(Journal Abbreviations: ApJ: Astrophysical Journal; AJ: Astronomical Journal; A&A: Astronomy & Astrophysics; MNRAS: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; NewA: New Astronomy; Msngr: Messenger; PSS: Planetary & Space Science)
Probing Dust Composition in Distant Galaxies with JWST Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of
Quasars with Foreground 2175 Å Absorbers I. Methodology, Klimenko, V. V., Kulkarni, V. P.,
& Aller, M. C. 2025a, ApJ, submitted
Probing Dust Composition in Distant Galaxies with JWST Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of
Quasars with Foreground 2175 Å Absorbers II. Measurements of Grain Composition and
Extinction Properties, Klimenko, V. V., Kulkarni, V. P., & Aller, M. C. 2025b, ApJ, submitted
The Diversity of Metal-Enrichment and Abundance Patterns at High Redshift: A Magellan
Survey of Gas-rich Absorption-selected Galaxies at z ∼ 5, Huyan, J., Kulkarni, V. P., Poudel, S.,
Tejos, N., Péroux, C., & Lopez, S. 2025, ApJ, submitted
MUSE-ALMA Haloes XII: Kinematics and Stellar Properties of Tidal Features associated
with Gas-rich Galaxies, Karki, A., Kulkarni, V. P., Weng, S., Péroux, C., Halley, M., Augustin,
R., Ayromlou, M., Hayes, M., & Kacprzak, G. G. 2025a, MNRAS, submitted
Improved Astrophysical and Computational Oscillator Strengths for Ultraviolet P II Lines, Cashman, F. H.,
Kisielius, R., Kulkarni, V. P., Karpuskiene, R., & Elkhatib, F. 2024, Astrophysical Journal, 974, 33
(in print, 11 pp.)
Steps toward Unraveling the Structure and Formation of Five Polar Ring Galaxies, Lackey, K. E.,
Kulkarni, V. P., & Aller, M. C. 2024, Galaxies, 12, 4, 42 (in print, 18 pp.)
Detecting Polar Ring Galaxies via Deep Learning, Kirmani, F., Lackey, K., Kulkarni, V. P., & Rose, J.
R. 2024, Royal Astronomical Society Techniques and Instruments, (submitted, 5 pp.)
MUSE-ALMA Haloes X: The stellar masses of gas-rich absorbing galaxies, Augustin, R., Péroux, C.,
Karki, A., Kulkarni, V., Weng, S., Hamanowicz, A., Hayes, M., Howk, J. C., Kacprzak, G. G., Klitsch,
A., Zwaan, M. A., Fox, A., Biggs, A., Fresco, A. Y., Kassin, S., & Kuntschner, H. 2024, Monthly Notices
of the Royal Astronomical Society, 528, 6159 (in print, 8 pp.)
The Baryonic Content of Galaxies Mapped by MaNGA and the Gas Around Them, Klimenko, V. V.,
Kulkarni, V. P., Wake, D. A., Poudel, S., Bershady, M. A., Péroux, C., & Lundgren, B. 2023,
Astrophysical Journal, 954, 115 (in print, 43 pp.)
MUSE-ALMA Haloes IX: Morphologies and Stellar Properties of Absorption-selected Galaxies, Karki, A.,
Kulkarni, V. P., Weng, S., Péroux, C., Augustin, R., et al. 2023, Monthly Notices of the Royal
Astronomical Society, 524, 5524-5547 (in print, 24 pp.)
Discovery of Super-enriched Gas 1 Gyr after the Big Bang, Huyan, J., Kulkarni, V. P., Poudel, S., Tejos,
N., Péroux, C., & Lopez, S. 2023, ApJL, 954, L19 (in print, 11 pp.)
MUSE-ALMA Haloes XI: gas flows in the circumgalactic medium, Weng, S., Péroux, C., Karki, A.,
Augustin, R., Kulkarni, V. P., Hamanowicz, A., Zwaan, M., Sadler, E. M., Nelson, D., Hayes, M.,
Kacprzak, G. G., Fox, A. J., Bollo, V., Casavecchia, B., & Szakacs, R. 2023, MNRAS, 523, 676-700 (in
print, 25 pp.)
MUSE-ALMA Haloes VIII: Statistical Study of Circumgalactic Medium Gas, Weng, S., Peroux, C., Karki,
A., Augustin, R., Kulkarni, V. P., Szakacs, R., Zwaan, M. A., Klitsch, A., Sadler, E. M., Biggs, A., Fresco,
A. Y., Hayes, M., Howk, J. C., Kacprzak, G. G., Kuntschner, H., Nelson, D., & Pettini, M. 2023, Monthly
Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 519, 931-947 (in print, 17 pp.)
Damped Ly-alpha Absorbers in Star-forming Galaxies at z < 0.15 Detected with the Hubble Space
Telescope and Implications for Galactic Evolution, Kulkarni, V. P., Bowen, D. V., Straka, L. A., York, D.
G., Gupta, N., Noterdaeme, P., & Srianand, R. 2022, Astrophysical Journal, 929, 150 (in print, 28 pp.)
MUSE-ALMA haloes VII: survey science goals & design, data processing and final catalogues: Péroux,
C., Weng, S., Karki, A., Augustin, R., Kulkarni, V. P., Szakacs, R, Klitsch, A., Hamanowicz, A., Fresco,
A. Y., Zwaan, M. A., Biggs, A., Fox, A. J., Hayes, M., Howk, J. C., Kacprzak, G. G., Kassin, S.,
Kuntschner, H., Nelson, D., & Pettini, M. 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 516,
5618-5636 (in print, 19 pp.)
On the Kinematics of Cold, Metal-enriched Galactic Fountain Flows in Nearby Star-forming Galaxies,
Rubin, K. H. R., Juarez, C., Cooksey, K. L., Werk, J. K., Prochaska, J. X., O'Meara, J. M., Burchett, J. N.,
Rickards Vaught, R. J., Kulkarni, V. P., & Straka, L. A. 2022, Astrophysical Journal, 936, 171 (in print,
28 pp.)
Metals and a search for molecules in the distant Universe: Magellan MIKE observations of sub-DLAs at 2
< z < 3, Poudel, S., Kulkarni, V. P., Som, D., & Péroux, C. 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal
Astronomical Society, 504, 731-743 (in print, 11 pp.)
Significant H I and Metal Differences around the z = 0.83 Lens Galaxy toward the Doubly Lensed Quasar
SBS 0909+532, Cashman, F. H., Kulkarni, V. P., & Lopez, S. 2021, Astronomical Journal, 161, 90 (in
print, 15 pp.)
Clumpiness of observed and simulated cold circumgalactic gas, Augustin, R., Péroux, C., Hamanowicz, A.,
Kulkarni, V., Rahmani,H., & Zanella, A. 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 505,
6195-6205 (in print, 11 pp.)
The Geometry of Cold, Metal-enriched Gas around Galaxies at z ~ 1.2, Lundgren, B. F., Creech, S.,
Brammer, G., Kirse, N., Peek, M., Wake, D., York, D. G., Chisholm, J., Erb, D. K., Kulkarni, V. P.,
Straka, L., Tremonti, C., van Dokkum, P. 2021, Astrophysical Journal, 913, 50 (in print, 20 pp.)
PKS 1830-211: OH and H I at z = 0.89 and the first MeerKAT UHF spectrum, Combes, F., Gupta, N.,
Muller, S., Balashev, S., Jozsa, G. I. G.. Srianand, R., Momjian, E., Noterdaeme, P., Kloeckner, H. -R.,
Baker, A. J., Boettcher, E., Bosma, A., Chen, H. -W., Dutta, R., Jagannathan, P., Jose, J., Knowles, K.,
Krogager, J. -. K., Kulkarni, V. P., Moodley, K., Pandey, S., Petitjean, P., & Sekhar, S. 2021, Astronomy
& Astrophysics, 648, 116 (in print, 12 pp.)
MUSE-ALMA haloes VI: Coupling Atomic, Ionised & Molecular Gas Kinematics of Galaxies, Szakacs, R.,
Péroux, C., Zwaan, M., Hamanowicz, A., Klitsch, A., Fresco, A. Y., Augustin, R., Biggs, A., Kulkarni, V.,
& Rahmani, H. 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 505, 4746-4761 (in print, 17
pp.)
Element Abundances in the Gas in Galaxies over the Past >12 Gyr and the Relevant Atomic Data,
Kulkarni, V. P., Poudel, S., & Cashman, F. H. 2021, in “Chemical Abundances in Gaseous Nebulae:
from the Milky Way to the Early Universe”, Asociación Argentina de Astronomía Workshop Ser., M.
Cardaci & G. Hägele, eds., 13 (6 pp.)
Blind HI and OH absorption line search: first results with MALS and uGMRT processed using ARTIP,
Gupta, N., Jagannathan, P., Srianand, R., Bhatnagar, S., Noterdaeme, P., Combes, F., Petitjean, P., Jose, J.,
Pandey, S., Kaski, C., Baker, A. J., Balashev, S. A., Boettcher, E., Chen, H.-W., Cress, C., Dutta, R.,
Goedhart, S., Heald, G., J ́ozsa, G. I. G., Kamau, E., Kamphuis, P., Kerp, J., Kl ̈ockner, H.-R., Knowles, K.,
Krishnan, V., Krogager, J.-K., Kulkarni, V. P., Momjian, E., Moodley, K., Passmoor, S., Schr ̈oeder, A.,
Sekhar, S., Sikhosana, S., Wagenveld, J., & Wong, O. I. 2021, Astrophysical Journal, 907, 11 (in print; 24
pp.)
Metal-enriched Galaxies in the First ~1 Billion Years: Evidence of a Smooth Metallicity Evolution at z~5,
Poudel, S., Kulkarni, V. P., Cashman, F. H., Frye, B., Péroux, C., Rahmani, H., & Quiret, S. 2020,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 491, 1008-1025 (in print; 18 pp.)
Erratum: MUSE-ALMA Haloes V: physical properties and environment of z £ 1.4 H I quasar absorbers,
Hamanowicz, A., Péroux, C., Zwaan, M. A., Rahmani, H., Pettini, M., York, D. G., Klitsch, A., Augustin,
R., Krogager J.-K., Kulkarni, V. P., Fresco, A., Biggs, A. D., Milliard, B., & Vernet, J. D. R. 2020,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 493, 446 (in print; 1 pp.)
MUSE-ALMA Haloes V: physical properties and environment of z £ 1.4 H I quasar absorbers,
Hamanowicz, A., Péroux, C., Zwaan, M. A., Rahmani, H., Pettini, M., York, D. G., Klitsch, A., Augustin,
R., Krogager J.-K., Kulkarni, V. P., Fresco, A., Biggs, A. D., Milliard, B., & Vernet, J. D. R. 2020,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 492, 2347-2368 (in print; 22 pp.)
Probing Structure in Cold Gas at z <~1 with Gravitationally Lensed Quasar Sight Lines, Kulkarni, V. P.,
Cashman, F. H., Lopez, S., Ellison, S. L., Som, D., Maureira, M. J. 2019, Astrophysical Journal, 886, 83
(in print, 26 pp.)
Multi-phase Circum-Galactic Medium probed with MUSE and ALMA, Péroux, C., Zwaan, M. A., Klitsch,
A., Augustin, R., Hamanowicz, A., Rahmani, H., Pettini, M., Kulkarni, V., Straka, L. A., Biggs, A. O.,
York D. G., Milliard, B. 2019, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 485, 1595-1613 (in
print, 19 pp.)
A High Signal-to-Noise HST Spectrum Toward J1009+0713: Precise Absorption Measurements in the
CGM of Two Galaxies, Lochhaas, C, Mathur, S., Frank, S., Krongold, Y., Kulkarni, V., Weinberg, D. H.,
Nicastro, F., & Gupta, A. 2019, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 489, 78-98 (in print,
21 pp.)
A NASA-led US Contribution to the ESA/JAXA SPICA Mission: Unveiling the Dust-obscured Universe,
Cooray, A., Bradford, C., Ressler, M., Appleton, P., Armus, L., Battersby, C., Bergin, T., Bolatto, A.,
Casey, C., Chary, R-R., Chen, C., Dale, D., Dowell, D., Dwek, E., Egami, E., Farrah, D., Ferkinhoff, C.,
Goldsmith, P., Gorti, U., Helmich, F., Helou, G., Hull, C. L. H., Kulkarni, V. P., MacGregor, M., Malkan,
M., Murphy, E., Pontoppidan, K., Pope, A., Rieke, G., Sajina, A., Smith, J. D., Spinoglio, L., Stacey, G.,
Staguhn, J., Su, K., Trangsrud, A., Temi, P., & Werner, M. 2019, Astro2020: Decadal Survey on
Astronomy and Astrophysics, APC white papers, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 51, 87
(in print, 11 pp.)
Atomic data for astrophysics: Needs and challenges, Nave, G., Barklem, P., Belmonte, M. T., Brickhouse,
N., Butler, P., Cashman, F., Chatzikos, M., Cowley, C. R., Hartog, E. D., Federman, S., Ferland, G., Fogle,
M., Hartman, H., Guzman, F., Heap, S., Kerber, F., Kramida, A., Kulkarni, V. P., Lawler, J. E., Marler, J.,
Nahar, S., Pickering, J., Quinet, P., Ralchenko, Y., Savin, D., Sneden, C., Takacs, E., Wahlgren, G., Webb,
J., Wiseman, J., Wood, M. 2019, Astro2020: Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics, APC white
papers, no. 1; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 51, 7, 1 (in print, 14 pp.)
Spatially Resolved Observations of the Ultraviolet Attenuation Curve, Hagen, L., Holwerda, B. W., Bridge,
J., Jacques, A., Keel, B., Kulkarni, V., Moffett, A., Roman-Duval 2019, J. Astro2020: Decadal Survey on
Astronomy and Astrophysics, APC white papers, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 51, 3,
536 (in print, 9 pp.)
Early metal enrichment of gas-rich galaxies at z ˜ 5, Poudel, S., Kulkarni, V. P., Morrison, S.,
Péroux, C., Som, D., Rahmani, H., & Quiret, S. 2018, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society,
473, pp. 3559-3572 (in print, 14 pp.)
A Lyman limit system associated with galactic winds, Rahmani, H., Péroux, C., Schroetter, I., Augustin, R.,
Bouché, N., Krogager, J-K., Kulkarni, V. P., Milliard, B., Møller, P., Pettini, M., Vernet, J., & York, D. G.
2018, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 480, pp. 5046-5059
X-shooting GRBs at high redshift: probing dust production history, Zafar, T., Møller, P.; Watson, D.;
Lattanzio, J.; Hopkins, A. M.; Karakas, A.; Fynbo, J. P. U.; Tanvir, N. R.; Selsing, J.; Jakobsson, P.;
Heintz, K. E., Kann, D. A., Groves, B., Kulkarni, V., Covino, S. D, Elia, V., Japelj, J., Corre, D., Vergani,
S. 2018, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 480, pp. 108-118
Observational signatures of a warped disk associated with cold-flow accretion, Rahmani, H., Péroux, C.,
Augustin, R., Husemann, B., Kacprzak, G., Kulkarni, V., Milliard, B., Møller, P., Pettini, M., & Straka, L.
2018, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 474, pp. 254-270
Characterising the Circum-Galactic Medium of Damped Lyman-alpha Absorbing Galaxies, Augustin, R.,
Péroux. C. Møller, P., Kulkarni, V., Rahmani, H., Milliard, B., Pieri, M., York, D. G., Vladilo, G., Aller,
M., Zwaan, M. 2018, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 478, pp. 3120-3132
Atomic Data Revisions for Transitions Relevant to Observations of Interstellar, Circumgalactic, and
Intergalactic Matter, Cashman, F. H., Kulkarni, V. P., Kisielius, R., Ferland, G. J., & Bogdanovich, P.
2017, Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 230, 8 (9 pp.)
Nature of the absorbing gas associated with a galaxy group at z ~ 0.4, Péroux, C., Rahmani, H., Quiret, S.,
Pettini, M., Kulkarni, V., York, D. G., Straka, L., Husemann, B., & Milliard, B. 2017, Monthly Notices of
the Royal Astronomical Society, 464, pp. 2053-2065
The MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS),Gupta, N., Srianand, R., Baan, W., Baker, A., Beswick, R.,
Bhatnagar, S., Bhattacharya, D., Bosma, A., Carilli, C., Cluver, M., Combes, F., Cress, C., Dutta,
R.,Fynbo, J., Heald, G., Hilton, M., Hussain, T., Jarvis, M., Jozsa, G., Kamphuis, P., Kembhavi, A., Kerp.
J., Klöckner, H.-R., Krogager, J., Kulkarni, V., Ledoux, C., Mahabal, A., Mauch. T., Moodley, K.,
Momjian. E., Morganti. R., Noterdaeme, P., Oosterloo, T., Petitjean, P., Schröder, A., Serra, P., Sievers, J.,
Spekkens, K. , Väisänen, P., van der Hulst, T., Vivek, M., Wang, J., Wong, O. I., & Zungu. A R. 2016,
Proceedings of Science, "MeerKAT Science: On the Pathway to the SKA" (16 pp).
Probing the Interstellar Dust in Galaxies over >10 Gyr of Cosmic History, Kulkarni, V. P., Aller, M. C.,
York, D. G., Welty, D. E., Vladilo, G., & Som, D. 2016, Planetary and Space Science, 133, pp. 7-13
(invited review article)
Element Abundances in a Gas-rich Galaxy at z = 5: Clues to the Early Chemical Enrichment of Galaxies,
Morrison, S., Kulkarni, V. P., Som, D., DeMarcy, B., Quiret, S., & Péroux, C. 2016, Astrophysical
Journal, 830, 158 (13 pp.)
A study of the circumgalactic medium at z ˜ 0.6 using damped Lyman α galaxies, Rahmani, Hadi;
Péroux, C., Turnshek, D. A., Rao, S. M., Quiret, S., Hamilton, T. S., Kulkarni, V. P., Monier, E. M., &
Zafar, T. 2016, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 463, pp. 980-1007
The ESO UVES advanced data products quasar sample - VI. Sub-damped Lyman α metallicity
measurements and the circumgalactic medium, Quiret, S., Péroux, C., Zafar, T., Kulkarni, V. P.,
Jenkins, E. B., Milliard, B., Rahmani, H., Popping, A., Rao, S. M.,Turnshek, D. A., & Monier, E. M. 2016,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 458, pp. 4074-4121
A SINFONI integral field spectroscopy survey for galaxy counterparts to damped Lyman α systems - VI.
Metallicity and geometry as gas flow probes, Péroux, C., Quiret, S., Rahmani, H., Kulkarni, V. P.,
Epinat, B., Milliard, B., Straka, L. A., York, D. G., Rahmati, A., & Contini, T. 2016, Monthly Notices of
the Royal Astronomical Society, 457, pp. 903-916
Magellan LDSS3 emission confirmation of galaxies hosting metal-rich Lyman α absorption systems,
Straka, L. A., Johnson, S., York, D. G., Bowen, D. V., Florian, M., Kulkarni, V. P., Lundgren, B., &
Péroux, C. 2016, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 458, pp. 3760-3772
Keck and VLT Observations of Super-Damped Lyman-Alpha Absorbers at z 2- 2.5: Constraints on
Chemical Compositions and Physical Conditions, Kulkarni, V. P., Som, D., Morrison, S., Péroux, C.,
Quiret, S., & York, D. G. 2015, Astrophysical Journal, 815, 24 (15 pp.)
Hubble Space Telescope Observations of Sub-damped Lyα Absorbers at z < 0.5, and Implications for
Galaxy Chemical Evolution, Som, D., Kulkarni, V. P., Meiring, J., York, D. G., Péroux, C., Lauroesch, J.
T., Aller, M. C., & Khare, P. 2015, Astrophysical Journal, 806, 25 (22 pp.)
Atomic Data for Zn II: Improving Spectral Diagnostics of Chemical Evolution in High-redshift Galaxies,
Kisielius, R., Kulkarni, V. P., Ferland, G. J., Bogdanovich, P., Som, D., & Lykins, M. L. 2015,
Astrophysical Journal, 804, 76 (10 pp.)
Galactic nebular lines in the fibre spectra of background QSOs: reaching a hundred QSO-galaxy pairs
with spectroscopic and photometric measurements, Straka, L. A., Noterdaeme, P., Srianand, R., Nutalaya,
S., Kulkarni, V. P., Khare, P., Bowen, D., Bishof, M., & York, D. G. 2015, Monthly Notices of the Royal
Astronomical Society, 447, pp. 3856-3872
Connecting the Interstellar Gas and Dust Properties in Distant Galaxies Using Quasar Absorption
Systems, Aller, M. C., Kulkarni, V. P., York, D. G., Welty, D. Vladilo, G., Som, D., Lackey, K., & Dwek,
E. 2015, in “From Interstellar Clouds to Star-Forming Galaxies: Universal Processes?”, Proc. IAU Symp.
315, eds. P. Jablonka, F. Van der Tak, & P. André
Interstellar Silicate Dust in the z=0.685 Absorber toward TXS0218+357, Aller, M. C., Kulkarni, V.P.,
York, D.G., Vladilo, G., Welty, D.E., & Liger, N. 2014, Astrophysical Journal, 785, 36 (16 pp.)
A SINFONI Integral Field Spectroscopy Survey for Galaxy Counterparts to Damped Lyman-α Systems - V.
Neutral and Ionised-Phase Metallicities, Péroux, C., Kulkarni, V. P., & York, D. G. 2014, Monthly
Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437, pp. 3144-3158
Atomic Data for S II: Toward Better Diagnostics of Chemical Evolution in High-redshift Galaxies,
Kisielius, R., Kulkarni, V. P., Ferland, G. J., Bogdanovich, P. , & Lykins, M. L. 2014, Astrophysical
Journal, 780, 76 (11 pp.)
A SINFONI Integral Field Spectroscopy Survey for Galaxy Counterparts to Damped Lyman-α Systems - IV.
Masses and Gas Flows, Péroux, C., Bouché, N., Kulkarni, V. P., & York, D. G., 2013, Monthly Notices
of the Royal Astronomical Society, 436, pp. 2650-2665
Element Abundances at High-redshift: Magellan MIKE Observations of sub-Damped Lyman-a Absorbers
at 1.7 < z <2.4, Som, D., Kulkarni, V. P., Meiring, J., York, D. G., Péroux, C., Khare, P., & Lauroesch, J.
T. 2013, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 435, pp. 1469-1485
Galaxies with background QSOs - II. An automated search for multiple galaxy emission lines,
Straka, L. A., Whichard, Z. L., Kulkarni, V. P., Bishof, M., Bowen, D., Khare, P., & York, D. G. 2013,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 436, pp. 3200-3223
A Mini X-Ray Survey of Sub-damped Lyman-alpha Absorption Systems: Searching for Active Galactic
Nuclei Formed in Protogalaxies, Chartas, G., Kulkarni, V. P., & Asper, A. 2013, Astrophysical Journal,
775, 119 (7 pp.)
Probing Interstellar Silicate Dust Grain Properties in Quasar Absorption Systems at Redshifts z<1.4,
Aller, M. C., Kulkarni, V. P., York, D. G., Welty, D. E., Vladilo, G., & Som, D. 2013, in Proc. "The Life
Cycle of Dust in the Universe: Observations, Theory, and Laboratory Experiments", Taipei, Taiwan (arXiv:
astro-ph/1405.0426; 6 pp.)
The Nature of a Galaxy along the Sight Line to PKS 0454+039, Takamiya, M., Chun, M., Kulkarni, V. P.,
& Gharanfoli, S. 2012, Astronomical Journal, 144, 111 (9 pp.)
A Super-damped Lyman-alpha Quasar Absorber at z=2.2, Kulkarni, V. P., Meiring, J., Som, D., Péroux,
C., York, D. G., Khare, P., & Lauroesch, J. T., 2012, Astrophysical Journal, 749, 176 (14 pp.)
Interstellar Silicate Dust in the z=0.89 Absorber towards PKS1830-211: Crystalline Silicates at High
Redshift?, Aller, M. C., Kulkarni, V. P., York, D. G., Vladilo, G., Welty, D. E., & Som, D. 2012,
Astrophysical Journal, 748, 19 (35 pp.)
A SINFONI integral field spectroscopy survey for galaxy counterparts to damped Lyman α systems - III.
Three additional detections, Péroux, C., Bouché, N., Kulkarni, V. P., York, D. G., & Vladilo, G. 2012,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 419, pp. 3060-3073
Exploring the dust content of Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release-7 damped Lyman α systems at 2.15 ≤
z ≤ 5.2, Khare, P., Vanden Berk, D., York, D. G., Lundgren, B., & Kulkarni, V. P. 2012, Monthly Notices
of the Royal Astronomical Society, 419, pp. 1028-1039
Galaxies with Background QSOs, I: A Search for Strong Galactic H-alpha Lines, York, D. G., Straka, L.
A., Bishof, M., Kuttruff, S., Bowen, D., Kulkarni, V. P., Subbarao, M., Richards, G., Vanden Berk, D.,
Hall, P., Heckman, T., Khare, P., Quashnock, J., Ghering, L., & Johnson, S. 2012, Monthly Notices of the
Royal Astronomical Society, 423, pp. 3692-3708
Interstellar Silicate Dust in Five Quasar Absorption Systems, Kulkarni, V. P., Torres-Garcia, L. M.,
Som, D., York, D. G., Welty, D. E., & Vladilo, G. 2011, Astrophysical Journal, 726, 14, (15 pp.)
Near-Infrared Imaging of Six Metal-rich Quasar Absorber Galaxy Fields, Straka, L. A., Kulkarni, V. P.,
& York, D. G. 2011, Astronomical Journal, 141, 206, pp. 1-11
A SINFONI integral field spectroscopy survey for galaxy counterparts to damped Lyman α systems - II.
Dynamical properties of the galaxies towards Q0302 - 223 and Q1009 – 0026, Péroux, C., Bouché, N.,
Kulkarni, V. P., York, D. G., & Vladilo, G. 2011, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society,
410, pp. 2251-2256
A SINFONI integral field spectroscopy survey for galaxy counterparts to damped Lyman α systems - I. New
detections and limits for intervening and associated absorbers, Péroux, C., Bouché, N., Kulkarni, V. P.,
York, D. G., & Vladilo, G. 2011, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 410, pp. 2237-2250
SOAR imaging of sub-damped Lyman α systems at z < 1, Meiring, J. D., Lauroesch, J. T., Haberzettl, L.,
Kulkarni, V. P., Péroux, C., Khare, P., & York, D. G. 2011, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society, 410, pp. 2516-2525
“The SINFONI Integral Field Spectroscopy Survey for Galaxy Counterparts to Damped Lyman-α
Systems”, Péroux, C., Bouché, N., Kulkarni, V. P., York, D. G., & Vladilo, G. 2011, The Messenger, 143,
pp. 37-41
Erratum: A SINFONI integral field spectroscopy survey for galaxy counterparts to damped Lyman α
systems - I. New detections and limits for intervening and associated absorbers, Péroux, C., Bouché, N.,
Kulkarni, V. P., York, D. G., & Vladilo, G. 2011, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society,
418, pp. 2110-2110
“A SINFONI integral field spectroscopy survey for Galaxy counterparts to damped Lyman-α systems”,
Péroux, C., Bouché, N., Kulkarni, V. P., York, D. G., & Vladilo, G. 2010, Proceedings of the Annual
meeting of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics. Eds.: S. Boissier, M. Heydari-Malayeri, R.
Samadi and D. Valls-Gabaud, pp. 383-386
“Do Damped Lyman-alpha and Sub-damped Lyman-alpha Absorbers Arise in Galaxies of Different
Masses?”, Kulkarni, V. P., Khare, P., Som, D., Meiring, York, D. G., Péroux, C., & Lauroesch, J. T.
2010, New Astronomy, 15, pp. 735-743
“A Search for Galaxies Producing Metal-rich Quasar Absorbers", Straka, L., Kulkarni, V. P., York, D.
G.,Woodgate, B. E., Grady, C. 2010, Astronomical Journal, 139, pp. 1144-1153
“Adaptive Optics Imaging of a Massive Galaxy Associated with a Metal-rich Absorber”, Chun, M. R.,
Kulkarni, V. P., Gharanfoli, S., & Takamiya, M. 2010, Astronomical Journal, 139, pp. 296-301
“A Dusty MgII Absorber Associated with the Quasar SDSS J003545.13+011441.2”, Jiang, P., Ge, J.,
Prochaska, J. X., Lu, H. L., Kulkarni, V. P., & Zhou, H. Y. 2010, Astrophysical Journal, 720, pp. 328-336
“A MIKE+UVES survey of sub-damped Lyman α systems at z < 1.5”, Meiring, J. D., Lauroesch, J. T.,
Kulkarni, V. P., Péroux, C., Khare, P., & York, D. G. 2009, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society, 397, pp. 2037-2048
“New Magellan Inamori Kyocera Echelle Observations of z < 1.5 sub-damped Lyman α systems”, Meiring,
J. D., Kulkarni, V. P., Lauroesch, J. T., Péroux, C., Khare, P., & York, D. G. 2009, Monthly Notices of the
Royal Astronomical Society, 393, pp. 1513-1530
“Metal Abundances at z < 1.5: new measurements in sub-Damped Lyman-alpha Absorbers”, Péroux, C.,
Meiring, J. D., Kulkarni, V. P., Khare, P., Lauroesch, J. T., Vladilo, G., & York, D. G. 2008, Monthly
Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 386, pp. 2209-2220
“Average Properties of a Large Sample of zabs ~ zem associated Mg II Absorption Line Systems”, Vanden
Berk, D., Khare, P., York, D. G., Richards, G. T., Lundgren, B., Alsayyad, Y., Kulkarni, V. P., et al.
2008, Astrophysical Journal, 679, pp. 239-259
“The Chemical Composition of 10 New Sub-DLAs and strong Lyman-limit Systems at z < 1.5”, Meiring, J.
D., Kulkarni, V. P., Lauroesch, J. T., Péroux, C., Khare, P., York, D. G., & Crotts, A. P. S. 2008, Monthly
Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 384, pp. 1015-1033
“9.7 micrometer silicate absorption in a Damped Lyman-alpha Absorber at z=0.52”, Kulkarni, V. P.,
York, D. G., Vladilo, G., & Welty, D. E. 2007, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 663, pp. L81-L84
“The Role of Sub-damped Ly-alpha Absorbers in the Cosmic Evolution of Metals”, Kulkarni, V. P.,
Khare, P., Péroux, C., York, D. G., Lauroesch, J. T., Meiring, J. D. 2007, Astrophysical Journal, 661, pp.
88-94
“New abundance determinations in z < 1.5 QSO absorbers: seven sub-DLAs and one DLA”, Meiring, J.
D., Lauroesch, J. T., Kulkarni, V. P., Péroux, C., Khare, P., York, D. G., & Crotts, A. P. S. 2007, Monthly
Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 376, pp. 557-572
“The Chemical Composition of Damped Lyman-alpha Galaxies”, Kulkarni, V. P. 2007, in "At the Edge of
the Univese: Latest Results from the Deepest Astronomical Surveys", Ed. José Afonso, Henry Ferguson
and Ray Norris, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, pp. 455-460
“The nature of damped Lyman alpha and sub-damped Ly-alpha absorbers”, Khare, P.; Kulkarni, V. P.;
Péroux, C.; York, D. G.; Lauroesch, J. T.; Meiring, J. D. 2007, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 464, pp. 487-
493
“Emission-Line Spectroscopy of a Damped Ly-a absorbing Galaxy at z = 0.437”, Gharanfoli, S.,
Kulkarni, V. P., Chun, M. R., & Takamiya, M. 2007, Astronomical Journal, 133, pp. 130-138
“Metal-rich damped/subdamped Lyman-alpha quasar absorbers at z < 1”, Péroux, C.; Meiring, J.D.;
Kulkarni, V. P.; Ferlet, R.; Khare, P.; Lauroesch, J. T.; Vladilo, G.; & York, D. G. 2006, Monthly Notices
of the Royal Astronomical Society, 372, pp. 369-380
“Extinction and Metal Column Density of H I Regions up to redshifts z ~ 2”, Vladilo, G., Centurion, M.,
Levshakov, S. A., Péroux, C., Khare, P., Kulkarni, V. P., & York D. G. 2006, Astronomy & Astrophysics,
454, pp. 151-164
“Elemental Abundances in Low-redshift Damped Lyman-alpha Absorbers”, Meiring, J. D., Kulkarni, V.
P., Khare, P., Bechtold, J., Cui, J., York, D. G., Lauroesch, J. T., Nakamura, O., & Crotts, A. P. S. 2006,
MNRAS, 370, pp. 43-62
“Average Extinction Curves and Abundances for Quasar Absorption Line Systems at 1 <=z < 2”, York,
D. G., Khare, P., Vanden Berk, P., Kulkarni, V. P., Crotts, A. P. S., Lauroesch, J. T., Richards, G. T
Schneider, D. P., Welty, D. E., Alsayyad, Y., Kumar, A., Lundgren, B., Shanidze, N., Smith, T.,
Vanlandingham, J., Baugher, B., Hall, P. B., Jenkins, E. B., Menard, B., Rao, S., Tumlinson, J., Turnshek,
D., Yip, C.-W., & Brinkmann, J. 2006, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 367, pp. 945-
978
“The Most Metal-rich Intervening Quasar Absorber Known”, Péroux, C., Kulkarni, V. P., Meiring, J.,
Ferlet, R., Khare, P., Vladilo, G., & York, D. G. 2006, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 450, pp. 53-57
“Adaptive Optics Imaging of Low-redshift Quasar Absorbers with Gemini-North”, Chun, M. R.,
Gharanfoli, S., Kulkarni, V. P., & Takamiya, M. 2006, Astronomical Journal, 131, pp. 686-700
“A Fabry-Perot Imaging Search for Lyman-alpha Emission in Quasar Absorbers at z ~ 2.4”, Kulkarni, V.
P., Palunas, P., Thatte, D. G., Woodgate, B. E., & York, D. G. 2006, Astrophysical Journal, 636, pp. 30-
45
“Evidence for the presence of dust in intervening QSO absorbers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey”,
Khare, P., York, D. G., Vanden Berk, D. E., Kulkarni, V. P., Crotts, A. P. S.; Welty, D. E.;
Lauroesch, J. T.; Richards, G. T.; Alsayyad, Y.; Kumar, A., Lundgren, B., Shanidze, N., Vanlandingham,
J., Baugher, B., Hall, P. B., Jenkins, E. B., Menard, B., Rao, S., Turnshek, D., & Yip, C.-W. 2005, in
`Probing Galaxies through Quasar Absorption Lines', Proc. IAU Colloq. 199, Shanghai, eds. P. R.
Williams, C.-G. Shu and B. Menard: Cambridge University Press, pp. 427-429
“The Evolution of Damped Lyman-alpha Absorbers: Metallicities and Star Formation Rates”, Kulkarni,
V. P., York, D. G., Lauroesch, J. T., Fall, S. M., Khare, P., Woodgate, B. E., Palunas, P., Meiring, J.,
Thatte, D. G., Welty, D. E., & Truran, J. W. 2005, in `Probing Galaxies through Quasar Absorption Lines',
Proc. IAU Colloq. 199, Shanghai, eds. P. R. Williams, C.-G. Shu and B. Menard: Cambridge University
Press, pp. 307-312
“Evolution of Metals and Dust in the Universe”, Khare, P, Kulkarni, V. P., Lauroesch, J. T., Fall, S. M.,
York, D. G., Welty, D. E., Crotts, A. P. S., Truran, J. W., & Nakamura, O. 2005, Bulletin of the
Astronomical Society of India, 33, pp. 219-224
“Evolution of Metals and Stars in Damped Lyman-alpha Galaxies”, Kulkarni, V. P. 2005, invited review
article, Highlights of Astronomy, vol. 13, Editors P.E. Nissen and M. Pettini, (International Astronomical
Union / Astronomical Society of the Pacific), pp. 566-571
“Hubble Space Telescope Observations of Element Abundances in Low-redshift Damped Lyman- alpha
Galaxies and Potential Implications for the Global Metallicity-redshift Relation”, Kulkarni, V. P., Fall, S.
M., Lauroesch, J. T., York, D. G., Welty, D. E., Khare, P., & Truran, J. W. 2005, Astrophysical Journal,
618, pp. 68-90
“Metals and Dust in Intermediate-redshift Damped Lyman-alpha Galaxies”, Khare, P., Kulkarni, V. P.,
Lauroesch, J. T., York, D. G., Crotts, A. P. S., & Nakamura, O. 2004, Astrophysical Journal, (Univ. of
Chicago Press, Chicago), vol. 616, 86-103
“Evolution of Stars and Metals in Damped Lyman-alpha Galaxies”, Kulkarni, V. P. 2003, invited review
article, Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India, (Astronomical Society of India), 31, pp. 201-206
“The Extragalactic Ionizing Background at Low Redshift”, Scott, J., Bechtold J., Morita, M., Dobrzycki,
A., & Kulkarni, V. P. 2002, in `Extragalactic Gas at Low Redshift', Editors J. S. Mulchaey and J. T.
Stocke, (Astronomical Society of the Pacific), vol. 254, pp. 375-382
“Metallicity Evolution of Damped Lyman-alpha Galaxies”, Kulkarni, V. P., & Fall, S. M. 2002,
Astrophysical Journal, (Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago), vol. 580, pp. 732-741
“A Uniform Analysis of the Ly-a Forest at z=0-5: V. The Extragalactic Ionizing Background at Low
Redshift”, Scott, J., Bechtold J., Morita, M., Dobrzycki, A., & Kulkarni, V. P. 2002, Astrophysical
Journal, (Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago), vol. 571, pp. 665-692
“H2, C I, Metallicity and Dust Depletion in the z = 2.34 Damped Ly-alpha Absorption System toward QSO
1232+0815”, Ge, J., Bechtold, J., & Kulkarni, V. P. 2001, Astrophysical Journal Letters, (Univ. of
Chicago Press, Chicago), vol. 547, pp. L1-L5
“A Search for the Damped Ly-alpha absorber at z=1.86 toward QSO 1244+3443 with NICMOS”,
Kulkarni, V. P., Hill, J. M., Schneider, G., Weymann, R. J., Storrie-Lombardi, L. J., Rieke, M. J.,
Thompson, R. I., & Jannuzi, B. 2001, Astrophysical Journal, (Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago), vol. 551,
pp. 37-47
“A Uniform Analysis of the Ly-alpha Forest at z=0-5: III. Measuring the Mean Intensity of the
Extragalactic Ionizing Background using the Proximity Effect”, Scott, J., Bechtold J., Dobrzycki, A., &
Kulkarni, V. P. 2000, Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, (Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago), vol.
130, pp. 67-89
“NICMOS Imaging of the z=1.89 damped Lyman-alpha absorber toward LBQS1210+1731: Constraints on
Sizes and Star Formation Rates”, Kulkarni, V. P., Hill, J. M., Schneider, G., Weymann, R. J., Storrie-
Lombardi, L. J., Rieke, M. J., Thompson, R. I., & Jannuzi, B. 2000, Astrophysical Journal, (Univ. of
Chicago Press, Chicago), vol. 536, pp. 36-61
“NICMOS Imaging of Damped Lyman-alpha Absorbers at z=2”, Kulkarni, V. P., Hill, J. M., Schneider,
G., Weymann, R. J., Storrie-Lombardi, L. J., Rieke, M. J., Thompson, R. I., & Jannuzi, B. 1999c, in `The
Hy-Redshift Universe: Galaxy Formation and Evolution at High Redshift', (Astronomical Society of the
Pacific), vol. 193, pp. 603-607
“NICMOS Imaging of Molecular Hydgroen Emission in Seyfert Galaxies”, Quillen, A. C., Alonso-Herroro,
A., Rieke, G. H., Rieke, M. J., Kulesa, C., & Kulkarni, V. P. 1999, Astrophysical Journal, (Univ. of
Chicago Press, Chicago), vol. 527, pp. 696-708
“Search for a High-redshift Damped Lyman-alpha Absorber with NICMOS”, Kulkarni, V. P., Hill, J. M.,
Weymann, R. J., Storrie-Lombardi, L. J., Rieke, M. J., Schneider, G., Thompson, R. I., & Jannuzi, B.
1999b, in Chemical Evolution from Zero to High Redshift, Editors M. Rosa and J. Walsh, (Springer-
Verlag), pp. 262-266
“Element Abundances in Damped Lyman-alpha Galaxies”, Kulkarni, V.P., Bechtold, J., & Ge, J. 1999a,
in Chemical Evolution from Zero to High Redshift, Editors M. Rosa, J. Walsh, (Springer-Verlag), 275
“Unveiling the Hidden Nucleus of IC5063 with NICMOS”, Kulkarni, V. P., Calzetti, D., et al. 1998,
Astrophysical Journal Letters, (Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago), vol. 492, pp. L121-124
“Abundance Patterns of Heavy Elements in Damped Lyman-alpha Galaxies”, Kulkarni, V. P., Fall, S. M.,
& Truran, J. W. 1997, Astrophysical Journal Letters, (Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago), vol. 484, pp. L7-
L10
“Physical Properties of Quasar Absorption Systems”, Kulkarni, V. P. 1996, Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Chicago
“Pruning the Ly-alpha Forest of Q1331+170”, Kulkarni, V. P., Huang, K., Green, R. F., Bechtold, J.,
Welty, D. E., & York, D. G. 1996, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 279, pp. 197-
218
“Abundances and Ionization in Multiple-component Absorbers”, Green, R. F., York, D., Huang, K.,
Bechtold, J., Welty, D., Carlson, M., Khare, P., & Kulkarni, V., in QSO Absorption Lines, Editor G.
Meylan, (Springer-Verlag), 1995, pp. 85- 89
“Implications of Nonthermal Motions for Statistics of Lyman-alpha Forest Clouds”, Kulkarni, V. P. &
Fall, S. M., Astrophysical Journal, (Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago), 1995, vol. 453, pp. 65-76
“A High-Resolution Survey of Interstellar Na I D1 Lines”, Welty, D. E., Hobbs, L. M., & Kulkarni, V. P.,
Astrophysical Journal, (Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago), 1994, vol. 436, pp. 152-175
“Pruning the Lyman alpha forest of Q1331+170”, Kulkarni, V. P., & York, D. G. 1993, in The
Evolution of Galaxies and Their Environment, Editors J. M. Shull and D. Hollenbach,
(NASA: Ames Research Center), pp. 141-142
“The Proximity Effect and the Mean Intensity of Ionizing Radiation at Low Redshifts”, Kulkarni, V. P. &
Fall, S. M., Astrophysical Journal Letters, (Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago), 1993, vol. 413, pp. L63-66