Edward B. Jenkins

Sr. Research Astronomer

Princeton University Observatory

Research Interests:

Interstellar Medium

Atomic depletions

Abundances of deuterium and their variability

Molecular hydrogen

Distribution of thermal pressures from observations of C I fine-structure excitation

Studies of hot gas in and near the Galaxy: O VI as an indicator of collisionally ionized gas at temperatures 10⁵ < T 10⁶ K

Gas inside supernova remnants

Ionization and electron density of the Local Interstellar Medium (LISM)

Intergalactic Medium

Warm-hot gas as indicated by O VI absorption features in quasar spectra

Low z absorption systems

Absorption Line Analysis Techniques

Usage of Observatories in Space to Perform UV Spectroscopy

Past:

Small spectrographs in sounding rockets (1966-70)

Copernicus satellite (1972-81)

International Ultraviolet Explorer (1978-86)

Interstellar Medium Absorption Profile Spectrograph (1980-2002)

Present:

Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) on the Hubble Space Telescope (1997 - present)

Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) (1999 – present)

Favorite Pastime

Airplane pilot