Robin Shelton

Shelton, R. L., Williams, M. E., Parker, M. C., Galyardt, J. E., Fukui, Y., and Tachihara, K., The Long Tails of the Pegasus-Pisces Arch Intermediate Velocity Cloud, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal, in press

Williams, M. E. and Shelton, R. L., Hydrodynamics of Clustered Clouds: Drafting, Survival, Condensation, and Ablation, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal, in press

Fukui, K., Koga, M., Maruyama, S., Hayakawa, T., Okamoto, R., Yamamoto, H., Tachihara, K, Shelton, R., and Sasaki, M, An intermediate-velocity HI cloud falling to the galactic disk; Possible evidence for low-metallicty HI gas originating outside the galactic disk, 2021, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 73 issue supplement 1, S117 - S128 (11 pages)

Shelton, R. L. and Kwak, K., Ultraviolet Line Intensities of Intermediate and High Ions Predicted from Non-equilibrium Ionization Simulations, 2018, The Astrophysical Journal, 866, article id 34 (15 pages)

Cumbee, R. S., Mullen, P. D., Lyons, D., Shelton, R. L., Fogle, M., Schultz, D. R., and Stancil, P. C., Charge Exchange X-ray Emission due to Highly Charged Ion Collisions with H, He, and H_2:  Line Ratios for Heliospheric and Interstellar Applications, 2018, The Astrophysical Journal, 852, article id 7 (15 pages)

Mullen, P. D., Cumbee, R. S., Lyons, D., Gu, L., Kaastra, J., Shelton, R. L., and Stancil, P. C., Line Ratios for Solar Wind Charge Exchange with Comets, 2017, The Astrophysical Journal, 844, article id 102 (9 pages)

Gritton, J. A., Shelton, R. L., and Galyardt, J. E., Condensation of Halo, Circumgalactic, and Intergalactic Gas onto Massive High-velocity Clouds, 2017, The Astrophysical Journal, 842, article id 102 (10 pages)

Henley, D. B., Gritton, J. A., and Shelton, R. L., The Effect of Mixing on the Observed Metallicity of the Smith Cloud, 2017, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 837, article id 82 (8 pages)

Galyardt, J. and Shelton, R. L., Collisions between Dark Matter Confined High Velocity Clouds and Magnetized Galactic Disks:  The Smith Cloud, 2016, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 816, article id L18 (6 pages)

Kwak, K., Shelton, R. L., and Henley, D. B., Si IV Column Densities Predicted from Non-equilibrium Ionization Simulations of Turbulent Mixing Layers and High-velocity Clouds, 2015,  The Astrophysical Journal 812, article id 111 (15 pages)

Henley, D. B., Shelton, R. L., XMM-Newton and Suzaku X-Ray Shadowing Measurements of the Solar Wind Charge Exchange, Local Bubble, and Galactic Halo Emission, 2015, The Astrophysical Journal, 808, article id 22 (28 pages)

Henley, D. B., Shelton, R. L., Kwak, K., Hill, A. S., and Mac Low, M.-M.,  The Origin of the Hot Gas in the Galactic Halo:   Testing Galactic Fountain Models’  X-ray Emission, 2015, The Astrophysical Journal, 800, article id 102 (10 pages)

Henley, D. B., Shelton, R. L., Cumbee, R. S., and Stancil, P. C.,  XMM-Newton Measurement of the Galactic Halo X-Ray Emission Using a Compact Shadowing Cloud, 2015, The Astrophysical Journal, 799, article id 117 (10 pages)

Gritton, J. A., Shelton, R. L., and Kwak, K., Mixing between High Velocity Clouds and the Galactic Halo, 2014, The Astrophysical Journal, 795, article id 99 (9 pages)

Henley, D. B., Shelton, R. L.,and Kwak, K.,The Origin of the X-ray Emission from the High-velocity Cloud MS30.7-81.4-118, 2014, The Astrophysical Journal, 791, article id 41 (16 pages)

Cumbee, R. S., Henley, D. B., Stancil, P. C., Shelton, R. L., Nolte, J. L., Wu, Y., and Schultz, D. R., Can Charge Exchange Explain Anomalous Soft X-ray Emission in the Cygnus Loop, 2014, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 787L, article id 31 (5 pages)

Henley, D. B., and Shelton, R. L., Is the Milky Way's Hot Halo Convectively Unstable?, 2014, The Astrophysical Journal, 784, article id 54 (8 pages)

Henley, D. B., and Shelton, R. L., An XMM-Newton Survey of the Soft X-Ray Background. III. The Galactic Halo X-Ray Emission, 2013, The Astrophysical Journal, 773, 92 (21 pages)

Henley, D. B., and Shelton, R. L.,An XMM-Newton Survey of the Soft X-rayBackground. II. An All-Sky Catalog of Diffuse O VII and O VIIIEmission Intensities, 2012, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 202, article id 14 (27 pages)

Henley, D. B., Kwak, K., and Shelton, R. L., Simulations of High Velocity-Clouds. II. Ablation from High-VelocityClouds as a Source of Low-Velocity High-Ions, 2012, The Astrophysical Journal, 753, article id 58 (16 pages)

Shelton, R. L., Kwak, K.,and Henley, D. B., 2011, Modeling the X-rays Resulting From High Velocity Clouds,2012, The Astrophysical Journal, 751, article id 120 (14 pages)

Kwak, K., Henley, D. B., and Shelton, R. L., Simulations of High-Velocity Clouds. I. Hydrodynamics and High-VelocityHigh Ions, 2011, The Astrophysical Journal, 739, article id 30 (17 pages)

Klimek, M. D., Points, S. D., Smith, R. C., Shelton, R. L.,Williams, R.,An X-ray Investigation of Three Supernova Remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud,b2010, The Astrophysical Journal, 725, 2281-2289

Henley, D. B., Shelton, R. L., Kwak, K., Joung, M. R., and Mac Low, M.-M.,The Origin of the Hot Gas in the Galactic Halo: Confronting Models with XMM-Newton Observations, 2010, The Astrophysical Journal, 723, 935 - 953

Shelton, R. L., Henley, D. B., and Dixon, W. V.,Hot Gas in the Galactic Thick Disk and Halo Near the Draco Cloud, 2010, The Astrophysical Journal, 722, 302 - 310

Kwak, K., and Shelton, R. L.,Numerical Study of Turbulent Mixing Layers with Non-equilibrium Ionization Calculations, 2010, The Astrophysical Journal, 719, 523 - 539

Henley, D. B., and Shelton, R. L.,An XMM-Newton Survey of the Soft X-Ray Background. I. The O VII and O VIII Lines Between l = 120 degrees and l = 240 degrees, 2010, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 187, 388 - 408

Frisch, P. C., Bzowski, M., Grun, E., Izmodenov, V., Kruger, H., Linsky, J., McComas, D., Mobius, E., Redfield, S., Schwadron, N., Shelton, R., Slavin, J., and Wood, B.,The Galactic Environment of the Sun: Interstellar Matter Inside and Outside of the Heliosphere, This article appeared in both journal and book chapter form. 2009, Space Sciences Reviews, 146, 235 - 273

Henley, D. B. and Shelton, R. L., A Possible SupernovaRemnant High Above the Galactic Disk, 2009, The Astrophysical Journal, 701, 1880 - 1894

Lei, S.-J., Shelton, R. L., and Henley, D. B.,Determining the Galactic Halo's Emission Measure from UV and X-rayObservations, 2009, The Astrophysical Journal, 699, 1891 - 1905

Kwak, K. J., Shelton, R. L., and Raley, E. R.,The Evolution of Gas Clouds Falling in the Magnetized Galactic Halo: High Velocity Clouds (HVCs) Originated in the Galactic Fountain, 2009, The Astrophysical Journal, 699, 1775 - 1788

Shelton, R. L., "The Local Bubble Debate", Space Sciences Reviews, DOI: 10.1007/s11214-008-9359-7 (2008)

Shelton, R. L., "Revising the Local Bubble Model due to Solar Wind Charge Exchange X-ray Emission", Space Sciences Reviews, DOI: 10.1007/s11214-008-9358-8 (2008)

Henley, D. B., Shelton, R. L., "Comparing Suzaku and XMM-Newton Observations of the Soft X-Ray Background: Evidence for Solar Wind Charge Exchange Emission", The Astrophysical Journal, 676, 335 (2008)

Henley, D. B., Shelton, R. L., and Kuntz, K. D., "An XMM-Newton Observation of the Local Bubble Using a Shadowing Filament in the Southern Galactic Hemisphere", The Astrophysical Journal, 661, 304 (2007)

Raley, E. A., Shelton, R. L., and Plewa, T., "A Study of the Vertical Motion of Supernova Remnant Bubbles in the Interstellar Medium Drawn from the Results of Three-Dimensional MHD Simulations", The Astrophysical Journal, 661, 222 (2007)

Shelton, R. L., Sallmen, S. M., and Jenkins, E. B., "The Galactic Halo's O VI Resonance Line Intensity" The Astrophysical Journal, 659, 365 (2007)

R. J. Chastain, Shelton, R. L., Raley, E. A., Magnani, L., "High-Latitude Molecular Structure in Pegasus-Pisces", The Astronomical Journal, 132, 1964 (2006)

R. Shelton, "Simulations of Supernova Remnants in Diffuse Media. III. The Population of Buoyant Remnants above the Milky Way's Disk", The Astrophysical Journal, 638, 206 (2006)

W. R. Oegerle, Jenkins, E. B., Shelton, R.L., Bowen, D. V., Chayer, P., "A Survey of O VI Absorption in the Local Interstellar Medium", The Astrophysical Journal, 622, 377 (2005)

R. M. Williams, R. M., Chu, Y.-H., Dickel, J. R., Gruendl, R. A., Shelton, R., Points, S. D., Smith, R. C., "Remnants in the Magellanic Clouds. IV. X-Ray Emission from the Largest Supernova Remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud", The Astrophysical Journal, 613, 948 (2004)

R.L. Shelton, K. D. Kuntz, & R. Petre, "A Thermal Composite Supernova Remnant with a Cool Shell",  The Astrophysical  Journal,  615 (2004).

R.L. Shelton, K. D. Kuntz, & R. Petre,"'Chandra' Observations and Models of the Mixed-Morphology Supernova Remnant W44: Global Trends", The Astrophysical Journal,  611, 906 (2004).

B.-G. Andersson, D. C. Knauth, S. L. Snowden, R. L. Shelton, & P. G. Wannier, "A Hot Envelope Around the Southern Coalsack: X-ray and Far-Ultraviolet Observations", The Astrophysical Journal,  606, 341 (2004).