and Staguhn, J. G. “[CII] At z ~ 1-2: Observing Star Formation In The Early Universe With Zeus(1&2).” American Astronomical Society, 217, Washington, DC (2010).

Stacey, G. C.; Hailey-Dunsheath, S.; Nikola, T.; Oberst, T. E.; Parshley, S. C.; Brisbin, D.; Ferkinhoff, C.; Benford, D.; Staguhn, J., “The Redshift (z) and Early Universe Spectrometer (ZEUS): Design and First Science Results”, 2009 USNC/URSI annual meeting, Boulder, CO (Jan. 2009)

Niederriter, C. F., Ferkinhoff, C., Lee, J. A., Sieling, J.D., Berg, D.A., “Renewable Energy Projects for Students at a Liberal Arts College”, Presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers Meeting, Chicago, IL (Feb. 2009).

Niederriter, C.F.; Ferkinhoff, C.; Lee, J. A.; Hayek, S. G. “Worth while wind? The Feasibility of Wind Power at Gustavus Adolphus College", Presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT (Aug. 2005)

Ferkinhoff, C., and Lee, J. A. “Worth while wind? The Feasibility of wind power at Gustavus”, Presented at the Fall 2004 Meeting, Minnesota section of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Winona MN (Oct. 2004).

Ferkinhoff, C., and Lee, J. A., “Worth While Wind? The Feasibility of Wind Power at Gustavus Adolphus College”, Sigma Xi Symposium, Gustavus Adolphus College (April 2004)