Refereed publications

R41 High-resolution CO mapping of the physical conditions in two nearby active galaxies: as easy as J = 1, 2, 3
F. Boone, S. García-Burillo, F. Combes, J. Lim, P. Ho, A.J. Baker, S. Matsushita, M. Krips, D.-v.-Trung, & E. Schinnerer
2009, A&A, submitted
R40 Gas Mass Fractions and Star Formation in Blue-Sequence E/S0s
L.H. Wei, S.J. Kannappan, S.N. Vogel, & A.J. Baker
2009, ApJ, in press (arXiv:0911.2248)
R39 Multi-wavelength properties of Spitzer-selected starbursts at z ~ 2
N. Fiolet, A. Omont, M. Polletta, F. Owen, S. Berta, D. Shupe, B. Siana, C. Lonsdale, V. Strazzullo, M. Pannella, A.J. Baker, A. Beelen, A. Biggs, C. De Breuck, D. Farrah, R. Ivison, G. Lagache, D. Lutz, L.J. Tacconi, & R. Zylka
2009, A&A, in press (arXiv:0910.3097)
R38 Molecular gas in NUclei of GAlaxies (NUGA) XII. The head-on collision in NGC1961
F. Combes, A.J. Baker, E. Schinnerer, S. García-Burillo, L.K. Hunt, F. Boone, A. Eckart, R. Neri, & L.J. Tacconi
2009, A&A, 503, 73
R37 E/S0 Galaxies on the Blue Color-Mass Sequence at z = 0
S.J. Kannappan, J.M. Guie, & A.J. Baker
2009, AJ, 138, 579
R36 Spitzer Quasar and ULIRG Evolution Study (QUEST): IV. Comparison of 1-Jy Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies with Palomar-Green Quasars
S. Veilleux, D.S.N. Rupke, D.-C. Kim, R. Genzel, E. Sturm, D. Lutz, A. Contursi, M. Schweitzer, L.J. Tacconi, H. Netzer, A. Sternberg, J.C. Mihos, A.J. Baker, J. Mazzarella, S. Lord, D.B. Sanders, A. Stockton, R.D. Joseph, & J.E. Barnes
2009, ApJS, 182, 628
R35 Luminous Infrared Galaxies with the Submillimeter Array II. Comparing the CO(3-2) Emission Properties of Local and High-Redshift Infrared Bright Galaxies
D. Iono, C.D. Wilson, M.S. Yun, A.J. Baker, G.R. Petitpas, A.B. Peck, M. Krips, T.J. Cox, S. Matsushita, C.J. Mihos, & Y. Pihlstrom
2009, ApJ, 695, 1537
R34 Molecular gas in NUclei of GAlaxies (NUGA) X. The Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC3147
V. Casasola, F. Combes, S. García-Burillo, L.K. Hunt, S. Léon, & A.J. Baker
2008, A&A, 490, 61
R33 Luminous Infrared Galaxies with the Submillimeter Array I. Survey Overview and the Central Gas to Dust Ratio
C.D. Wilson, G.R. Petitpas, D. Iono, A.J. Baker, A.B. Peck, M. Krips, B. Warren, J. Golding, A. Atkinson, L. Armus, T.J. Cox, P. Ho, M. Juvela, S. Matsushita, J.C. Mihos, Y. Pihlstrom, & M.S. Yun
2008, ApJS, 178, 189
R32 Submillimeter Galaxies at z ~ 2: Evidence for Major Mergers and Constraints on Lifetimes, IMF, and CO-H2 Conversion Factor
L.J. Tacconi, R. Genzel, I. Smail, R. Neri, S.C. Chapman, R. Ivison, A. Blain, P. Cox, A. Omont, F. Bertoldi, T. Greve, N.M. Förster Schreiber, S. Genel, D. Lutz, A.M. Swinbank, A.E. Shapley, D.K. Erb, A. Cimatti, E. Daddi, & A.J. Baker
2008, ApJ, 680, 246
R31 Extended silicate dust emission in Palomar-Green QSOs
M. Schweitzer, B. Groves, H. Netzer, D. Lutz, E. Sturm, A. Contursi, R. Genzel, L.J. Tacconi, S. Veilleux, D.-C. Kim, D. Rupke, & A.J. Baker
2008, ApJ, 679, 101
R30 Molecular Gas in NUclei of GAlaxies (NUGA) IX. The decoupled bars and gas inflow in NGC2782
L.K. Hunt, F. Combes, S. García-Burillo, E. Schinnerer, M. Krips, A.J. Baker, F. Boone, A. Eckart, S. Léon, R. Neri, & L.J. Tacconi
2008, A&A, 482, 133
R29 The Oxygen Abundances of Luminous and Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies
D.S.N. Rupke, S. Veilleux, & A.J. Baker
2008, ApJ, 674, 172
R28 Spitzer Quasar and ULIRG Evolution Study (QUEST): II. The Spectral Energy Distributions of Palomar-Green Quasars
H. Netzer, D. Lutz, M. Schweitzer, A. Contursi, E. Sturm, L. Tacconi, S. Veilleux, D.-C. Kim, D. Rupke, A.J. Baker, K. Dasyra, J. Mazzarella, & S. Lord
2007, ApJ, 666, 806
R27 Molecular Gas in NUclei of GAlaxies (NUGA) VII. NGC4579, a large scale bar funnelling gas into the nuclear region
F. Boone, A.J. Baker, E. Schinnerer, F. Combes, S. García-Burillo, R. Neri, L.K. Hunt, S. Leon, M. Krips, L.J. Tacconi, & A. Eckart
2007, A&A, 471, 113
R26 Molecular Gas in NUclei of GAlaxies (NUGA) VI. Detection of a molecular gas disk/torus via HCN in the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC6951?
M. Krips, R. Neri, S. García-Burillo, F. Combes, E. Schinnerer, A.J. Baker, A. Eckart, F. Boone, L. Hunt, S. Leon, & L.J. Tacconi
2007, A&A, 468, L63
R25 A mid-infrared spectroscopic study of submillimeter galaxies: luminous starbursts at high redshift
E. Valiante, D. Lutz, E. Sturm, R. Genzel, L.J. Tacconi, M.D. Lehnert, & A.J. Baker
2007, ApJ, 660, 1060
R24 Intense Star Formation and Feedback at High Redshift: Spatially Resolved Properties of the z = 2.6 Submillimeter Galaxy SMMJ14011+0252
N.P.H. Nesvadba, M.D. Lehnert, R. Genzel, F. Eisenhauer, A.J. Baker, S. Seitz, R. Davies, D. Lutz, L. Tacconi, M. Tecza, R. Bender, & R. Abuter
2007, ApJ, 657, 725
R23 Host dynamics and origin of Palomar-Green QSOs
K.M. Dasyra, L.J. Tacconi, R.I. Davies, R. Genzel, D. Lutz, B.M. Peterson, S. Veilleux, A.J. Baker, M. Schweitzer, & E. Sturm
2007, ApJ, 657, 102
R22 NUclei of GAlaxies V. Radio emission in 7 NUGA sources
M. Krips, A. Eckart, T.P. Krichbaum, J.-U. Pott, S. Leon, R. Neri, S. García-Burillo, F. Combes, F. Boone, A.J. Baker, L.J. Tacconi, E. Schinnerer, & L.K. Hunt
2007, A&A, 464, 553
R21 Probing for evolutionary links between local ULIRGs and QSOs using NIR spectroscopy
K.M. Dasyra, L.J. Tacconi, R.I. Davies, R. Genzel, D. Lutz, T. Naab, D.B. Sanders, S. Veilleux, & A.J. Baker
2006, New Astronomy Reviews, 50, 720
R20 Dynamical properties of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies II. Traces of dynamical evolution and end products of local ultraluminous mergers
K.M. Dasyra, L.J. Tacconi, R.I. Davies, T. Naab, R. Genzel, D. Lutz, E. Sturm, A.J. Baker, S. Veilleux, D.B. Sanders, & A. Burkert
2006, ApJ, 651, 835
R19 Galaxy morphology and evolution from SWAN adaptive optics imaging
G. Cresci, R.I. Davies, A.J. Baker, F. Mannucci, M.D. Lehnert, T. Totani, & Y. Minowa
2006, A&A, 458, 385
R18 Spitzer Quasar and ULIRG evolution study (QUEST) I. The origin of the far infrared continuum of QSOs
M. Schweitzer, D. Lutz, E. Sturm, A. Contursi, L.J. Tacconi, M.D. Lehnert, K. Dasyra, R. Genzel, S. Veilleux, D. Rupke, D.-C. Kim, A.J. Baker, H. Netzer, A. Sternberg, J. Mazzarella, & S. Lord
2006, ApJ, 649, 79
R17 Millimeter observations of obscured Spitzer 24 micron sources
D. Lutz, L. Yan, L. Armus, G. Helou, L.J. Tacconi, R. Genzel, & A.J. Baker
2005, ApJ, 632, L13
R16 Molecular Gas in NUclei of GAlaxies (NUGA) III. The warped LINER NGC3718
M. Krips, A. Eckart, R. Neri, J.-U. Pott, S. Leon, F. Combes, S. García-Burillo, L.K. Hunt, A.J. Baker, L.J. Tacconi, P. Englmaier, E. Schinnerer, & F. Boone
2005, A&A, 442, 479
R15 Accounting for the anisoplanatic point spread function in deep wide-field adaptive optics images
G. Cresci, R.I. Davies, A.J. Baker, & M.D. Lehnert
2005, A&A, 438, 757
R14 Mid-infrared spectroscopy of two luminous submillimeter galaxies at z ~ 2.8
D. Lutz, E. Valiante, E. Sturm, R. Genzel, L.J. Tacconi, M.D. Lehnert, A. Sternberg, & A.J. Baker
2005, ApJ, 625, L83
R13 A Compact Starburst Core in the Dusty Lyman Break Galaxy Westphal-MD11
A.J. Baker, L.J. Tacconi, R. Genzel, D. Lutz, & M.D. Lehnert
2004, ApJ, 613, L113
R12 Obscured Star Formation in the Central Region of the Dwarf Galaxy NGC5253
A. Alonso-Herrero, T. Takagi, A.J. Baker, G.H. Rieke, M.J. Rieke, M. Imanishi, & N.Z. Scoville
2004, ApJ, 612, 222
R11 SPIFFI Observations of the Starburst SMMJ14011+0252: Already Old, Fat, and Rich by z = 2.565
M. Tecza, A.J. Baker, R.I. Davies, R. Genzel, M.D. Lehnert, F. Eisenhauer, D. Lutz, N. Nesvadba, S. Seitz, L.J. Tacconi, N.A. Thatte, R. Abuter, & R. Bender
2004, ApJ, 605, L109
R10 Molecular Gas in the Lensed Lyman Break Galaxy cB58
A.J. Baker, L.J. Tacconi, R. Genzel, M.D. Lehnert, & D. Lutz
2004, ApJ, 604, 125
R9 Molecular Gas in NUclei of GAlaxies (NUGA) II. The ringed LINER NGC7217
F. Combes, S. García-Burillo, F. Boone, L.K. Hunt, A.J. Baker, A. Eckart, P. Englmaier, S. Leon, R. Neri, E. Schinnerer, & L.J. Tacconi
2004, A&A, 414, 857
R8 HI and CO in Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies: Haro 2 and Haro 4
H. Bravo-Alfaro, E. Brinks, A.J. Baker, F. Walter, & D. Kunth
2004, AJ, 127, 264
R7 First results from SPIFFI, II: The luminous infrared galaxy NGC6240 and the luminous sub-millimeter galaxy SMMJ14011+0252
F. Eisenhauer, M. Tecza, N. Thatte, R. Genzel, R. Abuter, C. Iserlohe, J. Schreiber, M. Horrobin, A. Schegerer, A.J. Baker, R. Bender, R. Davies, M. Lehnert, D. Lutz, N. Nesvadba, S. Seitz, & L.J. Tacconi
2004, AN, 325, 120
R6 Molecular Gas in NUclei of GAlaxies (NUGA) I. The counter-rotating LINER NGC4826
S. García-Burillo, F. Combes, L.K. Hunt, F. Boone, A.J. Baker, L.J. Tacconi, A. Eckart, R. Neri, S. Leon, E. Schinnerer, & P. Englmaier
2003, A&A, 407, 485
R5 Galaxies in southern bright star fields I. Near-infrared imaging
A.J. Baker, R.I. Davies, M.D. Lehnert, N.A. Thatte, W.D. Vacca, O.R. Hainaut, M.J. Jarvis, G.K. Miley, & H.J.A. Röttgering
2003, A&A, 406, 593
R4 Spatially Resolved Millimeter Interferometry of SMMJ02399-0136: a Very Massive Galaxy at z = 2.8
R. Genzel, A.J. Baker, L.J. Tacconi, D. Lutz, P. Cox, S. Guilloteau, & A. Omont
2003, ApJ, 584, 633
R3 Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies: QSOs in Formation?
L.J. Tacconi, R. Genzel, D. Lutz, D. Rigopoulou, A.J. Baker, C. Iserlohe, & M. Tecza
2002, ApJ, 580, 73
R2 Dust emission from the lensed Lyman break galaxy cB58
A.J. Baker, D. Lutz, R. Genzel, L.J. Tacconi, & M.D. Lehnert
2001, A&A, 372, L37
R1 Gasdynamics in the LINER Galaxy NGC 5005: Episodic Fueling of a Nuclear Disk
K. Sakamoto, A.J. Baker, & N.Z. Scoville
2000, ApJ, 533, 149

Conference contributions (partial list)

C19 Extreme Conditions for Star Formation in Starburst Galaxies
A.J. Baker, A. Alonso-Herrero, & L.J. Tacconi
2004, in The Young Local Universe, eds. A. Chalabaev, T. Fukui, T. Montmerle, & J. Tran Thanh Van (Paris: Editions Frontieres), in press
C18 Submillimeter Galaxies as Tracers of Mass Assembly at Large M
R. Genzel, A.J. Baker, R.J. Ivison, et al. [19 additional coauthors]
2004, in Multiwavelength Mapping of Galaxy Formation and Evolution, eds. R. Bender & A. Renzini (Berlin: Springer Verlag), in press
C17 Survey of a Wide Area with NACO (SWAN): Cosmology Near the VLT's Diffraction Limit
A.J. Baker, R.I. Davies, M.D. Lehnert, R. Genzel, R. Hofmann, S. Rabien, N.A. Thatte, & W.J. Viehhauser
2004, in Science with Adaptive Optics, eds. W. Brandner & M. Kasper (Berlin: Springer Verlag), in press
C16 NUclei of GAlaxies (NUGA): the IRAM Survey of Low Luminosity AGN
S. García-Burillo, F. Combes, A. Eckart, L.J. Tacconi, L.K. Hunt, S. Leon, A.J. Baker, P. Englmaier, F. Boone, E. Schinnerer, & R. Neri
2004, in The Dense Interstellar Medium in Galaxies, eds. S. Pfalzner, C. Kramer, C. Straubmeier, & A. Heithausen (Berlin: Springer Verlag), in press
C15 The first detection of molecular gas in a Lyman break galaxy
A.J. Baker, L.J. Tacconi, R. Genzel, M.D. Lehnert, & D. Lutz
2004, in The Neutral ISM in Starburst Galaxies, eds. S. Aalto, S. Hüttemeister, & A. Pedlar (San Francisco: ASP), in press
C14 OVRO observations of molecular gas in active and inactive nuclei
A.J. Baker, S. Jogee, K. Sakamoto, & N.Z. Scoville
2003, in Active Galactic Nuclei: From Central Engine to Host Galaxy, eds. S. Collin, F. Combes, & I. Shlosman (San Francisco: ASP), 479
C13 Nuclei of Galaxies: the PdBure survey of nearby AGN hosts (NUGA)
S. García-Burillo, F. Combes, A. Eckart, L.J. Tacconi, L.K. Hunt, S. Leon, A.J. Baker, P.P. Englmaier, F. Boone, E. Schinnerer, & R. Neri
2003, in Active Galactic Nuclei: From Central Engine to Host Galaxy, eds. S. Collin, F. Combes, & I. Shlosman (San Francisco: ASP), 423
C12 Observations of Faint Galaxies with Adaptive Optics
R.I. Davies, M.D. Lehnert, A. Baker, N.A. Thatte, A. Renzini, & D. Bonaccini
2003, in Proceedings of the SPIE, 4834, 302
C11 Molecular gas in the 3-Ringed Seyfert/LINER galaxy NGC 7217
F. Combes, S. García-Burillo, F. Boone, L.K. Hunt, S. Leon, A. Eckart, A. Baker, L. Tacconi, P. Englmaier, E. Schinnerer, & R. Neri
2002, in SF2A-2002: Semaine de l'Astrophysique Francaise, eds. F. Combes & D. Barret (Paris: Editions de Physique), 377
C10 HI and CO Emission in Blue Compact Dwarfs: Haro 2 and Haro 4/26
H. Bravo-Alfaro, E. Brinks, A.J. Baker, F. Walter, & D. Kunth
2002, in Seeing Through the Dust: The Detection of HI and the Exploration of the ISM in Galaxies, eds. A.R. Taylor, T.L. Landecker, & A.G. Willis (San Francisco: ASP), 357
C9 Pattern Speed Measurements in Two Barred Galaxies
A.J. Baker, E. Schinnerer, N.Z. Scoville, P.P. Englmaier, L.J. Tacconi, L.E. Tacconi-Garman, & N. Thatte
2001, in The Central Kiloparsec of Starbursts and AGN, eds. J.H. Knapen, J.E., Beckman, I. Shlosman, & T.J. Mahoney (San Francisco: ASP), 78
C8 Molecular Gas in The Central Kpc of Starbursts and AGN
S. Jogee, A.J. Baker, K. Sakamoto, N.Z. Scoville, & J.D.P. Kenney
2001, in The Central Kiloparsec of Starbursts and AGN, eds. J.H. Knapen, J.E., Beckman, I. Shlosman, & T.J. Mahoney (San Francisco: ASP), 612
C7 Diffraction Limited Imaging of High Redshift Galaxies with Adaptive Optics
R.I. Davies, M. Lehnert, A.J. Baker, & S. Rabien
2001, in Galaxies and their Constituents at the Highest Angular Resolution, eds. R.T. Schilizzi, S. Vogel, F. Paresce, & M. Elvis (San Francisco: ASP), 455
C6 The HI Distribution in Two Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies
H. Bravo-Alfaro, E. Brinks, F. Matías, A.J. Baker, & D. Kunth
2001, in Gas and Galaxy Evolution, eds. J.E. Hibbard, M. Rupen, & J.H. van Gorkom (San Francisco: ASP), 228
C5 Molecular Gas Kinematics in Nearby Active Galaxies
A.J. Baker, N.Z. Scoville, & K. Sakamoto
2001, in Gas and Galaxy Evolution, eds. J.E. Hibbard, M. Rupen, & J.H. van Gorkom (San Francisco: ASP), 284
C4 Molecular Gas in Nearby Active Galactic Nuclei
A.J. Baker
1999, in The Physics and Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium, eds. V. Ossenkopf, J. Stutzki, & G. Winnewisser (Aachen: Shaker Verlag), 30
C3 Mapping the Nucleus of NGC 1068 in CO(2-1)
A.J. Baker & N.Z. Scoville
1998, in The Central Regions of the Galaxy and Galaxies, ed. Y. Sofue (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 221
C2 Molecular Gas in Luminous Galactic Nuclei
N.Z. Scoville & A.J. Baker
1998, in The Central Regions of the Galaxy and Galaxies, ed. Y. Sofue (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 205
C1 Orbital Characteristics of X-Ray-Selected Spectroscopic Binaries
A.J. Baker, R.P. Stefanik, L.A. Marschall, D.W. Latham, & H.L. Nations
1994, in Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun: Eighth Cambridge Workshop, ed. J.-P. Caillault (San Francisco: ASP), 551