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University of West Georgia: Carrollton, Georgia, US

2018-08-01 to present | Associate Professor of Physics (Natural Sciences)
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Nicholas Sterling

University of West Georgia: Carrollton, GA, US

2013-08-01 to 2018-07-31 | Assistant Professor (Physics)
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Nicholas Sterling

Valparaiso University: Valparaiso, IN, US

2012-08-01 to 2013-07-31 | Visiting Assistant Professor (Physics and Astronomy)
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Nicholas Sterling

Michigan State University: East Lansing, MI, US

2009-10-01 to 2012-08-01 | NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow (Physics and Astronomy)
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Education and qualifications (2)

University of Texas System: Austin, TX, US

2001-08-15 to 2006-09-30 | Ph.D. (Astronomy)
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Nicholas Sterling

University of Wisconsin Madison: Madison, WI, US

1995-09-01 to 2000-05-30 | Physics-Astronomy & Mathematics, Double B.S. (Physics, Mathematics)
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Nicholas Sterling

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Chemical Abundances of Eight Highly-extincted Milky Way Planetary Nebulae*

The Astronomical Journal
2022-11-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Catherine Manea; Harriet L. Dinerstein; N. C. Sterling; Greg Zeimann
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Neutron-Capture Element Abundances in Planetary Nebulae

Galaxies
2020-06-17 | Journal article
Contributors: N. C. Sterling
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First Evidence of Enhanced Recombination in Astrophysical Environments and the Implications for Plasma Diagnostics

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
2019-12-10 | Journal article
Contributors: A. Nemer; N. C. Sterling; J. Raymond; A. K. Dupree; J. García-Rojas; Qianxia Wang; M. S. Pindzola; C. P. Ballance; S. D. Loch
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Neutron-capture Elements in Planetary Nebulae: First Detections of Near-infrared [Te iii] and [Br v] Emission Lines* †

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
2018-07-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Simone Madonna; Manuel Bautista; Harriet L. Dinerstein; N. C. Sterling; Jorge García-Rojas; Kyle F. Kaplan; Maria del Mar Rubio-Díez; Nieves Castro-Rodríguez; Francisco Garzón
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Identification of Near-infrared [Se iii] and [Kr vi] Emission Lines in Planetary Nebulae∗

The Astrophysical Journal
2017-05-10 | Journal article
Contributors: N. C. Sterling; S. Madonna; K. Butler; J. García-Rojas; A. L. Mashburn; C. Morisset; V. Luridiana; I. U. Roederer
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NEUTRON-CAPTURE ELEMENT ABUNDANCES IN MAGELLANIC CLOUD PLANETARY NEBULAE*

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
2016-11-01 | Journal article
Contributors: A. L. Mashburn; N. C. Sterling; S. Madonna; Harriet L. Dinerstein; I. U. Roederer; T. R. Geballe
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Abundances of Iron-Group Elements in Planetary Nebulae and Consequences for Chemical Enrichment

Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
2016-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Harriet L. Dinerstein; T. R. Geballe; N. C. Sterling
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Atomic Data and Neutron-Capture Element Abundances in Planetary Nebulae

Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
2016-10 | Journal article
Contributors: N. C. Sterling
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DISCOVERY OF RUBIDIUM, CADMIUM, AND GERMANIUM EMISSION LINES IN THE NEAR-INFRARED SPECTRA OF PLANETARY NEBULAE*

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
2016-03-01 | Journal article
Contributors: N. C. Sterling; Harriet L. Dinerstein; Kyle F. Kaplan; Manuel A. Bautista
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A New Analysis of s-process Enrichments in Planetary Nebulae

American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts
2015 | Conference paper
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Nicholas Sterling

Absolute Photoionization of Br $^${$+$}$ $ and Rb $^${$3+$}$ $ Ions for the Determination of Elemental Abundances in Astrophysical Nebulae

Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2015 | Journal article
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Nicholas Sterling

The Detection of Neutron-Capture Elements in Magellanic Cloud Planetary Nebulae

American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts
2015 | Conference paper
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Nicholas Sterling

Investigating Possible Departures from Maxwellian Energy Distributions in Nebulae using High-Resolution Emission Line Spectra

American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts# 223
2014 | Conference paper
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Nicholas Sterling

s-process Enrichment in the Planetary Nebula NGC 3918

arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.2071
2014 | Journal article
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Nicholas Sterling

The Chemical Diversity of Planetary Nebulae

American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts# 223
2014 | Conference paper
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Nicholas Sterling

Absolute Photoionization of Rb $^${$+$}$ $ and Br $^${$2+$}$ $ Ions for the Determination of Elemental Abundances in Astrophysical Nebulae

Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2013 | Journal article
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Nicholas Sterling

Deep Optical Spectroscopy of Planetary Nebulae: The Search for Neutron-Capture Elements

American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts# 221
2013 | Conference paper
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Nicholas Sterling

Absolute single photoionization cross-section measurements of Se3+ and Se5+

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
2012 | Journal article
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Nicholas Sterling

High-resolution photoionization of Xe+ ions: Experiment and theory

Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2012 | Journal article
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Nicholas Sterling

Ionization Corrections for Deriving Se and Kr Abundances in Ionized Nebulae

American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts# 219
2012 | Conference paper
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Nicholas Sterling

Absolute high-resolution Se+ photoionization cross-section measurements with Rydberg-series analysis

Physical Review A
2011 | Journal article
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Nicholas Sterling

Advances in atomic data for neutron-capture elements

Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
2011 | Journal article
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Nicholas Sterling

Atomic data for neutron-capture elements-II. Photoionization and recombination properties of low-charge krypton ions

Astronomy & Astrophysics
2011 | Journal article
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Nicholas Sterling

Atomic data for neutron-capture elements-III. Charge transfer rate coefficients for low-charge ions of Ge, Se, Br, Kr, Rb, and Xe

Astronomy & Astrophysics
2011 | Journal article
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Nicholas Sterling

Atomic Data for Neutron-Capture Elements. II (Sterling, 2011)

VizieR Online Data Catalog
2011 | Journal article
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Nicholas Sterling

Experimental photoionization cross-section measurements in the ground and metastable state threshold region of Se+

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
2011 | Journal article
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Nicholas Sterling

New Atomic Data for Neutron-Capture Elements and Their Application to Abundance Determinations in Ionized Nebulae

Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
2011 | Conference paper
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Nicholas Sterling

New atomic data for trans-iron elements and their application to abundance determinations in planetary nebulae 1 1 This review is part of a Special Issue on the 10th International Colloquium on Atomic Spectra and Oscillator Strengths for Astrophysical and Laboratory Plasmas.

Canadian Journal of Physics
2011 | Journal article
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Nicholas Sterling

Photoionization cross sections of Selenium ions (Sterling+, 2011)

VizieR Online Data Catalog
2011 | Journal article
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Nicholas Sterling

Unveiling the True Metallicity and Stellar Populations of Planetary Nebula Progenitor Stars

Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
2011 | Conference paper
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Nicholas Sterling

VizieR Online Data Catalog: Low-charge ions charge transfer rate coeff.(Sterling+, 2011)

VizieR Online Data Catalog
2011 | Journal article
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Nicholas Sterling

Absolute Photoionization of Se and Xe Ions for the Determination of Elemental Abundances in Astrophysical Nebulae

APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting Abstracts
2010 | Conference paper
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Nicholas Sterling

Absolute Single Photoionization Cross Sections of Se^ 3+ For the Determination of Elemental Abundances in Planetary Nebulae

APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting Abstracts
2009 | Conference paper
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Nicholas Sterling

Experimental and theoretical photoionization cross sections for Se+ from 18 eV to 31 eV

Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2009 | Journal article
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Nicholas Sterling

Improved Neutron-Capture Element Abundances in Planetary Nebulae

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
2009 | Journal article
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Nicholas Sterling

Nucleosynthesis predictions for intermediate-mass asymptotic giant branch stars: Comparison to observations of type I planetary nebulae

The Astrophysical Journal
2009 | Journal article
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Nicholas Sterling

The abundances of light neutron-capture elements in planetary nebulae. II. s-process enrichments and interpretation

The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
2008 | Journal article
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Nicholas Sterling

The Road to Accurate Trans-Iron Element Abundances in Ionized Nebulae

Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
2008 | Conference paper
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Nicholas Sterling

A Large-Scale Survey of Neutron-Capture Element Abundances in Planetary Nebulae

arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.1323
2007 | Journal article
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Nicholas Sterling

CHARA array K'-band measurements of the angular dimensions of Be star disks

The Astrophysical Journal
2007 | Journal article
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Nicholas Sterling

Improved Neutron-Capture Element Abundances in Planetary Nebulae from Multi-Wavelength Spectroscopy and New Atomic Data

Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
2007 | Conference paper
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Nicholas Sterling

Light n-Capture Element Abundances in PNe. I.

The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
2007 | Journal article
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Nicholas Sterling

Light neutron-capture element abundances in planetary nebulae

2007 | Book
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Nicholas Sterling

On the Use of the [Zn IV] 3.625 Micron Line as a Tracer of Iron-group Abundances in Ionized Nebulae

Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
2007 | Conference paper
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Nicholas Sterling

Photoionization of Se+ and Se2+ Ions: Experiment and Theory

APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting Abstracts
2007 | Conference paper
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Nicholas Sterling

The Abundances of Light Neutron-Capture Elements in Planetary Nebulae. I. Photoionization Modeling and Ionization Corrections

The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
2007 | Journal article
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Nicholas Sterling

A Search for Gas-Phase Zirconium in s-process Enriched Planetary Nebulae

Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
2006 | Conference paper
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Nicholas Sterling

Do s-Process Enhanced Planetary Nebulae Have Unusual Dust Emission Spectra?

Spitzer Proposal
2006 | Journal article
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Nicholas Sterling

K-Band Spectroscopy of the Extragalactic Planetary Nebula Hen 2-436

Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
2006 | Conference paper
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Nicholas Sterling

The Abundances of Light Neutron-Capture Elements in Planetary Nebulae

Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
2006 | Journal article
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Nicholas Sterling
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