Arthur Wolfe Papers

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Descriptive Summary

Contributing Institution: Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego

9500 Gilman Drive

La Jolla 92093-0175

Title: Arthur M. Wolfe Papers

Creator: Wolfe, Arthur M., 1939-

Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0775

Physical Description: 15.6 Linear feet (39 archives boxes)

Date (inclusive): ca. 1961-2014

Abstract: Papers of Arthur M. Wolfe (1939-2014), American astrophysicist who for a decade directed the Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences (CASS) at UC San Diego. Wolfe was recognized for his discoveries of star formations and the early universe.

Languages: English .

Scope and Content of Collection

Papers of Arthur M. Wolfe, American astrophysicist who for a decade directed the Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences (CASS) at UC San Diego. Wolfe was recognized for his discoveries of star formations and the early universe. The materials document Wolfe's extensive professional career and include writings, course lecture notes, notebooks, professional correspondence, grant reports and proposals, and research files.

Arranged in seven series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) NOTEBOOKS, 4) COURSE LECTURE NOTES, 5) WRITINGS, 6) PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, and 7) RESEARCH NOTES.

Biography

Arthur M. Wolfe was born in Brooklyn, New York on April 29th 1939. He graduated from Forest Hills High School in Queens, completed his Bachelor of Science degree in physics from City College of New York's Queens College in 1961, and completed his Masters of Science from the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey in 1963. Wolfe earned his PhD at the University of Texas, Austin in 1967, held post-doctoral fellowships at University of California, San Diego and University of Cambridge in the UK, and was an Exchange Fellow at the P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, National Academy of Sciences, Moscow in 1971.

Along with his mentor, Rainer K. Sachs at the University of Texas, Wolfe discovered the now termed Sachs-Wolfe effect, which describes the effect of gravitational potentials on the anisotropy of the microwave background, highlighted in Wolfe's doctoral thesis and their paper "Perturbations of a Cosmological Model and Angular Variations of the Microwave Background" in Astrophysical Journal vol. 147, January 1967.

Wolfe made significant contributions in a variety of research areas including theoretical cosmology, experimental physics, and observational physics. His primary research focus was to study gas in galaxies of the early universe. He launched the field of DLAs or Damped Lyman-alpha [Ly-α] systems in 1986 with data collected at the Lick Observatory, a multi-campus research unit of the University of California, headquartered at the University of California Santa Cruz.

Wolfe taught physics at the University of Pittsburgh from 1973-1989, then accepted a professorship at UC San Diego from 1989-2007. He became the director of the Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences (CASS) from 1997-2007 and held the endowed Chancellor's Associates Chair in Physics professorship from 1997 until his retirement in 2013.

Throughout his professional career, Wolfe authored or co-authored over 90 professional research papers, including his breakthrough surveys on Damped Lyman-alpha systems, and was awarded several multiyear grants from the National Science Foundation.

Wolfe was recognized for his significant contributions to astrophysics which spanned almost five decades. He was named a Fellow from American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1995), was the recipient of the Sackler Fellowship at the University of Cambridge (2004 and 2007), and was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2012). Wolfe also won the Jansky Prize Lectureship awarded by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (2008). Other accolades include the naming of DLA0817g, an ancient disc [or disk] galaxy, also known as the Wolfe Disk or Wolfe Galaxy in his honor.

Wolfe died on February 17, 2014 in La Jolla, California.

Preferred Citation

Arthur M. Wolfe Papers. MSS 775. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.

Acquisition Information

Acquired 2015-2022

Publication Rights

Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.

Related Materials

UC San Diego. Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences Records. RSS 2104. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Astrophysics

Cosmology

Perturbation (Astronomy)

Wolfe, Arthur M., 1939- -- Archives

BIOGRAPHICAL

Scope and Content of Series

Series 1) BIOGRAPHICAL: Includes copies of Wolfe's bibliography, curriculum vitae, promotional material, including materials pertaining to Wolfe's UC San Diego Chancellor's Associates Faculty Recognition Award, and obituaries.

Box 1, Folder 1

Events and promotions 1996-2012

Box 1, Folder 2

Sabbatical leave 1990-1991

Box 1, Folder 3

UCSD Chancellor's Associates Chair, Faculty Recognition Awards 1997-2003

Box 1, Folder 4

Resumes ca. 1989-2002

Box 1, Folder 5

Biographical material, including CV and bibliography 2002

Box 1, Folder 6

Obituaries 2014-2015

CORRESPONDENCE

Scope and Content of Series

Series 2) CORRESPONDENCE: Include Wolfe's professional correspondence from 1966 through 2008. Arranged in two subseries: A) Chronological Files and B) Named Correspondence.

A) Chronological Files: From 1966-2008. Includes the bulk of the correspondence. Files are primarily kept in Wolfe's original chronological order, and includes letters from colleagues and professional organizations as well as some carbon copies of Wolfe's outgoing correspondence.

B) Named Correspondence: Includes a small subseries of correspondence with named professionals or filed by topic. Arranged alphabetically.

Chronological Files

Box 1, Folder 7-24

1966-1989

Box 2, Folder 1-4

1990-2001

Box 2, Folder 5

Miscellaneous undated

Named Correspondence

Box 2, Folder 6-7

BL Lac Conference - Re: publication of presentations 1978

Box 2, Folder 8

Cen, Renyue 2002

Box 2, Folder 9

Craft, H. and F. Drake 1975-1980

Box 2, Folder 10

Radio Telescope research 1975-1989

Box 2, Folder 11

Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) 1988-1989

Box 2, Folder 12

Symposium at Niels Bohr Institute 1978-1979

Box 2, Folder 13

UC Observatories (UCO) 2012

Box 2, Folder 14

The University of Chicago 1975

NOTEBOOKS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 3) NOTEBOOKS: Arranged chronologically from 1961-2012. Includes notebooks from when Wolfe was a student, as well as topical and computation notebooks.

Box 2, Folder 15

Notebook - Math 16 1961

Box 2, Folder 16

Notebook - Particles I 1961-1962

Box 2, Folder 17

Notebook - Ph 154 Quantum I 1962

Box 2, Folder 18

Notebook - Cosmology 1964

Box 3, Folder 1

Notebook 1965

Box 3, Folder 2

Notebook - Plasma Physics lecture notes 1968

Box 3, Folder 3

Notebook - Development of model for Seyfert nucleus 1970-1972

Box 3, Folder 4

Notebook - Lyman alpha transport and Excitation 1975

Box 3, Folder 5

Notebook - Research notes on Cambridge Conference on QSO 1977-1978

Box 3, Folder 6

Notebook - VLB phase and amplitude spectra 1977-1982

Box 3, Folder 7

Notebook - Time variations in space/temperature due to intensity change 1980-1981

Box 3, Folder 8

Notebook - Radiative driving part 2 1981 June

Box 4, Folder 1

Notebook 1982-1983

Box 4, Folder 2

Notebook - Background radiation/photoionization of halo clouds and of HI disks 1982-1983

Box 4, Folder 3

Notebook - Lyman alpha lines: Data reduction 1983-1984

Box 4, Folder 4

Notebook - Santa Cruz Galaxy meeting 1986

Box 4, Folder 5

Notebook - Log book 1988-1990

Box 4, Folder 6

Notebook - IRAI-SUN-UNLX 1989-1992

Box 4, Folder 7

Notebook - Notes on observations at Palomar and Keck Telescope 1989-1996

Box 4, Folder 8

Notebook - Notes from Oxford University, Paris, UCI, and UC Berkeley meetings 1990-1992

Box 5, Folder 1

Notebook - Physics notes 1994-2001

Box 5, Folder 2

Notebook - Notes from meeting in Blois, France 1998

Box 5, Folder 3

Notebook - Santa Cruz: Galaxy Formation 2003-2012

Box 5, Folder 4

Notebook - ISM working group 2004

Box 5, Folder 5

Notebook - HST Time Assignment Committee (TAC) 2008

Box 5, Folder 6

Notebook - DLAs 2011-2012

Box 5, Folder 7

Notebook 2012

Box 5, Folder 8

Notebook - Gruppentheorie (Group theory) undated

Box 5, Folder 9

Notebook - ITP undated

Box 5, Folder 10

Notebook - Modern Physics "a la Leighton" undated

Box 6, Folder 1

Notebook - Physics notes undated

Box 6, Folder 2

Notebook - Quantum electrodynamics undated

COURSE LECTURE NOTES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 4) COURSE LECTURE NOTES: Arranged in two subseries: A) UC San Diego Physics, and B) University of Pittsburgh Physics. Includes teaching materials for physics courses taught by Wolfe between 1970 and 2012.

UC San Diego Physics

Box 6, Folder 3-4

160 (Stellar Structure) 2007

Box 6, Folder 5-6

160 (Stellar Structure) 2012

Box 7, Folder 1-2

161 (Black Holes) 2012

Box 7, Folder 3

162 (Galaxies) 1992

Box 7, Folder 4-5

223 (Stellar Structure) 2002

Box 7, Folder 6-7

223 (Stellar Structure) 2010

Box 8, Folder 1-2

224 (Interstellar Medium) 2003

Box 8, Folder 3-4

224 (Interstellar Medium) 2011

Box 8, Folder 5-6

226 (Galactic Dynamics) 2002

Box 8, Folder 7

226 (Galactic Dynamics) 2005

Box 9, Folder 1-2

226 (Galactic Dynamics) 2010

Box 9, Folder 3-4

227 (Cosmology) 2009

Box 9, Folder 5

365 (Quantum Field Theory) 1995

Box 9, Folder 6

Introduction Astronomy 89 ca. 1989

University of Pittsburgh Physics

Box 9, Folder 7-8

"Older" Interstellar Medium notes ca. 1970-1975

Box 10, Folder 1-2

119 Introductory Astronomy 1981-1988

Box 10, Folder 3-4

Radiation Processes 1988

Box 10, Folder 5

Galaxy lecture notes undated

WRITINGS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 5) WRITINGS: A selection of Wolfe's published scientific writings arranged chronologically. Wolfe published over 90 research papers in his lifetime. A bibliography of many of Wolfe's publications is located in the Biographical series. Files may include reprints, drafts of articles, notes, figures, and correspondence with collaborators.

Box 10, Folder 6

Dissertation from University of Texas: Perturbations of a Cosmological Model and Angular Variations of the Microwave Background 1967

Box 10, Folder 7

Discrete Source Models to Explain the Microwave Background Radiation 1968

Box 10, Folder 8

Some Implications of the Anisotropy Measured in the Microwave Background 1968

Box 10, Folder 9

New Limits on the Shear and Rotation of the Universe from the X-Ray Background 1969

Box 10, Folder 10

Black Holes in Elliptical Galaxies 1970

Box 10, Folder 11

Can the Lumpy Distribution of Galaxies be Reconciled With the Smooth X-ray Background? 1970

Box 10, Folder 12

On the Steady Flow of Gas from the Nuclei of Seyfert Galaxies 1973

Box 10, Folder 13

Physical Conditions and the Locations of the Absorption-line Systems in the QSO 3C 286 and the BL Lacertae Object PKS 0735+178 1975

Box 10, Folder 14

21 CM Observations of 3C 286 ca. 1976

Box 11, Folder 1

Detection at z=0.5 of a 21-cm absorption line in AO 0235+164: The first coincidence of large radio and optical redshifts 1976

Box 11, Folder 2

Limits on the Variation of Fundamental Atomic Quantities over Cosmic Time Scales 1976

Box 11, Folder 3

3C 286 - A Cosmological QSO? 1976

Box 11, Folder 4

21 cm Observations of 3C 286 ca. 1976

Box 11, Folder 5

Evidence Bearing on the Interaction of Gas and High-energy Particles in Quasi-stellar Objects 1977

Box 11, Folder 6

A Study of the Optical and Radio Absorption-line Systems in AO 0235+164 1977

Box 11, Folder 7

BL Lac Object AO 0235+164 draft 1977

Box 11, Folder 8

AO 0235+164 manuscript ca. 1977

Box 11, Folder 9

A Comprehensive Radio Study of the z=0.524 Absorption System in AO 0235+164 1978

Box 11, Folder 10

21 cm Absorption Lines in Quasi-stellar Objects ca. 1978

Box 11, Folder 11

Observation of the Redshifted HI Absorption in AO 0235+164 with a Baseline of 2x10^7 lambda ca. 1978

Box 11, Folder 12

Redshifted 21 cm Absorption Lines in BL LAC Objects ca. 1978

Box 11, Folder 13

Investigations of Redshifted Clouds with the 21 cm Line 1979

Box 11, Folder 14

21 cm absorption lines in quasi-stellar objects 1979

Box 11, Folder 15

Detection of 21-cm Absorption at z=1.8 in the Quasi-stellar Object 1331+170 1979

Box 11, Folder 16-17

First Results of a Search for H I Envelopes in a Complete Sample of Spiral Galaxies: Extensive H I near the Isolated ScI NGC 628 draft 1979

Box 11, Folder 18

Further VLB Observations of the Redshifted H1 Absorption in AO 0235+164 1979

Box 11, Folder 19

21-cm Probes of Redshifted Clouds 1980

Box 11, Folder 20

Evidence for Large-scale Uniformity of Physical Laws 1980

Box 11, Folder 21

Properties of BL Lac Objects 1979-1980

General note

Reprint of article, and draft text of an invited talk given at the "Eight Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics," held in Munich.

Box 11, Folder 22

Detection of 21-cm Absorption at z=1.94 in the QSO PKS 1157+014 1981

Box 11, Folder 23

The Effect of La Radiation of the Spin Temperature of Gas Ejected from QSOs 1981

Box 11, Folder 24

The HI Content of Galaxies with Large Redshifts 1982

General note

From proceedings of the workshop "The Comparative HI Content of Normal Galaxies."

Box 11, Folder 25

The Variations in the High-Redshift 21 cm Absorption Spectrum of the BL Lacertae Object AO 0235+164 1982

Box 11, Folder 26

Time Variations in the High-redshifted 21 centimeter Absorption Spectrum of the BL Lacertae Object AO 0235+164 1982

Box 11, Folder 27

The Incidence of 21 centimeter Absorption in QSO Redshift Systems Selected for Mg II Absorption: Evidence for a Two-phase Nature of the Absorbing Gas 1983

Box 11, Folder 28

Why High-latitude Clouds in our Galaxy and the Highly Redshifted Clouds Observed in front of QSOs do not belong to the same Parent Population 1983

Box 12, Folder 1

Comparison of ISM (halo) and QSO absorption line clouds ca. 1983

Box 12, Folder 2-3

#35-49 reprints 1983-1988

Box 12, Folder 4-6

Damped Lyman-Alpha Absorption by Disk Galaxies with Large Redshifts. I. The Lick Survey, draft 1985

Box 12, Folder 7

Damped Lyman-Alpha Absorption by Disk Galaxies with Large Redshifts I. The Lick Survey, drafts, figures and tables 1985

Box 12, Folder 8-9

Detection of 21-cm Absorption at z=2.04 in the QSO PKS 0458-02 1985

Box 12, Folder 10

New evidence from the Lyman-Alpha forest concerning the formation of galaxies 1986

Box 12, Folder 11

The Effect of a Quasi-stellar Object on its Host Galaxy: Dynamical and Physical Processes in the Interstellar Medium around a QSO draft 1986

Box 13, Folder 1

Damped Lyman-α absorption systems survey reprints 1985-2000

General note

Includes surveys from Wolfe's articles: "The IUE Survey for Damped Lyman-α and Lyman-limit Absorption Systems: Evolution of the Gaseous Content of the Universe," "Surveys for z>3 Damped Lyman-α Absorption Systems: The Evolution of Neutral Gas," "The Large Bright QSO Survey for Damped Lyman-α Absorption Systems," "Damped Lyman-Alpha Absorption by Disk Galaxies with Large Redshifts. I. The Lick Survey," and "A New Spectroscopic Survey for Damped Lyman-α Absorption Lines from High-Redshift Galaxies."

Box 13, Folder 2

Probing Extragalactic Disk - Limits on the Size and Mass of the "Local" Lyman Alpha Disk toward 3CR 196 1988

Box 13, Folder 3

Damped Lyman Alpha Absorption by Disk Galaxies with Large Redshifts. III. Intermediate-Resolution Spectroscopy 1989

Box 13, Folder 4

Large Bright QSO Survey (LBQS) paper ca. 1989-1993

General note

Includes "Damped Lyman-α Absorption by Disk Galaxies with Large Redshifts. IV. More Intermediate-Resolution Spectroscopy" and "A Spectroscopic Study of Damped Lyman-α Systems in the Las Campanas/Palomar Survey."

Box 13, Folder 5

Follow-up Spectroscopy reprints 1989-1994

Box 13, Folder 6

Lyman Alpha Emission from the Damped Lyman-alpha System towards H0836+113 1991

Box 13, Folder 7

Damped Lyman Alpha Systems, in Proceedings of the ESO Mini-Workshop Quasar Absorption Lines 1991

Box 13, Folder 8

The Redshift Distribution of Lyman Alpha Clouds and the Proximity Effect 1991

Box 13, Folder 10

Magnetic Fields in Damped Lyman-α systems 1992

Box 13, Folder 11

MMT metal-damped Lyman-α calculations 1992

General note

Includes "Analysis of Damped Lyman-α System Metal Lines," "On the HI Column Density Distribution of QSO Absorption Line Systems," and "Trends in QSO Metal Absorption Line Systems."

Box 13, Folder 12

Clustering of Galaxies near Damped Lyman-α Systems with (z) = 2.6 1993

Box 13, Folder 13

Q0201 Paper, notes and supporting figures 1994

Box 13, Folder 14

Follow-up Spectroscopy of candidates from LBQS Survey for Damped Lyman alpha systems 1995

Box 13, Folder 15

Metals and dust patterns data reprints 1997-2003

General note

Includes "The Age-metallicity Relation of the Universe in Neutral Gas: The First 100 Damped Lyman Alpha Systems," " The UCSD HIRES/KECK Lyman Alpha Abundance Database. I. The Data," "A KECK HIRES Investigation of the Metal Abundances and Kinematics of Three Damped Lyman Alpha Systems toward Q2209-199," and "Chemical Abundances of the Damped Lyman Alpha Systems at z>1.5."

Box 14, Folder 1

Ionized Gas in Damped Lyman-α Protogalaxies: I. Model-independent Inferences from Kinematic Data drafts 2000

Box 14, Folder 2

Ionized gas in Damped Lyman-α, reprints 2000-2002

General note

Includes "Ionized Gas in Damped Lya Protogalaxies. I. Model-independent Inferences from Kinematic Data and II. Comparison between Models and the Kinematic Data" and "The UCSD HIRES/KECK Lyman Alpha Abundance Database. III. An Empirical Study of Photoionization in the Damped Lyman Alpha System toward GB 1759+7539."

Box 14, Folder 3

Further Evidence for Cosmological Evolution of the Fine Structure Constant 2001

Box 14, Folder 4

Further constraints on variation of the fine structure constant from alkali doublet QSO absorption lines 2001

Box 14, Folder 5

Reprint drafts 2002-2003

General note

Includes "The Cosmic Star Formation History of Damped Ly-α Systems" and "CII Absorption in Damped Ly-α Systems: A New Window on the Star Formation History of the Universe."

Box 14, Folder 6

Metallicity Evolution of Damped Lyman alpha systems in ACDM Cosmology 2003

Box 14, Folder 7

The Elemental Abundance Pattern in a Galaxy at z=2.626 2003

Box 14, Folder 8

Which dark matter halo is most responsible for Damped Lyman alpha absorbers?: a signature of feedback 2005

Box 14, Folder 9

Damped Lyman alpha systems 2005

Box 14, Folder 10

Bimodality in Damped Lyman alpha systems 2008

Box 14, Folder 11

Direct Detection of a Magnetic Field in a Galaxy at z=0.692 2008

Box 14, Folder 12

Spectral Polarization of the Redshifted 21 cm Absorption Line toward 3C 286, includes research notes 2011

Box 14, Folder 13

Numerical Simulations of 158 Micron C II and CO Emissions in the High-Redshift Universe 2013

Box 14, Folder 14

The Rapid Decline in Metallicity of Damped Ly-α Systems at Z~5 2013

Box 14, Folder 15

The Metallicity Evolution Out to the Era of Re-ionization 2013

Box 14, Folder 16

A Determination of Feedback in Damped Ly-α Systems undated

Box 14, Folder 17

Briggs/Wolfe Mg II 21 cm draft undated

Box 14, Folder 18

Miscellaneous drafts undated

Box 14, Folder 19

Optical Activity, draft undated

Box 14, Folder 20

Unified Model for DLAs-LBGs undated

Box 14, Folder 21

Where are the Metals Located at High Redshift? undated

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 6) PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Arranged chronologically within three subseries: A) Grant Reports and Proposals, B) Conferences, Symposiums, and Talks, and C) Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences (CASS) Materials. These materials document Wolfe's professional activities within the scientific community and include files pertaining to his grant funded research projects, requests for telescope observations, participation at various conferences, as well as administrative materials relating to his directorship of UC San Diego's Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences (CASS) from 1997-2007.

Conferences, Symposiums, and Talks

Box 15, Folder 1

Research and talks given as postdoctoral student at UCSD 1968

General note

Topics include x-ray background as method to investigate the structure of the universe and examination of other methods as explanatory methods.

Box 15, Folder 2

International Astronomical Union (IAU) Uppsala Symposium 1970

Box 15, Folder 3

Talk on X-ray Background 1970

Box 15, Folder 4

Talk on Seyfert Galaxies ca. 1973

Box 15, Folder 5

Munich conference report 1976

Box 15, Folder 6

21 cm Absorption Lines in Quasi-stellar Objects talk given at NATO Advanced Study Institute 1977

Box 15, Folder 7

Cambridge talk - QSOs 1977-1978

Box 15, Folder 8

Arecibo Scientific Advisory Committee (ASAC) meeting, Includes draft of "Detection of 21-cm Absorption at z=1.8 in the Quasi-stellar Object 1331+170" 1978

Box 15, Folder 9-10

Copenhagen talk - "Investigations of Redshifted Clouds with the 21 cm Line" 1979

Box 15, Folder 11

Symposium on "The Universe at Large Redshifts" 1979

Box 15, Folder 12

Quasars talk given to Board of Trustees ca. 1980-1985

Box 15, Folder 13

HI talk in Green Bank ca. 1983

Box 15, Folder 14

Texas/Chicago meeting notes 1986

Box 15, Folder 15

Introductory to Astronomy course guest lecture 1986

Box 15, Folder 16

Proceedings of the Arecibo Upgrading Workshop 1986

Box 15, Folder 17

Damped Lyman-α Absorption talk at Carnegie 1987

Box 15, Folder 18

"HI in the early, distant, universe (z=2-5)" workshop 1987

Box 15, Folder 19

Mg II talk in Greningen 1987

Box 15, Folder 20

Talk given at Durham University 1988

Box 15, Folder 21

"VLA talk," notes 1989

Box 16, Folder 1

"Interstellar Media at High Redshift" presentation given at Wyoming and Baltimore workshops 1989

Box 16, Folder 2

0836 imaging talk 1990

Box 16, Folder 3-6

Damped Lyman-α Absorption talks, Including talks at Pittsburgh Regents, Oxford and Paris 1990-1992

Box 16, Folder 7

UCSD student talk on hydro collapse 1992

Box 16, Folder 8-9

University of California Observatories Advisory Committee (UCOAC) 1992-1993

General note

Includes correspondence, meeting minutes, DEEP (Deep Extragalactic Evolutionary Probe) Spectrograph materials.

Box 16, Folder 10-11

Damped Lyman-α Absorption talks, Including talk at Carnegie 1992-1996

Box 16, Folder 12

ESO: Damped Lyman-α talk in Munich 1994

Box 16, Folder 13

HIRES talk in Tucson 1994

Box 16, Folder 14

International Conference on Absorption Lines (Paris), talk 1997

Box 16, Folder 15

Conference in Italy 1997

Box 17, Folder 1

Galaxy Formation talk given at UCLA 1998

Box 17, Folder 2

Talk given at Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University and Conference at Blois, France 1998

Box 17, Folder 3

American Academy of Arts and Sciences Western Center stated meeting 1999

Box 17, Folder 4

Invitation to Tel Aviv University as Sackler Scholar 1999

Box 17, Folder 5

UCSB Workshop, includes "ALMA Detection of [C II] 158 um Emission from Damped Lya Systems" and "[C II] 158 um Probes of Damped Lya Systems" 2004

Box 17, Folder 6

21 cm absorption in QSOs talk undated

Box 17, Folder 7

Galactic Dynamics (chemical evoluition and metal abundance) talk undated

Grant Reports and Proposals

Box 17, Folder 8

Formal request for observing time at Kitt Peak Radio Telescope - Study of the absorption line spectrum of cosmologically distant objects 1976 May 17

Box 17, Folder 10-11

Quasar investigations of the universe at large redshifts, NSF grant AST-8019485 1977-1984

Box 17, Folder 12

Radio telescope proposals for Quasi-stellar objects (QSO) project 1978-1985

Box 18, Folder 1-3

Observing time requests and proposals for telescope use 1979-1988

Box 18, Folder 4

NSF grant proposal AST 79-07760 A01 - Radio Astronomical Observations for Twenty-One Centimeter Absorption Lines 1981

Box 18, Folder 5-6

Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) and Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) observing time requests 1985-1992

Box 18, Folder 7-8

Telescope time requests, Arecibo Observatory requests and proposal 1986

Box 18, Folder 9

Search for Lyman-α disks with Z73 proposal 1987

Box 18, Folder 10

Optical proposals 1987-1989

Box 18, Folder 11

"Survey for the High-Redshifted Progenitors of Galactic Disks" proposal 1988

Box 18, Folder 12

Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) Telescope Allocation Committee (TAC) proposal 1988

Box 18, Folder 13

HST: Key Project proposal 1988-1991

Box 18, Folder 14-15

NSF grant - Quasi-stellar Object (QSO) Investigation of the Universe at Large Redshifts, AST-87-15070 1989-1990

Box 19, Folder 1

Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) proposals 1989-1992

Box 19, Folder 2

Arthur M. Wolfe/David Tytler NASA proposal 1989-1993

Box 19, Folder 3

Requests for observations at Lick Telescope 1989-1993

Box 19, Folder 4

Proposal for Astrophysics Data Program, from David A. Turnshek ca. 1990

Box 19, Folder 5

General Grant Provisions of the Space Telescope Science Institute 1991

Box 19, Folder 6

NASA: Key Project grant 1991

Box 19, Folder 7

HST: Cycle 2 proposals 1992

Box 19, Folder 8

NSF grant request for project #947106 1994

Box 19, Folder 9

NSF Proposal #9420443 1995

Box 19, Folder 10-13

W.M. Keck Observatory - Observing Proposals 1995-2007

Box 20, Folder 1

Damped Lyman-α Absorption Lines from Moderate Redshift Galaxies, proposal 1996

Box 20, Folder 2

CLC Proposal: Observing the Early Universe with Adaptive Optics 1997

Box 20, Folder 3

NSF grant request for project #98-5566 1997

Box 20, Folder 4

NSF grant request for project #0071257 1999

Box 20, Folder 5

NSF Award for 5-Year Project at Keck: Adaptive Optics Observations of the Distant Universe 2000

Box 20, Folder 6

Proposal No. 0307824 2002

Box 20, Folder 7

NSF grant request for project #0607552 2005

Box 20, Folder 8

NIRSPEC proposal 2005

Box 20, Folder 9

Project reports and proposals 2006-2013

General note

Includes Observing Application "Detection of B Fields in Damped Lyman-alpha Systems," HIRES/ALMA Survey Proposal 2012A U050Hb, Cosmology and the High Redshift Universe, and Collaborative Research: Finding the Gas that Lights Up Galaxies."

Box 20, Folder 10

"Mergers" proposal - Probing the Precursors to Star Formation at High Redshift Using Neutral Gas ca. 2010

Box 20, Folder 11

Studies of Damped Lyman-α Systems (DLAs) ca. 2010

Box 20, Folder 12

2010A, 2010B U163E and 2010 U163Hr - Probing the Precursors to Star Formations ; A Survey for Neutral Gas Reservoirs 2010

Box 20, Folder 13

2014A U069E The Cosmic Dawn of HI Rich Galaxies 2014

Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences (CASS) Material

Box 20, Folder 14

CASS miscellaneous material 1988-1990

Box 20, Folder 15

CASS sunsetting material 1988-2002

Box 20, Folder 16

CASS organization revision 1994

Box 21, Folder 1

CASS administrative reports 1997

Box 21, Folder 2

CASS academic seminars and correspondence 1997

Box 21, Folder 3

CASS director memos from Attiyeh 1997-2007

Box 21, Folder 4

CASS origins and physics planning reports 1998

Box 21, Folder 5

Organized Research Unit (ORU) Policy Working Group and Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences (CASS) 2002-2008

Box 21, Folder 6

CASS 15 year review 2003

Box 21, Folder 7

CASS retreat agenda 2003

RESEARCH NOTES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 7) RESEARCH NOTES: Wolfe kept many files of handwritten research notes. Files are arranged approximately chronologically and are generally titled using Wolfe's original folder heading. Files may also include figures, graphs, calculations, or transparencies used for presentations.

Box 21, Folder 8

Course notes taken as graduate student at University of Texas 1961-1965

Box 21, Folder 9

Physics 224 - Methods of Mathematical Physics, lecture notes taken as graduate student 1963-1964

Box 21, Folder 10

Checks on Sachs-Wolfe effect 1966

Box 21, Folder 11

Research on x-ray anisotropy 1969

Box 21, Folder 12

COBE: CMBR anisotropies ca. 1969

Box 21, Folder 13

Parabolic La routine notes 1970-1975

Box 21, Folder 14

Gravitational lensing notes ca. 1970-1979

Box 21, Folder 15-16

Interstellar matter research ca. 1970-1979

Oversize FB-411, Folder 6

Computer data printouts (Fortran) ca. 1970, 1983

Box 21, Folder 17

Franz Kahn lecture notes from Manchester 1972

Box 22, Folder 1-3

Galactic 21 cm supporting data and notes ca. 1973-1989

Box 22, Folder 4-7

Institute of Theoretical Astronomy (IoTA) - Seyfert winds notes ca. 1973-1989

Box 23, Folder 1

Seyfert winds graphs and notes 1974

Box 23, Folder 2

Observed cosmology notes ca. 1975

Box 23, Folder 3

Low-noise tuning receiver correspondence and notes 1976

Box 23, Folder 4

Quasar 1229-02 1976

Box 23, Folder 5

Research data and related correspondence from National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) 1976-1977

Box 23, Folder 6

0235+164 notes 1976

Box 23, Folder 7

Clouds dynamics notes 1976

General note

Contains University of Pittsburgh correspondence.

Box 23, Folder 8

Wolfe/Willis 0235+164 research 1976

Box 23, Folder 9

0235 +164 curves of growth 1976

Box 23, Folder 10

0235 Line variation data 1976-1980

Box 23, Folder 11

0235 continuum data ca. 1976-1980

Box 23, Folder 12

0235, 3C286 figures (old) ca. 1976-1980

Box 23, Folder 13

0235 - Time variation 1977-1981

General note

Contains University of Pittsburgh correspondence.

Box 24, Folder 1

0235 VLBI material 1977

Box 24, Folder 2

430 MHz research in search for 21 cm absorption in QSO at high redshifts 1977

General note

Includes correspondence.

Box 24, Folder 3-4

Phase shifts notes 1977

Box 24, Folder 5

4C 32.33 figures ca. 1977

Box 24, Folder 6

BDFL: Low-v and VLB sources notes ca. 1977

Box 24, Folder 7-8

HI envelopes in galaxies: Search ca. 1977

Box 24, Folder 9

Optical pumping notes 1978

Box 24, Folder 10

Quasar 1331+17 1978

Box 24, Folder 11

Absorption systems notes (1157) 1978-1979

Box 24, Folder 12

NGC 628 notes and calculations 1978-1980

Box 24, Folder 13

Arecibo telescope schedule 1979

Box 24, Folder 14

Evidence for Large-scale Uniformity of Physical Laws 1979

Box 24, Folder 15

Galaxy flux survey figures 1979

Box 24, Folder 16

IR polarization: Ellipticals 1979

General note

Includes correspondence.

Box 24, Folder 17

IR: Radio-quiet QSOs 1979

Box 25, Folder 1

Uniform physical constants notes 1979

Box 25, Folder 2

Figures for Ts(t) from BL lac meeting ca. 1979

Box 25, Folder 3

NGC 3067/3C 232 notes and figures ca. 1979

General note

Contains "A Search for Further Neutral Hydrogen Absorption Features in the Spectrum of the Quasar, 4C32.33" and "Detection of 21-cm Absorption at z=1.8 in the Quasi-stellar Object 1331+170."

Box 25, Folder 4

PKS 0215+015 (BL lac type) ca. 1979

Box 25, Folder 5

Redshifted 21 cm absorption in BL lac objects notes and figures ca. 1979

Box 25, Folder 6

Ly alpha spectra: 1331+170 1980

Box 25, Folder 7

Ts variability 1980

Box 25, Folder 8

X-ray ionization Mg+ notes 1980-1981

Box 25, Folder 9

QSO background radiation notes ca. 1980-1989

Box 25, Folder 10

21 cm absorption in Mg II system research 1981

Box 25, Folder 11

A Search for Strong Lyman Alpha Absorption Lines in the Spectra of High Redshift QSOs, notes 1981

Box 25, Folder 12

Object 235 Line VLB research 1981-1982

General note

Includes correspondence and proposal.

Box 25, Folder 13

Rubin/Ford effect 1981-1982

Box 25, Folder 14

Galactic evolution notes 1982 March 11

Box 25, Folder 15

[Ancient Pitt DLA: Simulation] 1983

Box 25, Folder 16

[BkDS] Data printouts 1983

Box 25, Folder 17

RING potential and forces - L. Sparke notes 1983-1987

Box 25, Folder 18

J. Bechtold: Cloudy photoionization calculations 1984

Box 25, Folder 19

Research notes 1984

Box 26, Folder 1

0458 Analysis 1985

Box 26, Folder 2

Deep galaxy counts research notes 1985

Box 26, Folder 3

Galactic disks research 1985-1986

General note

Includes correspondence and observing requests.

Box 26, Folder 4

Key Project Absorption Line (PAL) 1985-1986

General note

Includes drafts, research, and correspondence.

Box 26, Folder 5-6

Ly alpha-forest material from Limin Lu 1986-1988

Box 26, Folder 7

Campanas B and C spectrograph new high-z survey 600 l grating 1987

General note

Includes photographs.

Box 26, Folder 8

Distribution of input statistics 1987

Box 26, Folder 9

X-ray background anisotropy notes 1987

General note

Includes reprint "New Limits on the Shear and Rotation of the Universe from the X-ray Background," transparencies, and correspondence.

Box 27, Folder 1

Palomar Campanas Survey research material 1987-1988

Box 27, Folder 2

Palomar spectroscopy 1987-1988

Box 27, Folder 3

Study of PKS 0458 at 21 cm with VLBI 1987-1988

Box 27, Folder 4

Hubble Space Telescope (HST) material 1988

Box 27, Folder 5

Proximity effect notes 1988

Box 27, Folder 6

Multiple Mirror Telescope (MMT) information 1988-1989

General note

Includes correspondence.

Box 27, Folder 7-9

4836 Imaging - Photographs and slides 1988-1989

Box 28, Folder 1

0836 image analysis notes 1988-1990

General note

Includes "The Effect of La Radiation on the Spin Temperature of Gas Ejected from QSOs."

Box 28, Folder 2

21 cm absorption line research 1988-1993

Box 28, Folder 3

Faraday research and correspondence 1988-1995

Box 28, Folder 4

0836 trough computer programming printouts and notes 1989

Box 28, Folder 5

Follow-up objects: Lambda search 1989

Box 28, Folder 6

Low surface brightness galaxies research 1989

General note

Contains photographs and transparencies.

Box 28, Folder 7

McMahon radio survey 1989

Box 28, Folder 8

PKS 1157 Echelle Spectrum 1989

Box 28, Folder 9

H alpha survey: Galaxies research notes 1989-1992

Box 28, Folder 10

Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) 1989-1993

Box 28, Folder 11-12

Lick survey for MG objects 1989-1993

Box 29, Folder 1

ESO review 1991

Box 29, Folder 2

Faraday rotation calculations 1991

Box 29, Folder 3-4

Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Key Project: Quasar Absorption Lines 1991

Box 29, Folder 5

Keck: UC connection 1991

Box 29, Folder 6

Magnetic Fields in Damped Lyman-α Systems 1991

Box 29, Folder 7-8

San Diego Imaging Echelle (SADIE) project 1991

Box 29, Folder 9

1331 research notes and reprints 1991-1992

Box 29, Folder 10

Wolfe/Oren Lick Observatory Logs 1991-1992

Box 29, Folder 11-12

Clustering of galaxies around damped Lyman-α systems notes 1991-1993

Box 30, Folder 1

Very large array (VLA) observations 1991-1993

Box 30, Folder 2-4

Survey for 21 cm absorption z=3.4 system notes and logs 1991-1994

Box 30, Folder 5-6

QSO spectroscopic surveys 1991-1996

Box 30, Folder 7

Lick Observatory - Damped Lyman-Alpha and dust survey 1992

Box 30, Folder 8

Chemical evolution notes 1992-1993

Box 30, Folder 9-10

Chemical evolution notes - Data and correspondence for research paper ca. 1992-1993

Box 31, Folder 1

Chemical evolution notes - Data and correspondence for research paper ca. 1992-1993

Box 31, Folder 2

Keck Observatory: A Direct Determination of the Chemical Evolution of Galaxies from z=0.05 to 4.3 1993

Box 31, Folder 3-4

LBQS Damped Lyman-α survey graphs 1993

Box 31, Folder 5-6

FILES: Exported data [Fortran] 1994

Box 31, Folder 7

LRIS Z>4 spectra 1994

Box 31, Folder 8

Physical constants 1994

Box 31, Folder 9

Q1331+170 HIRES research 1994

Box 32, Folder 1

Dust research notes 1995

Box 32, Folder 2

Photoionization effect on summation of r recycle 1995

Box 32, Folder 3

Results from LRIS investigation of z>3 Damped Lyman-α systems 1995

Box 32, Folder 4-6

Evolution of f(N,x) due to star formation notes 1996

Box 32, Folder 7-8

Low Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (LRIS) Lyman-break imaging 1996-2001

Box 32, Folder 9

Flaredisk research notes 1997

Box 33, Folder 1

FRASCATI notes 1997

Box 33, Folder 2

Kinematics vs [Zn/H], Log N, etc. research notes 1997

General note

Includes research notes, correspondence, and transparencies.

Box 33, Folder 3-4

Ionized gas in DLAs theory notes 1997-2000

Box 33, Folder 5

APM/Keck DLA survey research 1998

Box 33, Folder 6-7

CII technique notes 2000-2003

Box 33, Folder 8

CII emission: ALMA 2000-2005

General note

Includes reprints, notes, and correspondence.

Box 33, Folder 9

Alpha variations research notes and correspondence 2001-2002

Box 33, Folder 10

Lyman break galaxies 2003

General note

Includes correspondence.

Box 34, Folder 1

Pop ratio notes 2003

Box 34, Folder 2

Research notes and correspondence 2003-2004

Box 34, Folder 3

Reprints, notes, and transparencies a. 2003

Box 34, Folder 4

Bimodal lc notes 2004-2007

Box 34, Folder 5

The SDSS Damped Lyman Alpha Survey: Data Release 3 2005

Box 34, Folder 6

Multi-phase for [CII] emission from DLAs notes 2005

Box 34, Folder 7

ESI data analysis 2006

Box 34, Folder 8

ALMA telescope research and correspondence 2011

General note

Includes correspondence to Mark Krumholz and Dave Hollenbach.

Box 35, Folder 1

Mechanics (Classical) notes undated

Box 35, Folder 2

Galactic nuclei notes undated

Box 35, Folder 3

Relativistic stellar clusters and dynamics notes undated

Box 35, Folder 4

The Dip notes undated

Box 35, Folder 5

f(NHI) for GRB-DLA undated

Box 35, Folder 6

Physics notes undated

Box 35, Folder 7

Spectroscopic processes notes undated

Box 35, Folder 8

Ellipticals and gas calculations undated

Box 35, Folder 9

Newtonian Cosmology notes undated

Box 35, Folder 10

Magnetic fields undated

Box 35, Folder 11

Doppler effect notes - Supplementary calculations on 24h variations undated

Box 35, Folder 12

Structures in the microwave background notes undated

Box 35, Folder 13

Calculations on recombination radiation undated

Box 35, Folder 14

Relativistic gas - Newtonian hydrodynamics notes undated

Box 35, Folder 15

Summaries of related papers undated

Box 35, Folder 16

2nd order Liouville equation (in ds^2) notes undated

Box 35, Folder 17

Ionized interstellar gas notes undated

Box 35, Folder 18

Anisotropy and microwave background radiation research notes undated

Box 35, Folder 19

Calculations and longitudinal, transverse vectors undated

Box 35, Folder 20

Differential equations for lambda(n) and mu(n) undated

Box 35, Folder 21

Computer programming code printout undated

Box 35, Folder 22-23

Disks: Analysis and data undated

Box 36, Folder 1

Lyman alpha statistics undated

Box 36, Folder 2

Lyman alpha disks: I draft undated

Box 36, Folder 3

Lyman alpha disks "Paper II" research notes undated

Box 36, Folder 4

Lyman alpha manuscript undated

Box 36, Folder 5-8

Processed Lick Lyman alpha spectra photographs undated

Box 37, Folder 1-3

Photoionization backgrounds undated

General note

Includes QSOs, galaxies, and planetaries.

Box 37, Folder 4

DLA kinematics transparencies undated

Box 37, Folder 5

Curve-of-growth calculations programs undated

Box 37, Folder 6

Clustering of Damped Lyman-α Systems undated

Box 37, Folder 7

Age of the Galactic Disk notes undated

Box 37, Folder 8

Lyman alpha transfer notes undated

Box 37, Folder 9

HIRES: z = 2.3, DLA in PHL 957 undated

Box 37, Folder 10

Chemical evolution notes undated

Box 37, Folder 11

Chemical evolution calculations undated

Box 37, Folder 12

0235 Variability undated

Box 37, Folder 13

Journal club: Galaxy formation - z=(0,1) undated

Box 37, Folder 14

Very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) - 3C 286 undated

Box 37, Folder 15

0235: Ts and fine structure notes undated

Box 38, Folder 1-2

3C 286: OLP photoionization notes undated

Box 38, Folder 3

R(x,x) redistribution notes undated

Box 38, Folder 4

Research notes - Secondary mass loss undated

General note

Includes Poisson's equation, adiabatic invariants, secondary mass loss, and boundary conditions.

Box 38, Folder 5

Research notes on Stokes and Classic Zeeman undated

Box 38, Folder 6

View - Graphs and figures undated

Box 38, Folder 7

Dynamo theory notes undated

Box 38, Folder 8

Press-Schechter formation notes undated

Box 38, Folder 9

P(n) curve transparencies undated

Box 38, Folder 10

Interstellar scintillation notes undated

Box 38, Folder 11

Masers: Mass loss from red giants (RGs) undated

Box 38, Folder 12

Inertial "gravitational" field notes undated

Box 38, Folder 13

Galactic formation initial conditions, notes undated

Box 38, Folder 14

Galactic corona notes undated

Box 38, Folder 15

Miscellaneous Lyα material undated

Box 39, Folder 1-2

Lyman alpha calculations undated

Box 39, Folder 3

Lyman alpha transfer figures undated

Box 39, Folder 4

Schematic cosmic ray model notes undated

Box 39, Folder 5

Urbaniak/Wolfe Lyman alpha figures undated

Box 39, Folder 6

n(w) diagrams: Paper IV undated

Box 39, Folder 7-8

Lyman alpha: Final calculations undated

Box 39, Folder 9

Fluxed spectra: Lyman alpha survey undated

Box 39, Folder 10

Heckmann and Schücking notes undated

Box 39, Folder 11

Miscellaneous notes, "Eric Solution" undated