Refereed Publications

Kirk, Jason M., Ward-Thompson, D., Di Francesco, J., Bourke, T. L.,...Peterson, Dawn, Ray, T. P., & Rebull, L. M., "Spitzer Survey of Interstellar Clouds in the Gould Belt. II. The Cepheus Flare Observed with IRAC and MIPS" 2009, Astrophysical Journal Supplements, 185, 198. [astro-ph/0903.4063]
Winston, E., Megeath, S. T., Wolk, S. J.,...,Peterson, D., Myers, P., & Fazio, G. G., 2009, Astronomical Journal, 137, 4777-4794. "Spectroscopic Study of Young Stellar Objects in the Serpens Cloud Core and NGC 1333" [astro-ph/0904.1244]
Cieza, Lucas A., Padgett, D. L., Allen, L. E.,...,Peterson, Dawn E. & Rebull, L. M., 2009, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 696, L84-L88. "Primordial Circumstellar Disks in Binary Systems: Evidence for Reduced Lifetimes," [astro-ph/0903.3057]
Peterson, Dawn E. & Megeath, S. T., "The Orion Molecular Cloud 2/3 and NGC 1977 Regions," chapter in Handbook of Star Forming Regions, Bo Reipurth, editor, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, San Francisco, 2008, in press. [astro-ph/0809.4006]
Peterson, Dawn E., Megeath, S. T., Luhman, K. L., Pipher, J. L., Stauffer, J. R., Barrado y Navascues, D., Wilson, J. C., Skrutskie, M. F., Nelson, M. J., & Smith, J. D., 2008, Astrophysical Journal, 685, 313-332. "New Young Brown Dwarfs in the Orion Molecular Cloud 2/3 Region" [astro-ph/0806.2818]
Bary, J. S., Matt, S. P., Skrutskie, M. F., Wilson, J. C., Peterson, Dawn E., & Nelson, M. J., 2008, Astrophysical Journal, 687, 376-388. "Physical Conditions of Accreting Gas in T Tauri Star Systems" [astro-ph/0807.1727]
Hadfield, L. J., VanDyk, S. D., Morris, P. W., Smith, J. D., Marston, A. P., & Peterson, D. E., 2007, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 376, 248-262. "Searching for hidden Wolf-Rayet stars in the Galactic Plane -- 15 new Wolf-Rayet stars" [astro-ph/0612574]
Allers, K. N., Jaffe, D. T., Luhman, K. L., Liu, M. C., Wilson, J. C., Skrutskie, M. F., Nelson, M., Peterson, D. E., Smith, J. D., & Cushing, M. C., 2007, Astrophysical Journal, 657, 511-520. "Characterizing Young Brown Dwarfs using Low Resolution Near-IR Spectra" [astro-ph/0611408]
Luhman, K. L., Wilson, J. C., Brandner, W., Skrutskie, M. F., Nelson, M. J., Smith, J. D., Peterson, D. E., Cushing, M. C., & Young, E., 2006, Astrophysical Journal, 649, 894-899. "Discovery of a Young Substellar Companion in Chamaeleon" [Press Release]
Verbiscer, Anne J., Peterson, Dawn E., Skrutskie, M. F., Cushing, M. C., Helfenstein, P., Nelson, M. J., Smith, J. D., & Wilson, J. C., 2006, Icarus, 182, 211-223. "Near-infrared spectra of the leading and trailing hemispheres of Enceladus"
Luhman, K. L., Peterson, Dawn E., & Megeath, S. T., 2004, Astrophysical Journal, 617, 565-568. "Spectroscopic Confirmation of the Least Massive Known Brown Dwarf in Chamaeleon"
Peterson, Dawn E. & Clemens, Dan P., 1998, Astronomical Journal, 116, 881-889. "Photometric Distances to Small Dark Clouds: CB 24"

Poster Presentations

Peterson, Dawn, Bourke, Tyler, Jorgensen, Jes, Allen, Lori, Gutermuth, Rob, Forbrich, Jan, & Covey, Kevin, 2008 (October), New Light on Young Stars: Spitzer's View of Circumstellar Disks, "Spitzer + SMA Observations of an Embedded, Class I Disk in Corona Australis" [Abstract, Poster #42]
Peterson, Dawn E., Allen, L. E., Gutermuth, R. A., and the Spitzer IRAC GTO and Gould Belt Legacy teams, 2008 (January), Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, "Spitzer's View of the Corona Australis Molecular Cloud"[Abstract]
Peterson, Dawn E., Gutermuth, R. A., Skrutskie, M. F., Megeath, S. T., Pipher, J. L., Allen, L. E., Myers, P. C., 2007 (January), Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, "Cluster Formation in Isolation: Spitzer's View of Bok Globule CB 34"[Abstract]
Peterson, D. E., Gutermuth, R. A., Skrutskie, M. F., Megeath, S. T., Pipher, J. L., Allen, L. E., Myers, P. C., 2006 (August), IAUXXVI Session 237: Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent Interstellar Medium, "Triggered Star Formation in the Isolated Cluster CB 34?" [Abstract]
Peterson, D. E., Megeath, S. T., Luhman, K. L., Pipher, J. L., Barrado y Navascues, D., Stauffer, J. R., 2005 (October), Protostars & Planets V, "Disks Around Young Brown Dwarfs in the Orion Molecular Clouds 2 and 3 Region"
Peterson, D. E., Megeath, S. T., Luhman, K. L., Pipher, J. L., Barrado y Navascues, D., Stauffer, J. R., Allen, L. E., Myers, P. C., 2004 (January), Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, "Optical/Near-Infrared Selected Brown Dwarf Candidates in OMC2/OMC3" [Abstract]
Peterson, D. E., Megeath, S. T., Luhman, K. L., Pipher, J. L., Barrado y Navascues, D., Stauffer, J. R., Allen, L. E., Myers, P. C., 2003 (July), IAUXXV Session 221: Star Formation at High Angular Resolution, "Optical/Near-Infrared Selected Brown Dwarf Candidates in OMC2/OMC3" [Abstract]
Peterson, D. E., Megeath, S. T., Luhman, K. L., Pipher, J. L., Barrado y Navascues, D., Stauffer, J. R., Allen, L. E., Myers, P. C., 2003 (January), Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, "Optical/Near-Infrared Selected Brown Dwarf Candidates in the OMC2/OMC3 Protostellar Cluster" [Abstract]
Peterson, D. E., Megeath, S. T., Pipher, J. L., Myers, P. C., Allen, L. E., 2002 (January), Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, "Mapping the Initial Configuration of Young Stellar Clusters: Deep Near-Infrared Observations of OMC2/OMC3" [Abstract]
Peterson, D. E., and Clemens, D. P., 1998 (January), Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, "Photometric Distances to Dark Clouds and Small Bok Globules: Reddening Law Sensitivities" [Abstract]
Peterson, D. E., and Clemens, D. P., 1997 (June), Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, "Photometric Distances to Dark Clouds and Small Bok Globules: CB 24" [Abstract]

Theses

Peterson, D. E., 2004, PhD thesis, University of Rochester, "The Pre-Main Sequence and Brown Dwarf Populations of OMC 2/3: A Multiwavelength Study"
Peterson, D. E., 2002, Qualifying Examination brief, University of Rochester, "Mapping the Initial Configuration of Young Star Clusters: OMC2/OMC3"
Peterson, D. E., 1998, B.A. Senior Distinction thesis, Boston University, "Photometric Distances to Small Dark Clouds and Bok Globules: CB24"

Invited Talks

Peterson, Dawn E., 2004 (November), Boston University Institute for Astrophysical Research colloquium

Contributed Talks

Peterson, D. E., 2005 (July), Star Formation in the Era of Three Great Observatories Workshop, "Disks Around Brown Dwarfs and Low Mass Stars in the Orion Molecular Clouds 2 and 3" [Program] [Link to Talk]
Peterson, D. E., 2002 (April), meeting of the Astronomical Society of New York, "Brown Dwarf Candidates in OMC2/OMC3"
Peterson, D. E., 2001 (October), meeting of the Astronomical Society of New York, "New Near-Infrared Observations of OMC2/OMC3: A Work in Progress"