Publications

• Observational Constraints on Submillimeter Dust Opacity
  Shirley, Y. L., Huard, T. L., Pontoppidan, K., Wilner, D. J., Stutz, A. M., Bieging, J. H., & Evans, N. J
  2011 ApJ, 728, 143


• MUSTANG 3.3 Millimeter Continuum Observations of Class 0 Protostars
  Shirley, Y. L., Mason, B. S., Mangum, J. G., Bolin, D. E., Devlin, M. J., Dicker, S. R., & Korngut, P. M. 2011, AJ, 141, 39


• C18O Depletion in Starless Cores in Taurus
  Ford, A. B. & Shirley, Y. L. 2011, ApJ, 728, 144


• The Spitzer c2d Survey of Nearby Dense Cores XI : Infrared and Submillimeter Observations of CB130
  Kim, H. J., Evans, N. J., Dunham, M. M., Chen, J.-H., Lee, J.-E., Bourke, T., Huard, T., Shirley, Y. L., & De Vries, C. 2011, ApJ, in press (arXiv:1101.1067)


• An Infrared through Radio Study of the Properties and Evolution of IRDC Clumps
  Battersby, C., Bally, J., Jackson, J.~M., Ginsburg, A., Shirley, Y. L., Schlingman, W., & Glenn, J. 2010, ApJ, 721, 222


• The Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey: Dust Continuum Emission in the Galactic Center Region
  Bally, J., Aguirre, J., Battersby, C., Bradley, E. T., Cyganowski, C., Dowell, D., Drosback, M.,
  Dunham, M. K., Evans, N. J. II, Ginsburg, A., Glenn, J., Harvey, P., Mills, E., Merello, M., Rosolowsky, E., Schlingman, W.,
  Shirley, Y. L., Stringfellow, G. S., Walawender, J., & Williams J. 2010, ApJ, 721, 137


• Unbiased fitting of B335 dust continuum observations: approach and evidence for variation of grain properties with position
  Doty, S. D., Tidman, R., Shirley, Y., & Jackson, A. 2010, MNRAS, 406, 1190


• The Initial Conditions of Clustered Star Formation. III. The Deuterium Fractionation of the Ophiuchus B2 Core
  Friesen, R. K., Di Francesco, J., Myers, P. C., Belloche, A., Shirley, Y. L., Bourke, T. L., & Andr'e, P. 2010, ApJ, 718, 666


• The Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey. III. Characterizing Physical Properties of Massive Star-forming Regions in the Gemini OB1 Molecular Cloud
  Dunham, M. K., Rosolowsky, E., Evans, N. J., II, Cyganowski, C. J., Aguirre, J. Bally, J. Battersby,
  C., Bradley, E. T., Dowell, D. Drosback, M. Ginsburg, A., Glenn, J., Harvey, P., Merello, M., Schlingman, W.,
  Shirley, Y. L., Stringfellow, G. S., Walawender, J., & Williams, J. P. 2010, ApJ, 717, 1157


• Herschel observations of the W43 ``mini-starburst''
  Bally, J., Anderson, L. D., Battersby, C., Calzoletti, L., Digiorgio, A. M., Faustini, F.,
  Ginsburg, A., Li, J. Z., Nguyen-Luong, Q.; Molinari, S., Motte, F., Pestalozzi, M., Plume, R.,
  Rodon, J., Schilke, P., Schlingman, W., Schneider-Bontemps, N., Shirley, Y., Stringfellow, G. S.,
  Testi, L., Traficante, A., Veneziani, M., Zavagno, A. 2010, A&A, 518, L90


• The Properties of Massive, Dense Clumps: Mapping Surveys of HCN and CS
  Wu, J., Evans, N.~J., Shirley, Y.~L., & Knez, C. 2010, ApJS, 188, 313


• Enhanced Dense Gas Fraction in Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies
  Juneau, S., Narayanan, D. T., Moustakas, J., Shirley, Y. L., Bussmann, R. S., Kennicutt, R. C., & Vanden Bout, P. A. 2009, ApJ, 707, 1217


• Spitzer and Heinrich Hertz Telescope Observations of Starless Cores: Masses and Environments
  Stutz, A. M., Rieke, G. H., Bieging, J. H., Balog, Z., Heitsch, F., Kang, M., Peters, W. L., Shirley, Y. L., & Werner, M. W. 2009, ApJ, 707, 137


• An Observational Determination of the Proton to Electron Mass Ratio in the Early Universe
  Thompson, R. I., Bechtold, J. Black, J. H., Eisenstein, D. Fan, X. Kennicutt, R. C.; Martins, C. Prochaska, J. X.,
  & Shirley, Y. L. 2009, ApJ, 703, 1648


• The Spitzer c2d Survey of Nearby Dense Cores. VI. The Protostars of Lynds Dark Nebula 1221
  Young, C.H., Bourke, T. L., Dunham, M. M., Evans, N. J., Jorgensen, J. K., Shirley, Y. L., Young, K. E.,
  DeVries, C., Claussen, M. J., & Popa, V. 2009, ApJ, 702, 340


• The Initial Conditions of Clustered Star Formation. I. NH3 Observations of Dense Cores in Ophiuchus
  Friesen, R.K., Di Francesco, J., Shirley, Y.L., & Myers, P.C. 2009, ApJ, 697, 1457


• Spitzer Observations of L429: A Near-collapse or Collapsing Starless Core
  Stutz, A.M., Bourke, T.L., Rieke, G.H., Bieging, J.H., Misselt, K.A., Myers, P.C., & Shirley, Y.L. 2009, ApJL, 690, L35


• Molecular Star Formation Rate Indicators in Galaxies
  Narayanan, D., Cox, T. J., Shirley, Y., Dav'e, R., Hernquist, L., & Walker, C. K. 2008
  ApJ, 684, 996


• Spitzer Observations of Bok Globule B335: Isolated Star Formation Efficiency and Cloud Structure
  Stutz, A. M., Rubin, M., Werner, M. W., Reike, G. H., Beiging, J. H., Keene, J., Kang, M., Shirley, Y. L.
  Su, K. Y. L., Velusamy, T., & Wilner, D. J. 2008, ApJ, 687, 389


• The Star Formation Rate-Dense Gas Relation in Galaxies as Measured by HCN(3-2) Emission
  Bussmann, R. S., Narayanan, D., Shirley, Y. L., Juneau, S., Wu, J., Solomon, P. M., Vanden Bout, P. A.,
  Moustakas, J., & Walker, C. K. 2008, ApJL, 681, 73


• Current Star Formation in the Ophiuchus and Perseus Molecular Clouds: Constraints and Comparisons from
  Unbiased Submillimeter and Mid-Infrared Surveys. II
  Jorgensen, J., Johnstone, D., Kirk, H., Myers, P., Allen, L., & Shirley Y. 2008, ApJ, 683, 822


• High Resolution Submillimeter Observations of Massive Protostars
  Brogan, C. L., Hunter, T. R., Indebetouw, R., Chandler, C. J., Shirley, Y. L., Rao, R., & Sarma, A. P.
  2008, Ap&SS, 313, 53


• The Properties of Dense Molecular Gas in the Milky Way and Galaxies
  Shirley, Y. L., Wu, J., Bussman, R. S., & Wotteen, A. 2008, in Massive Star Foramtion:
  Observations Confront Theory, ed. H. Beuther, ASP Conf. Proc., Vol. 37, 401


• Developing A Chemical Evolutionary Sequence for Low-mass Starless Cores
  Shirley, Y. L. 2007, in Molecules in Space & Laboratory, Pairs, eds. J.L. Lemaire & F. Combes,
  in press (astroph 0709.2927) (pdf)


• The Detection and Characterization of cm Radio Continuum Emission from the Low-mass Protostar
  L1014-IRS
  Shirley, Y. L., Claussen, M. J., Bourke, T. L., Young, C. H., & Blake, G. A. 2007, ApJ, 667, 329 (pdf)


• Spitzer Observations of a 24um Shadow: Bok Globule CB190
  Stutz, A. M., Beiging, J. H., Reike, G. H., Shirley, Y. L., et al. 2008, ApJ, 665, 466 (pdf)


• Arcsecond Scale Kinematic and Chemical Complexity in Cepheus A-East
  Brogan, C. L., Chandler, C. J., Hunter, T. R., Shirley, Y. L., and Sarma, A. P. 2007, ApJL, 660, L133 (pdf)


• SCUBA Mapping of Spitzer c2d Small Clouds and Cores
  Young, C. H., Bourke, T. L., Young, K. E., Evans, N. J., Jorgensen, J. K., Shirley, Y. L.,
  van Dishoeck, E. F., and Hogerheijde, M. 2006, AJ, 132, 1998 (pdf)


• The Spitzer c2d Survey of Nearby Dense Cores II: Discovery of a Low Luminosity Object
  in the "Evolved Starless Core L1521F"
  Bourke, T. L., Myers, P. C., Evans, N. J., II, Dunham, M. M., Kaufmann, J., Shirley, Y. L., et al.
  2006, ApJL, 649, L37 (pdf)


• Starless Cores: An Observational Perspective I
  Di Francesco, J., Evans, N. J., II, Caselli, P., Myers, P. C., Shirley, Y. L., Aikawa, Y., & Tafalla, M.
  2006, in Protostars & Planets V, eds., B. Reipurth, etc., (pdf)


• Connecting Dense Gas Tracers of Star Formation in our Galaxy to High-z Star Formation
  Wu, J., Evans, N. J., II, Gao, Y., Solomon, P. M., Shirley, Y. L., & Vanden Bout, P. A. 2005, ApJL, 635, L173 (postscript)


• IRAS16293-2422: Proper motions, jet procession, the hot core, and the unambiguous detection of infall
  Chandler, C. J., Brogan, C. L., Shirley, Y. L., & Loinard, L. 2005, ApJ, 632, 371. (postscript)


• Modeling the Physical Structure of the Low Density Pre-protostellar Core L1498
  Shirley, Y. L., Nordhaus, M. K., Grcevich, J. M., Evans II, N. J., Rawlings, J. M. C., & Tatematsu, K.
  2005, ApJ, 632, 982 (postscript)


• Dynamical and Chemical Properties of the "Former Starless" Core L1014
  Crapsi, A., DeVries, C. H., Huard, T. L., Lee, J.-E., Myers, P. C., Ridge, N., Bourke, T. L.,
  Evans II, N. J., Jorgensen, J. K., Kauffmann, J., Lee, C. W., Shirley, Y. L., & Young, C. H.
  2005, A&A, 439, 1023 (postscript)


• Constraining the Structure of the Non-spherical Preprotostellar Core L1544
  Doty, S. D., Everett, S. E., Shirley, Y. L., Evans II, N. J., & Palotti, M. L. 2005 MNRAS, 359, 228 (pdf)


• The Circumstellar Environment of the Early B Protostar G192.16-3.84
  and the Discovery of a Low-Mass, Protostellar Core
  Shepherd, D. S., Borders, T., Claussen, M., Shirley, Y. & Kurtz, S. 2004, ApJ, 614, 211 (postscript)


• A "Starless" Core That Isn't: Detection of a Source in the L1014 Dense Core
  with the Spitzer Space Telescope
  Young, C. H, Jorgensen, J. K., Shirley , Y. L., et al. 2004, ApJS, 154, 396 (postscript)



• A CSJ=5-4 Mapping Survey Towards High Mass Star Forming Cores
  Associated with Water Masers
  Shirley, Y. L., Evans, N. J., Mueller, K. E., Knez, C. K., & Jaffe D. T. 2003, ApJS, 149, 375 (postscript)


• Tracing the Mass during Low-Mass Star Formation. IV. Observations and
  Modeling of the Submillimeter Continuum Emission from Class I Protostars
  Young, C. H., Shirley, Y. L., Evans, N. J., & Rawlings, J. M. C. 2003, ApJS, 145, 111 (postscript)


• Submillimeter Dust Continuum Studies of Low and High Mass Star Formation
  Shirley Y. L., Mueller, K. E., Young, C. H., & Evans, N. J. 2003,
  in Galactic Star Formation Across the Stellar Mass Spectrum,
  eds. J. De Buizer & N.S. van derBliek, ASP conf. series, 287, 298. (postscript)


• Chemistry and Dynamics in Pre-Protostellar Cores
  Lee, J.-E., Evans, N. J., Shirley, Y. L., & Tatematsu, K. 2003, ApJ, 583, 789 (postscript)



• The Physical Conditions for Massive Star Formation: Dust Continuum Maps and Modeling
  Mueller, K. E., Shirley, Y. L., Evans, N. J., & Jacobson, H. R. 2002, ApJS, 143, accepted. (postscript)


• Tracing the Mass During Star Formation: Studies of Dust Contiuum and Dense Gas
  Shirley, Y. L. 2002, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Texas at Austin. (postscript)


• Early Phases and Initial Conditions for Massive Star Formation
  Evans, N. J., Shirley, Y. L., Mueller, K. M., & Knez, C. 2002,
  in Hot Star Workshop III: The Earliest Phases of Massive Star Birth,
  ed. P. A. Crowther, ASP conf. series, 267, in press. (postscript)


• Tracing the Mass during Low-Mass Star Formation. III. Models of
  the Submillimeter Dust Continuum Emission from Class 0 Protostars
  Shirley Y. L., Evans N. J., & Rawlings J. M. C. 2002, ApJ, 575, 337 (postscript)


• Tracing the Mass during Low-Mass Star Formation. II. Modelling
  the Submillimeter Continuum Emission from Pre-Protostellar Cores
  Evans N. J., Rawlings J. M. C., Shirley Y. L., & Mundy L. G. 2001, ApJ, 557, 193 (postscript)


• Tracing the Mass during Low-Mass Star Formation. I. Submillimeter Continuum Observations
  Shirley Y. L., Evans N. J., Rawlings, J. M. C., & Gregersen, E.M. 2000, ApJS, 131, 249. (postscript)