Selected Publications

2009

• Koopmann, R. A., Giovanelli, R., Haynes, M. P., & Brosh, N. 2009 ' ALFALFA HI Content and Star Formation in Virgo Cluster Early-Type Dwarfs',To appear in the Proceedings of "Galaxy Wars: Stellar Populations and Star Formation in Interacting Galaxies" Conference, B. Smith, N. Bastian, J. Higdon and S. Higdon eds, in press (arXiv:0909.2609)

  2008

• Koopmann, R. A. et al. 2008, 'A 500 kpc HI Tail of the Virgo Pair NGC4532/DDO137 Detected by the Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA (ALFALFA) Survey', Astrophysical Journal Letters, 682, L85 (arXiv 0806.3072)
• Kent, B. R. et al. 2008, ' The Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey: VI. Second HI Source Catalog of the Virgo Cluster Region', accepted by Astronomical Journal (arXiv 0806.3072)
• Gavazzi, G. et al. 2008 'HI content and other structural properties of galaxies in the Virgo cluster from the Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey', Astronomy & Astrophysics, 482, 43 (arXiv 0802.1622)

  2007

• di Serego Alighieri, S. et al. 2007, 'The HI content of early-type galaxies from the ALFALFA survey. I. Catalogued HI sources in the Virgo cluster', Astronomy & Astrophysics, 474, 851 (arXiv 0709.2096)
• Kent, B. R. et al. 2007, 'Optically Unseen H I Detections toward the Virgo Cluster Detected in the Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey', Astrophysical Journal, 665, L15 (arXiv 0709.0109)
• Koopmann, R. A. 2007b, 'Virgo Early-Type Dwarfs in ALFALFA', in Dark Galaxies and Lost Baryons, IAU Symposium, Vol. 244, pg. 364 (arXiv 0707.03275)
• Koopmann, R. A. 2007a, 'A 500 kpc HI Tail of the Virgo Pair NGC4532/DDO137 Detected by ALFALFA', in Dark Galaxies and Lost Baryons, IAU Symposium, Vol. 244, pg. 362 (arXiv 0707.03277)
• Giovanelli, R. et al, 2007, 'The Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey. III. H I Source Catalog of the Northern Virgo Cluster Region', Astronomical Journal, 133, 2569 (astro-ph/0702316)

  2006

• Koopmann, R. A., Haynes, M. P., & Catinella, B. 'A Comparison of Scale Lengths in Virgo and Field Spirals' 2006, Astronomical Journal, 131, 716 (astro-ph/0510374)
• Koopmann, R. A. & Kenney, J. D. P. 2006, 'An Atlas of Hα and R Images and Radial Profiles of 29 Bright Isolated Spiral Galaxies', Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 162, 97 (astro-ph/0511665)
• Koopmann, R. A. & ALFALFA Consortium 2006 'The Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey: HI Sources in the Northern Virgo Cluster Region', Bulletin of the American Astronoomical Society, 209, 9501

  2005

• Koopmann, R. A. et al. 2005, 'The ALFALFA Undergraduate Workshop: Promoting Undergraduate Participation in a Legacy Survey Project', Bulletin of American Astronomical Society, 207, Vol 37, pg. 1458
• Ayala et al. 2005, 'An Undergraduate Research Project within the ALFALFA Collaboration', Bulletin of American Astronomical Society, 207, Vol 37, pg. 1457
• Giovanelli et al. 2005, 'The Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey: II. Results of Precursor Observations', Astronomical Journal, 130, 2613 (astro-ph/0508300)
• Giovanelli et al. 2005 'The Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey: I. Science Goals, Survey Design and Strategy', Astronomical Journal, 130, 2598 (astro-ph/0508301)

2004

• Koopmann, R. A. & Kenney, J. D. P. 2004a, 'Massive Star Formation Rates and Radial Distributions from Hα Imaging of 84 Virgo Cluster and Isolated Spiral Galaxies', Astrophysical Journal, 613, 851 (astro-ph/0209547)
• Koopmann, R. A. & Kenney, J. D. P. 2004b, 'Hα Morphologies and Environmental Effects in Virgo Cluster Spiral Galaxies', Astrophysical Journal, 613, 866 (astro-ph/0406243)

2003

• Koopmann, R.A. 2003 'Scale Lengths of Stars and Ionized Gas in 100 Virgo Cluster and Field Spirals', Bulletin of American Astronomical Society, 203, Vol 35, pg. 1352
• Haynes, M. P. et al. 2003, 'Blind Extragalactic HI Surveys with the Arecibo and Green Bank Telescopes: II. Strategies for Map Construction and Signal Detection', Bulletin of American Astronomical Society, 203, Vol 35, pg. 1287
• Giovanelli, R. et al. 2003, 'Blind Extragalactic HI Surveys with the Arecibo and Green Bank Telescopes: I. Simulations and Strategies for Survey Design', Bulletin of American Astronomical Society, 203, Vol 35, pg. 1287

  2002

• Koopmann, R. A. 2002 , 'An Hα Imaging Survey of Massive Star Formation in Virgo Cluster Spirals', Invited Talk at the Ringberg Workshop on the Virgo Cluster (Link to postscript version of talk posted on the Webpage of the Virgo Cluster Community)

2001

• Koopmann, R. A., Kenney, J. D. P., Young, J. 2001 , 'An Atlas of Hα and R Images and Radial Profiles of 63 Bright Virgo Cluster Spiral Galaxies', Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 135, 125 (astro-ph/0106335)
• Kenney, J. D. P. & Koopmann, R.A. 2001 , 'Environmental Effects on Gas and Star Formation in Virgo Cluster Spiral and Peculiar Galaxies' in Gas and Galaxy Evolution, J.E. Hibbard, M.P. Rupen, and J.H. van Gorkom, eds.,Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, 240, 577
• Philip, A.G.D. & Koopmann, R. A. 2001, editors, 'The Starry Universe; The Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Century' [Schenectady, L. Davis Press]

  1999

• Kenney, J. D. P. & Koopmann, R.A. 1999 , 'Ongoing Gas Stripping in the Virgo Cluster Spiral Galaxy NGC 4522', AJ, 117, 181 (or astro-ph/9812363 )
• Kenney, J. D. P. & Koopmann, R. A. 1999 'Environmental Extremists in the Virgo Cluster', in `Interacting Galaxies at High and Low Redshifts', IAU Symposium 186, J. E. Barnes, and D. B. Sanders (ed) (Kluwer:Boston) p.387

1998

• Koopmann, R.A. & Kenney, J. D. P. 1998 , 'The Trouble with Hubble Types in the Virgo Cluster', ApJ, 497, L75 (astro-ph/9802210) )

Pre-1998

• Koopmann, R.A. 1996, Newsletter of the Astronomical Society of New York, Vol. IV, No. 9, p. 20, 'Massive Star Formation in Virgo Cluster and Isolated Spiral Galaxies: Evidence for Environmental Effects'
• Koopmann, R.A. & Kenney, J.D.P. 1996, in IAU Colloquium 157: Barred Galaxies, R. Buta, B.G. Elmegreen, & D.A. Crocker, ed. (ASP Conference Series), p. 105, "Star Formation Along the Bars of Virgo Cluster and Isolated Spiral Galaxies"
• Kenney, J.D.P., Koopmann,R.A., Young, J. S., & Rubin, V. 1996 , 'Evidence for a Merger in the Peculiar Virgo Cluster Sa Galaxy NGC 4424, AJ, 111, 152
• Koopmann, R.A., Lee, Y.-W., Demarque, P., & Howard, J.M. 1994 , "Mass Loss During the RR Lyra Phase of the Horizontal Branch: Mass Dispersion on the Horizontal Branch and RR Lyrae Period Changes" , ApJ, 423, 380

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