...Research...

After finishing my degree I decided to do a Ph.D. at University College London. My research involved the analysis of ultra-high-resolution spectra of the interstellar medium towards orion.

One of the main highlights of this work was the discovery of small scale structure in the interstellar medium towards Delta Ori.

During the course of my Ph.D. I published a number of research papers which I list below.


The Chemistry of Transient Microstructure in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium
T. A. Bell, S. Viti, D. A. Williams, I. A. Crawford and R. J. Price.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomy Society 357, 961, 2005

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On the Origin of Diffuse Clouds
R. J. Price, S. Viti and D. A. Williams.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomy Society 343, 1257, 2003

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High-resolution observations of interstellar NaI and CaII towards the southern opening of the "Local Interstellar Chimney": probing the disk-halo connection
I. A. Crawford, R. Lallement, R. J. Price, D. M. Sfeir, B. P. Wakker & B. Y. Welsh.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomy Society 337, 720, 2002

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A VAPID analysis of the isotopic abundance of interstellar lithium in the Zeta Oph sightline: evidence for production by spallation
I. D. Howarth, R. J. Price, I. A. Crawford & I. Hawkins.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomy Society 335, 267, 2002

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Ultra-High-Resolution Spectroscopy of the Interstellar Medium Towards Orion
R. J. Price.
Ph.D. Thesis submitted to University College London (University of London) March 2002.

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An ultra-high-resolution study of the interstellar medium towards Orion
R. J. Price, I. A. Crawford, M. J. Barlow & I. D. Howarth.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomy Society 328, 555-582, 2001

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Variability in the interstellar line profile of Delta Ori
R. J. Price.
Talk given at The National Astronomy Meeting 2001 3 Apr. 2001


The detection of variable interstellar absorption lines with the UHRF
I. A. Crawford & R. J. Price.
AAO Newsletter 95, 6-7, Nov. 2000

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Delta Orionis: Further temporal variability and evidence for small scale structure in the ISM
R. J. Price, I. A. Crawford and I. D. Howarth.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomy Society 321, 553-558, 2001

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Detection of a variable interstellar absorption component towards Delta Orionis A
R. J. Price, I. A. Crawford and M. J. Barlow.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomy Society 312, L43-48, 2000

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Beta Pic-like circumstellar disk gas surrounding HR 10 and HD 85905
B. Y. Welsh, N. Craig, I. A. Crawford and R. J. Price.
Astronomy & Astrophysics 338, 674-682, 1998

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