publications

2026

1. JWST Observations of Starbursts: The motion of dust - PAH kinematics of M82 and NGC 253 with JWST/MIRI spectroscopy

   Fergus R. Donnan, Karin Sandstrom, Alberto D. Bolatto, and 27 more authors

   arXiv e-prints, Sep 2026

   Accepted for publication in ApJ

   DOI Bib

   @article{2026arXiv260926715D,
     author = {{Donnan}, Fergus R. and {Sandstrom}, Karin and {Bolatto}, Alberto D. and {Draine}, Bruce T. and {Duval}, Sara E. and {Klessen}, Ralf S. and {Mills}, Elisabeth A.~C. and {Richie}, Helena M. and {Smith}, J.~D.~T. and {Veilleux}, Sylvain and {Arens}, Patricia A. and {Boogaard}, Leindert A. and {Cronin}, Serena A. and {Dale}, Daniel A. and {Emig}, Kimberly L. and {Herrera-Camus}, Rodrigo and {Lai}, Thomas S. -Y. and {Lopez}, Sebastian and {Lenki{\'c}}, Laura and {Levy}, Rebecca C. and {Mayya}, Divakara and {Meier}, David S. and {Sheriff}, Kaitlyn E. and {Siwakoti}, Utsav and {Skillman}, Evan and {Tarantino}, Elizabeth and {Teng}, Yu-Hsuan and {Villanueva}, Vicente and {Walter}, Fabian and {van der Werf}, Paul P.},
     title = {{JWST Observations of Starbursts: The motion of dust - PAH kinematics of M82 and NGC 253 with JWST/MIRI spectroscopy}},
     journal = {arXiv e-prints},
     keywords = {Astrophysics of Galaxies},
     year = {2026},
     month = sep,
     eid = {arXiv:2609.26715},
     pages = {arXiv:2609.26715},
     doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2609.26715},
     archiveprefix = {arXiv},
     eprint = {2609.26715},
     primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
     note = {Accepted for publication in ApJ}
   }

2. A&A

   Survival of very small carbonaceous dust grains in the inner circumgalactic medium of NGC 891 from JWST/MIRI MRS

   Jérémy Chastenet, Ilse De Looze, Karl D. Gordon, and 26 more authors

   Astronomy & Astrophysics, Aug 2026

   DOI Bib

   @article{2026A&A...712A.158C,
     author = {{Chastenet}, J{\'e}r{\'e}my and {De Looze}, Ilse and {Gordon}, Karl D. and {Madden}, Suzanne C. and {Rela{\~n}o}, Monica and {Sandstrom}, Karin M. and {Van De Putte}, Dries and {Baes}, Maarten and {Bianchi}, Simone and {Bolatto}, Alberto D. and {Casasola}, Viviana and {Dale}, Daniel A. and {Duval}, Sara and {Fritz}, Jacopo and {Galliano}, Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric and {Glover}, Simon C.~O. and {Katsioli}, Stavroula and {Katsis}, Vasileios and {Kirchschlager}, Florian and {Klessen}, Ralf S. and {Levy}, Rebecca C. and {Meidt}, Sharon E. and {Mosenkov}, Aleksandr V. and {Nagamine}, Kentaro and {Pantoni}, Lara and {Richie}, Helena M. and {Walch}, Stefanie and {Williams}, Thomas G. and {Xilouris}, Emanuele M.},
     title = {{Survival of very small carbonaceous dust grains in the inner circumgalactic medium of NGC 891 from JWST/MIRI MRS}},
     journal = {Astronomy \& Astrophysics},
     keywords = {Astrophysics of Galaxies},
     year = {2026},
     month = aug,
     volume = {712},
     eid = {A158},
     pages = {A158},
     doi = {10.1051/0004-6361/202558757},
     archiveprefix = {arXiv},
     eprint = {2605.26864},
     primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
   }

3. ApJ

   

   PAH Emission Spectra and Band Ratios for Arbitrary Radiation Fields with the Single Photon Approximation

   Helena M. Richie and Brandon S. Hensley

   The Astrophysical Journal, Jul 2026

   DOI Bib Code

   @article{2026ApJ...1006...40R,
     author = {{Richie}, Helena M. and {Hensley}, Brandon S.},
     title = {{PAH Emission Spectra and Band Ratios for Arbitrary Radiation Fields with the Single Photon Approximation}},
     journal = {The Astrophysical Journal},
     keywords = {Astrophysics of Galaxies},
     year = {2026},
     month = jul,
     volume = {1006},
     number = {1},
     eid = {40},
     pages = {40},
     doi = {10.3847/1538-4357/ae7a42},
     archiveprefix = {arXiv},
     eprint = {2510.16861},
     primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
   }

4. The Lifecycle and Emission Properties of PAHs in Cosmological Hydrodynamic Galaxy Formation Simulations

   Desika Narayanan, Paul Torrey, Massimiliano Parente, and 16 more authors

   arXiv e-prints, Jun 2026

   DOI Bib

   @article{2026arXiv260620809N,
     author = {{Narayanan}, Desika and {Torrey}, Paul and {Parente}, Massimiliano and {Donnelly}, Grant and {Zimmerman}, Dhruv and {Garcia}, Alex and {Richie}, Helena and {Smith}, J. -D. T. and {Hensley}, Brandon and {Marinacci}, Federico and {McKinney}, Jed and {Pope}, Alexandra and {Popping}, Gergo and {Sales}, Laura and {Sandstrom}, Karin and {Savitch}, Ethan and {Shivaei}, Irene and {Spilker}, Justin and {Whitcomb}, Corey},
     title = {{The Lifecycle and Emission Properties of PAHs in Cosmological Hydrodynamic Galaxy Formation Simulations}},
     journal = {arXiv e-prints},
     keywords = {Astrophysics of Galaxies},
     year = {2026},
     month = jun,
     eid = {arXiv:2606.20809},
     pages = {arXiv:2606.20809},
     doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2606.20809},
     archiveprefix = {arXiv},
     eprint = {2606.20809},
     primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
   }

5. ApJ

   

   JWST Observations of Starbursts: Dust Processing in the M82 Superwind

   Serena A. Cronin, Alberto D. Bolatto, Helena M. Richie, and 39 more authors

   The Astrophysical Journal, Jun 2026

   DOI Bib

   @article{2026ApJ...1002..217C,
     author = {{Cronin}, Serena A. and {Bolatto}, Alberto D. and {Richie}, Helena M. and {Donnelly}, Grant P. and {Levy}, Rebecca C. and {Gordon}, Karl D. and {Tarantino}, Elizabeth and {Boyer}, Martha L. and {Armus}, Lee and {Arens}, Patricia A. and {Boogaard}, Leindert A. and {Dale}, Daniel A. and {Donaghue}, Keaton and {Draine}, Bruce T. and {Duval}, Sara E. and {Emig}, Kimberly and {Fisher}, Deanne B. and {Glover}, Simon C.~O. and {Hensley}, Brandon S. and {Herrera-Camus}, Rodrigo and {Klessen}, Ralf S. and {Lai}, Thomas S. -Y. and {Lenki{\'c}}, Laura and {Leroy}, Adam K. and {Lieber}, Ashley E. and {De Looze}, Ilse and {Lopez}, Sebastian and {Meier}, David S. and {Mills}, Elisabeth A.~C. and {Sandstrom}, Karin M. and {Schneider}, Evan and {Sheriff}, Kaitlyn E. and {Siwakoti}, Utsav and {Skillman}, Evan D. and {Smith}, J.~D.~T. and {Teng}, Yu-Hsuan and {Thompson}, Todd A. and {Tielens}, Alexander G.~G.~M. and {Veilleux}, Sylvain and {Villanueva}, Vicente and {Walter}, Fabian and {van der Werf}, Paul P.},
     title = {{JWST Observations of Starbursts: Dust Processing in the M82 Superwind}},
     journal = {The Astrophysical Journal},
     keywords = {Astrophysics of Galaxies},
     year = {2026},
     volume = {1002},
     number = {2},
     eid = {217},
     pages = {217},
     doi = {10.3847/1538-4357/ae5f66},
     archiveprefix = {arXiv},
     eprint = {2604.11873},
     primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
   }

6. ApJ

   Effects of Numerical Resolution on Simulated Cloud-Wind Interactions

   Hannah Leary, Helena M. Richie, and Evan Schneider

   The Astrophysical Journal, Feb 2026

   DOI Bib

   @article{2026ApJ...998..281L,
     author = {{Leary}, Hannah and {Richie}, Helena M. and {Schneider}, Evan},
     title = {{Effects of Numerical Resolution on Simulated Cloud-Wind Interactions}},
     journal = {The Astrophysical Journal},
     keywords = {Astrophysics of Galaxies},
     year = {2026},
     month = feb,
     volume = {998},
     number = {2},
     eid = {281},
     pages = {281},
     doi = {10.3847/1538-4357/ae356c},
     archiveprefix = {arXiv},
     eprint = {2602.10082},
     primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
   }

7. ApJ

   

   Dust Evolution in Simulated Multiphase Galactic Outflows

   Helena M. Richie and Evan E. Schneider

   The Astrophysical Journal, Jan 2026

   DOI Bib Video

   @article{2026ApJ...996...17R,
     author = {{Richie}, Helena M. and {Schneider}, Evan E.},
     title = {{Dust Evolution in Simulated Multiphase Galactic Outflows}},
     journal = {The Astrophysical Journal},
     keywords = {Astrophysics of Galaxies},
     year = {2026},
     month = jan,
     volume = {996},
     number = {1},
     eid = {17},
     pages = {17},
     doi = {10.3847/1538-4357/ae12e8},
     archiveprefix = {arXiv},
     eprint = {2505.11734},
     primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
   }

2024

1. RNAAS

   Resolution Dependence of Cloud–Wind Simulations

   Hannah J. Leary, Evan Schneider, and Helena M. Richie

   Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, Nov 2024

   DOI Bib

   @article{2024RNAAS...8..286L,
     author = {{Leary}, Hannah J. and {Schneider}, Evan and {Richie}, Helena M.},
     title = {{Resolution Dependence of Cloud{\textendash}Wind Simulations}},
     journal = {Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society},
     keywords = {Astrophysical fluid dynamics, Circumgalactic medium, Galactic winds, Interstellar clouds, 101, 1879, 572, 834, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies},
     year = {2024},
     month = nov,
     volume = {8},
     number = {11},
     eid = {286},
     pages = {286},
     doi = {10.3847/2515-5172/ad9256},
     archiveprefix = {arXiv},
     eprint = {2501.13186},
     primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
     adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024RNAAS...8..286L},
     adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System},
   }

2. A&A

   JWST MIRI and NIRCam observations of NGC 891 and its circumgalactic medium

   Jérémy Chastenet, Ilse De Looze, Monica Relaño, and 37 more authors

   Astronomy & Astrophysics, Oct 2024

   DOI Bib

   @article{2024A&A...690A.348C,
     author = {{Chastenet}, J{\'e}r{\'e}my and {De Looze}, Ilse and {Rela{\~n}o}, Monica and {Dale}, Daniel A. and {Williams}, Thomas G. and {Bianchi}, Simone and {Xilouris}, Emmanuel M. and {Baes}, Maarten and {Bolatto}, Alberto D. and {Boyer}, Martha L. and {Casasola}, Viviana and {Clark}, Christopher J.~R. and {Fraternali}, Filippo and {Fritz}, Jacopo and {Galliano}, Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric and {Glover}, Simon C.~O. and {Gordon}, Karl D. and {Hirashita}, Hiroyuki and {Kennicutt}, Robert and {Nagamine}, Kentaro and {Kirchschlager}, Florian and {Klessen}, Ralf S. and {Koch}, Eric W. and {Levy}, Rebecca C. and {McCallum}, Lewis and {Madden}, Suzanne C. and {McLeod}, Anna F. and {Meidt}, Sharon E. and {Mosenkov}, Aleksandr V. and {Richie}, Helena M. and {Saintonge}, Am{\'e}lie and {Sandstrom}, Karin M. and {Schneider}, Evan E. and {Sivkova}, Evgenia E. and {Smith}, J.~D.~T. and {Smith}, Matthew W.~L. and {van der Wel}, Arjen and {Walch}, Stefanie and {Walter}, Fabian and {Wood}, Kenneth},
     title = {{JWST MIRI and NIRCam observations of NGC 891 and its circumgalactic medium}},
     journal = {Astronomy \& Astrophysics},
     keywords = {dust, extinction, ISM: kinematics and dynamics, galaxies: halos, galaxies: individual: NGC 891, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies},
     year = {2024},
     month = oct,
     volume = {690},
     eid = {A348},
     pages = {A348},
     doi = {10.1051/0004-6361/202451033},
     archiveprefix = {arXiv},
     eprint = {2408.08026},
     primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
     adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024A&A...690A.348C},
     adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System},
   }

3. ApJ

   

   Dust Survival in Galactic Winds

   Helena M. Richie, Evan E. Schneider, Matthew W. Abruzzo, and 1 more author

   The Astrophysical Journal, Oct 2024

   DOI Bib Video

   @article{2024ApJ...974...81R,
     author = {{Richie}, Helena M. and {Schneider}, Evan E. and {Abruzzo}, Matthew W. and {Torrey}, Paul},
     title = {{Dust Survival in Galactic Winds}},
     journal = {The Astrophysical Journal},
     keywords = {Galactic winds, Circumgalactic medium, Dust destruction, 572, 1879, 2268, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies},
     year = {2024},
     month = oct,
     volume = {974},
     number = {1},
     eid = {81},
     pages = {81},
     doi = {10.3847/1538-4357/ad6a1c},
     archiveprefix = {arXiv},
     eprint = {2403.03711},
     primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
     adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024ApJ...974...81R},
     adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System},
   }

4. bcaddy/cholla: Caddy & Schneider 2024

   Robert Caddy, Evan Schneider, Bruno Villasenor, and 10 more authors

   Apr 2024

   DOI Bib

   @software{2024zndo..10927183C,
     author = {{Caddy}, Robert and {Schneider}, Evan and {Villasenor}, Bruno and {Richie}, Helena and {Mao}, Alwin and {Budiardja}, Reuben D. and {Warren}, Orlando and {Abruzzo}, Matthew and {Robertson}, Brant and {Zlimen}, Eva and {White}, Trey and {Yarza}, Ricardo and {Wood-Vasey}, Michael},
     title = {{bcaddy/cholla: Caddy \& Schneider 2024}},
     year = {2024},
     month = apr,
     eid = {10.5281/zenodo.10927183},
     doi = {10.5281/zenodo.10927183},
     version = {v3.x},
     publisher = {Zenodo},
     adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024zndo..10927183C},
     adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System},
   }

2020

1. JAAVSO

   Disk Instabilities Caused the 2018 Outburst of AG Draconis

   H. M. Richie, W. M. Wood-Vasey, and L. Coban

   Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers, Jun 2020

   DOI Bib

   @article{2020JAVSO..48...21R,
     author = {{Richie}, H.~M. and {Wood-Vasey}, W.~M. and {Coban}, L.},
     title = {{Disk Instabilities Caused the 2018 Outburst of AG Draconis}},
     journal = {Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers},
     keywords = {Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena},
     year = {2020},
     month = jun,
     volume = {48},
     number = {1},
     pages = {21},
     doi = {10.48550/arXiv.1912.01681},
     archiveprefix = {arXiv},
     eprint = {1912.01681},
     primaryclass = {astro-ph.SR},
     adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020JAVSO..48...21R},
     adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System},
   }