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Dr Chris Brunt

Senior Lecturer in Astrophysics

 C.M.Brunt@exeter.ac.uk

 (Streatham) 5512

 01392 725512


Overview

My research programme includes observational work in the interstellar medium, galactic structure and star formation, conducted both as sole investigator, in small groups (either under my supervision or with my participation) or as a member of larger international collaborations. I work with researchers internationally on Galactic plane surveys, and on smaller scales on individual star forming clouds to study their internal structure.

Education and Employment

  • 2004 - present, RCUK Fellow (2004-2009) and Lecturer, Astrophysics Group, University of Exeter
  • 2003 - 2004 Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA
  • 1999 - 2003 Research Associate, Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, Penticton, BC, Canada
  • 1992 - 1999 PhD Astronomy, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA
  • 1988 - 1992 BSc 1st Class Honours, Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of St. Andrews

Funded Research Projects

  • EU: FP7 Marie Curie IIF to support K. Douglas (PI: C. Brunt) Coordinated Observational and Numerical Studies of Insterstellar Tracers (CONSIST): £131,309. Fraction of grant 100% (£131,309) Period 10/2008 - 09/2010.
  • EU: FP7 ERC Standard Grant (PI C. Dobbs) Modelling Star Formation in the Local Universe (LOCALSTAR): £835,418. Fraction of grant 5% (£41,771) Period 11/2011 - 10/2016
  • EU: FP7 SPACE (PI S. Molinari) (VIALACTEA): Award to C. Brunt: £28571 Period 10/2013 - 09/2016
  • EU: FP7 Marie Curie IRG (PI C. Brunt) Galactic Molecular Clouds and Star Formation (GMCSF): £50,000. Fraction of grant 100% (£50,000) Period 11/2007 - 10/2009
  • STFC:  ST/F003277/1 The Formation and Evolution of Stars (PI M. Bate): £945,784. Fraction of grant 26% (£245,904). Period 04/2008 - 03/2011
  • STFC: A PATT-linked grant to support Exeter's Observational Astrophysical Research (PI J. Hatchell): £12,019. Fraction of grant 10% (£1202) Period 07/2013 - 03/2015
  • STFC: ST/J001627/1 (PI D. SIng) Research from Molecular Clouds to Exoplanets: £1,734,164. Fraction of grant 2% (£34,683) Period 04/2012 - 03/2015

Invited Presentations

  • 2010, Invited Review, The Dynamic ISM Conference, Naramata, BC, Canada
  • 2010, Invited Review, The Origin of Stellar Masses Conference, Tenerife

Contributions to the Community

  • FCRAO Time Allocation Committee, 2003-2004
  • JCMT Time Allocation Committee, 2008-2011
  • Herschel Time Allocation Committee 2011
  • Reviewer for MNRAS, ApJ, A&A

Outreach

  • National Science and Engineering Week, 2008-2013, Physics Activities at the University of Exeter
  • IYA2009 Astrophysics Open Evening: Radio Astronomy Demonstration
  • IYA2010 Astrophysics Open Evening: Public Talk on Star Formation
  • Torbay Astronomical Society: Talk on High Resolution Imaging, 2013

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Publications

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2023

2021

2017

2016

  • Roman-Duval J, Heyer M, Brunt C, Clark P, Klessen R, Shetty R. (2016) Distribution and mass of diffuse and dense CO gas in the Milky Way, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1601.00937.
  • Molinari S, Schisano E, Elia D, Pestalozzi M, Traficante A, Pezzuto S, Swinyard BM, Noriega-Crespo A, Bally J, Moore TJT. (2016) Hi-GAL, the Herschel infrared Galactic Plane Survey: photometric maps and compact source catalogues. First data release for Inner Milky Way: +68°> l > -70°. [PDF]
  • Roman-Duval J, Heyer M, Brunt C, Clark P, Klessen R, Shetty R. (2016) Distribution and Mass of Diffuse and Dense CO Gas in the Milky Way, The Astrophysical Journal, volume 818.
  • Rigby AJ, Moore TJT, Plume R, Eden DJ, Urquhart JS, Thompson MA, Mottram JC, Brunt CM, Butner HM, Dempsey JT. (2016) CHIMPS: the 13CO/C18O (J = 3 → 2) Heterodyne Inner Milky Way Plane Survey, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, volume 456, pages 2885-2899, DOI:10.1093/mnras/stv2808. [PDF]

2015

2014

2013

2012

  • Buckle JV, Davis CJ, Di Francesco J, Graves SF, Nutter D, Richer JS, Roberts JF, Ward-Thompson D, White GJ, Brunt C. (2012) The JCMT Legacy Survey of the Gould Belt: mapping 13CO and C18O in Orion A.
  • Dobbs CL, Acreman DM, Brunt CM, Douglas KA. (2012) The structure of HI in galactic disks: Simulations vs observations, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1201.4970.
  • Acreman D, Brunt C, Dobbs C, Douglas K. (2012) The Structure of HI in Galactic Disks, ADVANCES IN COMPUTATIONAL ASTROPHYSICS: METHODS, TOOLS AND OUTCOMES, volume 453, pages 335-+. [PDF]
  • Bell AC, Gibson SJ, Noriega-Crespo A, Reach WT, Carey S, Miville-Deschenes M, Boulanger F, Brunt CM, Taylor AR, Martin PG. (2012) Dust Infrared Emission in an H2-Forming, Perseus-Arm Cloud, American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #219, volume 219, pages #349.28-#349.28.
  • Acreman D, Brunt C, Dobbs C, Douglas K. (2012) The Structure of H\ltsmall\gtI\lt/small\gt in Galactic Disks, Advances in Computational Astrophysics: Methods, Tools, and Outcome, volume 453, pages 335-335.
  • Buckle JV, Davis CJ, Di Francesco J, Graves SF, Nutter D, Richer JS, Roberts JF, Ward-Thompson D, White GJ, Brunt C. (2012) The JCMT Legacy Survey of the Gould Belt: mapping 13CO and C18O in Orion A, MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, volume 422, no. 1, pages 521-541, DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20628.x. [PDF]
  • Acreman DM, Dobbs CL, Brunt CM, Douglas KA. (2012) The structure of H I in galactic discs: simulations versus observations, MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, volume 422, no. 1, pages 241-251, DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20599.x. [PDF]
  • Heyer MH, Brunt CM. (2012) Trans-Alfvénic motions in the Taurus molecular cloud, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, volume 420, no. 2, pages 1562-1569, DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.20142.x.
  • Mottram JC, Brunt CM. (2012) A cluster of outflows in the Vulpecula Rift, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc, volume 420, no. 1, pages 10-19, DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19843.x. [PDF]

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

  • Gibson SJ, Taylor AR, Stil JM, Brunt CM, Kavars DW, Dickey JM. (2007) Cold HI in Turbulent Eddies and Galactic Spiral Shocks. [PDF]
  • Chavarria L, Allen L, Brunt C, Hora J, Fazio GG. (2007) Spitzer-IRAC, NIR and CO Study Of The Massive Star Forming Complex S254-S258, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, volume 211, pages 880-880. [PDF]
  • Thompson MA, Serjeant S, Jenness T, Scott D, Ashdown M, Brunt C, Butner H, Chapin E, Chrysostomou AC, Clark JS. (2007) The SCUBA-2 ”All-Sky” Survey, ArXiv e-prints.
  • Ward-Thompson D, Di Francesco J, Hatchell J, Hogerheijde MR, Nutter D, Bastien P, Basu S, Bonnell I, Bowey J, Brunt C. (2007) The James Clerk Maxwell telescope legacy survey of nearby star-forming regions in the gould belt, Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac, volume 119, no. 858, pages 855-870, DOI:10.1086/521277. [PDF]
  • Li D, Goldsmith P, Narayanan G, Heyer M, Snell R, Brunt C. (2007) Distribution Of Pre-main-sequence Stars In Taurus, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, volume 211, pages 750-750. [PDF]
  • Heyer MH, Gong H, Ostriker E, Brunt C. (2007) Magnetically Aligned Velocity Anisotropy in the Taurus Molecular Cloud, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, volume 211, pages 750-750. [PDF]
  • Narayanan G, Heyer MH, Brunt C, Goldsmith PF, Snell RL, Li D. (2007) The Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory CO Mapping Survey of the Taurus Molecular Cloud, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, volume 211, pages 780-780. [PDF]
  • Narayanan G, Heyer MH, Brunt C, Goldsmith PF, Snell R, Li D. (2007) The FCRAO CO Mapping Survey of the Taurus Molecular Cloud: Observations and Data Processing, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, volume 211, pages 749-749. [PDF]
  • Goldsmith P, Heyer M, Narayanan G, Snell R, Li D, Brunt C. (2007) Carbon Monoxide and Molecular Hydrogen Column Densities, and Total Mass of the Taurus Molecular Cloud, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, volume 211, pages 750-750. [PDF]

2006

2005

  • Heyer M, Williams J, Brunt C. (2005) Turbulent Gas Flows in the Rosette and G216-2.5 Molecular Clouds: Assessing Turbulent Fragmentation Descriptions of Star Formation, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0511441.
  • Klaassen PD, Plume R, Gibson SJ, Taylor AR, Brunt CM. (2005) CO in HI Self-Absorbed Clouds in Perseus, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0506664.
  • Gibson SJ, Taylor AR, Higgs LA, Brunt CM, Dewdney PE. (2005) An Automated Method for the Detection and Extraction of HI Self-Absorption in High-Resolution 21cm Line Surveys, Astrophys.J, volume 626, pages 214-232. [PDF]
  • Gibson SJ, Taylor AR, Higgs LA, Brunt CM, Dewdney PE. (2005) A Self-Absorption Census of Cold HI Clouds in the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey, Astrophys.J, volume 626, pages 195-213. [PDF]
  • Allen L, Brunt C, Chavarria L, Hora J, Megeath ST, Muzerolle J, Young E. (2005) Photoevaporation and triggered star formation in the massive star forming region W5, pages 20300-20300.
  • Taylor AR, Gibson SJ, Peracaula M, Martin PG, Landecker TL, Brunt CM, Dewdney PE, Dougherty SM, Gray AD, Higgs LA. (2005) VizieR Online Data Catalog: Log of CGPS exposures (Taylor+, 2003-), VizieR Online Data Catalog, volume 6128, pages 0-0.
  • Heyer M, Gong H, Brunt C, Ostriker E. (2005) MHD Turbulence in the Taurus Molecular Cloud, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, volume 207, pages 1494-1494. [PDF]
  • Gibson SJ, Taylor AR, Stil JM, Dewdney PE, A. L, Brunt CM, Strasser ST. (2005) Cold Hydrogen, Spiral Structure, and the Evolving ISM, Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, volume 99, pages 129-129. [PDF]
  • Taylor, A.R., Higgs, L.A.. (2005) A Self-Absorbtion Census of Cold HI Clouds in the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey, Astrophysical Journal, volume 626, pages 195-213.
  • Goldsmith P, Tang Y, Heyer M, Narayanan G, Snell R, Brunt C, Li D. (2005) Structure of the Taurus Molecular Cloud Complex, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, volume 207, pages 1305-1305. [PDF]
  • Gibson SJ, Stil JM, Taylor AR, Brunt CM, Kavars DW, Dickey JM. (2005) Cold Galactic HI in the First and Second Quadrants, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, volume 207, pages 1301-1301. [PDF]
  • Gong H, Heyer M, Ostriker E, Brunt C. (2005) A Method to Evaluate Velocity Anisotropy in Interstellar Clouds, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, volume 37, pages 1358-+-1358-+.
  • Klaassen PD, Plume R, Gibson SJ, Taylor AR, Brunt CM. (2005) CO in H I self-absorbed clouds in perseus, Astrophys. J. Lett, volume 631, no. 2 I, pages 1001-1009, DOI:10.1086/432642. [PDF]
  • Goldsmith PF, Tang Y, Brunt C, Heyer M, Narayanan G, Snell R, Li D. (2005) Structure of the Taurus Molecular Cloud Complex, Protostars and Planets V, pages 8268-8268. [PDF]
  • Heyer MH, Brunt CM. (2005) Examining the relationship between interstellar turbulence and star formation, The Initial Mass Function 50 Years Later, volume 327, pages 281-281. [PDF]
  • Taylor, A.R., Higgs, L.A.. (2005) An Automated Method for the Detection and Extraction of HI Self-Absorbtion in High-Resolution 21cm Line Surveys, Astrophysical Journal, volume 626, pages 195-213.

2004

2003

2002

  • Kerton CR, Brunt CM. (2002) VizieR Online Data Catalog: Outer Galaxy IRAS sources and 12CO emission (Kerton+, 2003), VizieR Online Data Catalog, volume 339, pages 91083-91083.
  • Brunt CM, Kerton CR. (2002) Molecular cloud distances via principal component analysis, Astrophys. J. Lett, volume 567, no. 1 II, pages L41-L44, DOI:10.1086/338793. [PDF]
  • Brunt CM, Kerton CR, Heyer MH. (2002) A Wander through the FOG : Molecular Clouds in the Outer Galactic Disk, American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, volume 34, pages #112.04-#112.04.
  • Heyer, M.H.. (2002) Interstellar Turbulence. I: Retrieval of Velocity Field Statistics, Astrophysical Journal, volume 566, pages 276-288.
  • Kerton CR, Brunt, C.M.. (2002) The Association of IRAS Sources and CO Emission in the Outer Galaxy, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, volume 34, pages 1229-1229.
  • Brunt CM, Heyer MH. (2002) Interstellar turbulence. II. Energy spectra of molecular regions in the Outer Galaxy, Astrophys. J. Lett, volume 566, no. 1 I, pages 289-301, DOI:10.1086/338032. [PDF]
  • Uyaniker B, Kothes R, Brunt CM. (2002) The supernova remnant CTB 104A: Magnetic field structure and interaction with the environment, Astrophys. J. Lett, volume 565, no. 2 I, pages 1022-1034, DOI:10.1086/324782. [PDF]
  • Brunt, C.M.. (2002) The Dark Arc: A Massive Cloud of Cold Atomic Hydrogen in the Outer Galaxy, Seeing Through the Dust: The Detection of HI and the Exploration of the ISM in Galaxies, 280-283.
  • Kerton, C.R., Kothes, C.. (2002) Neutral Hydrogen Absorption Toward HII Regions in the Perseus Arm, Seeing Through the Dust: The Detection of HI and the Exploration of the ISM in Galaxies, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 140-144.
  • Kerton CR, Brunt CM. (2002) Outer Galaxy IRAS sources and 12CO emission (Kerton+, 2003), VizieR Online Data Catalog, volume 339, pages 91083-91083. [PDF]

2001

  • Brunt CM, Heyer MH. (2001) Interstellar Turbulence: II. Energy Spectra of Molecular Regions in the Outer Galaxy, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0110155.
  • Brunt CM, Kerton CR, Kothes R, Gibson SJ. (2001) The Care and Feeding of the Perseus Spiral Arm, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, volume 199, pages 1439-1439. [PDF]
  • Brunt CM, Knee LBG. (2001) A Massive Cloud of Cold Atomic Hydrogen in the Outer Galaxy, Nature, volume 412, no. 6844, pages 308-310, DOI:10.1038/35085519.
  • Taylor, A.R., Brunt, C.M.. (2001) Astroskiagraphy of Cold Galactic HI, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, volume 33.
  • Brunt, C.M., Pomerleau, C.. (2001) A New Outer Galaxy Molecular Cloud Catalog: Applications to Galactic Structure, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, volume 33.

2000

  • Brunt C, Heyer MH. (2000) Interstellar Turbulence: I. Retrieval of Velocity Field Statistics, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0011200.
  • Gibson SJ, Taylor AR, Higgs LA, Dedwney PE, Brunt CM. (2000) Cold HI in the Outer Galaxy: Properties and Distribution, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, volume 197, pages 702-702. [PDF]
  • Brunt CM, Ontkean J, Knee LBG. (2000) A Reprocessing of the FCRAO Outer Galaxy Survey - Detection of Widespread Faint CO, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, volume 197, pages 508-508. [PDF]

1999

  • Brunt CM. (1999) Turbulence in the interstellar medium.
  • Landecker TL, Knee LBG, Brunt C, Dewdney PE, Dougherty SM, Galt JA, Gray AD, Higgs LA, Kothes R, Purton CR. (1999) The Canadian Galactic Plane Survey - Phase 2, Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, volume 93, pages 182-182. [PDF]
  • Heyer MH, Brunt C. (1999) Retrieval of Turbulent Velocity Field Statistics, New Perspectives on the Interstellar Medium, volume 168, pages 387-387. [PDF]

1998

1997

  • Heyer MH, Brunt C, Snell RL, Howe JE, Schloerb FP, Carpenter JM. (1997) FCRAO CO Survey of the Outer Galaxy, Astronomy Data Image Library, pages 01-01. [PDF]
  • Snell R, Heyer M, Brunt C, Howe J, Schloerb FP, Carpenter J. (1997) The FCRAO CO Survey of the Outer Galaxy, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, volume 191, pages 1220-1220. [PDF]

1996

  • Heyer MH, Brunt C, Snell RL, Howe J, Schloerb FP, Carpenter JM, Normandeau M, Taylor AR, Dewdney PE, Cao Y. (1996) A Massive Cometary Cloud Associated with IC 1805: Erratum, \apjl, volume 469, pages L139-L139, DOI:10.1086/310282.
  • Heyer MH, Brunt C, Snell RL, Howe J, Schloerb FP, Carpenter JM, Normandeau M, Taylor AR, Dewdney PE, Cao Y. (1996) A massive cometary cloud associated with IC 1805, Astrophys. J. Lett, volume 464, no. 2 PART II, pages L175-L178. [PDF]

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