Publications
L. Steffes, J. Bublitz, et al. An ALMA Spectral Line Survey of Globules B and C in the Helix Nebula, In Preparation
C.D. Tremblay, J.Sofair, L. Steffes, T. Myburgh, P.B. Demorest, M. Ruzindana, S.S. Varghese, et al. (2024) “COSMIC First Result for Large-Scale SETI on the VLA” Submitted to the Astrophysical Journal September 2024
L. Steffes, S. Stanimirovic, D. R. Rybarczyk, J. Dawson, M. Putman, P. Richter, J. Gallagher III, H. Liszt, C. Murray, J. Dickey, C. Heiles, A. Hernandez, R. Lindner, Y. Lui, N. McClure-Griffiths, T. Wong, B. Savage (2024) “A Search for 3-mm Molecular Absorption Line Transitions in the Magellanic Stream” Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia Accepted October 2024
L. Steffes, J. Bublitz, Mapping Neutral Carbon Across the Outer Layer of the Helix Nebula with the Atacama Compact Array 2022, Found at https://www.nrao.edu/students/2022/Reports/SteffesLucy.pdf
L. Steffes, J. Bublitz, The Chemical Composition of Globules B and C in the Helix Nebula 2021, Found at https://www.nrao.edu/students/2021/Reports/SteffesLucy.pdf
D. R. Rybarczyk, M. Gong, S. Stanimirovic, B. Babler, C.E. Murray, J. M. Winters, G. Luo, T. M. Dame, L. Steffes (2022) “The role of neutral hydrogen in setting the abundances of molecular species in the Milky Way's diffuse interstellar medium. II. Comparison between observations and theoretical models” The Astrophysical Journal Vol. 926, Iss. 2, pp. 190 (10.3847/1538-4357/ac4160)
D. R. Rybarczyk, S. Stanimirovic, M. Gong, B. Babler, C. E. Murray, M. Gerin, J. M. Winters, G. Luo, T. M. Dame, L. Steffes (2022) “The role of neutral hydrogen in setting the abundances of molecular species in the Milky Way's diffuse interstellar medium. I. Observational constraints from ALMA and NOEMA” The Astrophysical Journal Vol. 926, Iss 2, pp. 79 (10.3847/1538-4357/ac5035)
Presentations
L. Steffes, C. Tremblay, J. Sofair, S. Shynu-Varghese, M. Ruzindana, 2023, “ARTISTIC: A New Data Analysis Pipeline for COSMIC”, Poster Presentation at the 3rd Annual Barry Goldwater Research Symposium
Steffes, Lucille, 2023, “ARTISTIC: A New Data Analysis Pipeline for COSMIC”, Berkeley SETI Research Center Intern Symposium
Steffes, Lucille, 2023, “Mapping Neutral Carbon Across the Outer Layers of the Helix Nebula using the Atacama Compact Array”, University of Wisconsin - Madison Undergraduate Research Symposium
L. Steffes, J. Bublitz, 2023, “Mapping Neutral Carbon Across the Outer Layers of the Helix Nebula using the Atacama Compact Array”, 241st Meeting of the American Astronomical Society
Steffes, Lucille, 2022, "Mapping Neutral Carbon Across the Outer Layers of the Helix Nebula with the Atacama Compact Array", First Annual UW-Madison Astronomy Club Research Symposium
Steffes, Lucille, 2022, "Mapping Neutral Carbon in the Outer Layers of the Helix Nebula", Green Bank Observatory Summer Student Symposium, found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofyGOet_blA#t=14m40s
L. Steffes, J. Bublitz, 2022, “An ALMA Spectral Line Survey of Globules B and C in the Helix Nebula”, 240th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society
Steffes, Lucille, 2022, “Understanding Molecular Formation in Low Metallicity Environments of the Interstellar Medium”, Invited to present research to the UW-Madison Department of Astronomy Board of Visitors
Steffes, Lucille, 2022, “The Chemical Composition and Evolution of the Helix Nebula through Radio Astronomy”, Invited to present research to the Milwaukee Astronomical Society
Steffes, Lucille, 2022, “Calculating the Upper Limits of HCO+ in the Magellanic Stream”, University of Wisconsin Undergraduate Research Symposium
Steffes, Lucille, 2021, "The Chemical Composition of the Helix Nebula Globules", Green Bank Observatory Student Symposium, found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abs7X1sNkp4
Steffes, Lucille, 2021, "Search for Molecules in the Halo of the Milky Way Using the Atacama Large Millimeter Array", University of Wisconsin Undergraduate Research Symposium
Recordings
My final presentation from my second REU at the Green Bank Observatory during the Summer of 2022, where I studied neutral atomic carbon, [C I] in the outer layers of the Helix Nebula.
Mentor: Dr. Jesse Bublitz
My final presentation from my first REU at the Green Bank Observatory during the Summer of 2021, where I examined 12 molecular lines in Globules B and C of the Helix Nebula.
Mentor: Dr. Jesse Bublitz