Jack R . Gabel, PhD

Associate Professor

Physics

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College of Arts and Sciences
Graduate School
Medical Physics (Master of Science)
Physics (Master of Science)
Physics
HLSB - Hixson Lied Science Building - G72

Jack R . Gabel, PhD

Associate Professor

Physics

Dr. Jack Gabel joined the faculty in 2006. He teaches astrophysics, electricity and magnetism, general physics and astronomy.  His research field is astrophysics, with his recent efforts focused on quasar accretion and outflow processes using ultraviolet, optical and infrared spectra from the Hubble Space Telescope and large ground-based observatories.  He is the director of the Creighton Robotic Telescope Facility.  Jack did his graduate studies at The Catholic University of America and undergraduate studies at Creighton.

Department

Physics

Position

Associate Professor

Publications

  • Astrophysical Journal
    Scott A. E., Long-Term X-Ray Stability and Ultraviolet Variability of the Ionized Absorption in Ngc 3783
    797:2, p. 105 2014
  • Nebraska Academy of Sciences, PO Box 880410 Lincoln NE 68588-0410 United States. [np]. Apr 2012
    Medvar Barbara, VIEW OF AGN OUTFLOWS THROUGH THE MID-IR 2012
  • Nebraska Academy of Sciences, PO Box 880410 Lincoln NE 68588-0410 United States. [np]. Jun 2011
    Medvar Barbara, MODELING THE TORI SURROUNDING ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI WITH MASS OUTFLOWS USING NIR SPECTRA 2011
  • Astrophysical Journal
    Edmonds Doug, Galactic-Scale Absorption Outflow in the Low-Luminosity Quasar Iras F04250-5718: Hubble Space Telescope/cosmic Origins Spectrograph Observations
    739:1, p. (12 pages) 2011
  • Nebraska Academy of Sciences, PO Box 880410 Lincoln NE 68588-0410 United States. [np]. Apr 2009
    Showalter Allison, A NASA SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE INFRARED STUDY OF QUASAR OUTFLOWS, p. - 2009
  • Nebraska Academy of Sciences, PO Box 880410 Lincoln NE 68588-0410 United States. [np]. Apr 2009
    Behncke Sandra, A SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE INFRARED SPECTRAL STUDY OF QUASAR OUTFLOWS 2009
  • Astrophysical Journal
    Crenshaw D. M., Mass outflow in the seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548
    698:1, p. 281 - 292 2009
  • Astrophysical Journal
    Scott Jennifer E., Variable intrinsic absorption in Mrk 279
    694:1, p. 438 - 448 2009
  • Astronomical Journal
    Dunn Jay P., A survey of intrinsic absorption in active galaxies using the far ultraviolet spectroscopic explorer
    134:3, p. 1061 - 1071 2007
  • Astrophysical Journal
    Arav Nahum, Chemical abundances in an agn environment
    658:2 I, p. 829 - 839 2007
  • Astronomical Journal
    Ganguly Rajib, Hubble space telescope ultraviolet spectroscopy of 14 low-redshift quasars
    133:2, p. 479 - 486 2007
  • Astrophysical Journal
    Arav N., Chemical abundances in an AGN environment : X-Ray/UV campaign on the Markarian 279 outflow
    658:2, p. 829 - 839 2007
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
    Costantini E., X-ray/ultraviolet observing campaign of the Markarian 279 active galactic nucleus outflow
    461:1, p. 121 - 134 2007
  • Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series
    Kraemer S. B., Simultaneous ultraviolet and X-ray observations of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 4151. II. Physical conditions in the UV absorbers
    167:2, p. 161 - 176 2006
  • Astrophysical Journal
    Kraemer S. B., Simultaneous Ultraviolet and X-ray Observations of the Seyfert Galaxy NGC 4151. II. Physical Conditions in the UV Absorbers
    167:Supl, p. 161 2006
  • Astrophysical Journal
    Kraemer S. B., Simultaneous ultraviolet and X-ray observations of seyfert galaxy NGC 4151. I. Physical conditions in the X-ray absorbers
    633:2 I, p. 693 - 705 2005
  • Astrophysical Journal
    Gabel Jack R., The ionized gas and nuclear environment in NGC 3783. V. Variability and modeling of the intrinsic ultraviolet absorption
    631:2 I, p. 741 - 761 2005
  • Astrophysical Journal
    Gabel Jack R., X-ray/ultraviolet observing campaign of the markarian 279 active galactic nucleus outflow
    623:1 I, p. 85 - 98 2005
  • , X-ray/UV Observing Campaign on the Mrk 279 AGN Outflow: A Global Fitting Analysis of the UV Absorption 2005
  • Astrophysical Journal
    Arav Nahum, X-ray/ultraviolet campaign on the Mrk 279 AGN outflow
    620:2 I, p. 665 - 672 2005
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
    Kaastra J. S., X-ray/UV campaign on the Mrk 279 outflow
    428:1, p. 57 - 66 2004
  • Astrophysical Journal
    Crenshaw D. M., High-resolution ultraviolet spectra of the dwarf Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4395
    612:1 I, p. 152 - 158 2004
  • Astrophysical Journal
    Kraemer S. B., On the relationship between the optical emission-line and X-ray luminosities in seyfert 1 galaxies
    607:2 I, p. 794 - 799 2004
  • Astrophysical Journal
    Kraemer S. B., The effects of low-temperature dielectronic recombination on the relative populations of the Fe M-shell states
    604:2 I, p. 556 - 561 2004
  • Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
    Kraemer S, Combined HST/STIS, FUSE, and Chandra observations of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4151; Multiwavelength observations of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4151; S. B. Kraemer et al
    2004:IAUS222, p. 275 2004
  • Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
    Crenshaw D, The host galaxies of narrow-line Seyfert-1s: Evidence for bar-driven fueling; Narrow-line Seyfert-1 galaxies: Evidence for bar-driven fueling; D. M. Crenshaw et al
    2004:IAUS222, p. 415 2004
  • Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
    Crenshaw D. Michael, The host galaxies of narrow-line Seyfert-1s: Evidence for bar-driven fueling
    2004:IAUS222, p. 415 - 418 2004
  • Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
    Kraemer S. B., Combined HST/STIS, FUSE, and Chandra observations of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4151
    2004:IAUS222, p. 275 - 278 2004
  • Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
    Gabel J. R., Geometric-kinematic structure in AGN outflows: Intrinsic absorption in Mrk 279
    2004:IAUS222, p. 321 - 322 2004
  • Astrophysical Journal
    Netzer Hagai, The ionized gas and nuclear environment in NGC 3783. IV. Variability and modeling of the 900 kilosecond Chandra spectrum
    599:2 I, p. 933 - 948 2003
  • Scientific and technical aerospace reports
    Netzer Hagai, The ionized gas and nuclear environment in NGC 3783, IV, variability and modeling of the 900 ks CHANDRA spectrum
    41:22 2003
  • Astronomical Journal
    Crenshaw D. M., The host galaxies of narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies
    126:4 1774, p. 1690 - 1698 2003
  • Astrophysical Journal
    Gabel Jack R., The Ionized Gas and Nuclear Environment in NGC 3783. III. Detection of a Decreasing Radial Velocity in an Intrinsic Ultraviolet Absorber
    595:1 I, p. 120 - 126 2003
  • Astrophysical Journal
    Crenshaw D. M., Simultaneous ultraviolet and x-ray spectroscopy of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548. I. Physical conditions in the ultraviolet absorbers
    594:1 I, p. 116 - 127 2003
  • Astrophysical Journal
    Turner T. J., Elemental abundances in NGC 3516
    594:1 I, p. 128 - 135 2003
  • Astrophysical Journal
    Gabel Jack R., The ionized gas and nuclear environment in NGC 3783. II. Averaged Hubble Space Telescope/STIS and far ultraviolet spectroscopic explorer spectra
    583:1 I, p. 178 - 191 2003
  • Astrophysical Journal
    Kraemer S. B., The kinematics and physical conditions of the ionized gas in Markarian 509. II. STIS echelle observations
    582:1 I, p. 125 - 132 2003
  • Astrophysical Journal
    Yaqoob Tahir, The kinematics and physical conditions of the ionized gas in markarian 509. I. Chandra high energy grating spectroscopy
    582:1 I, p. 105 - 124 2003
  • Netzer Hagai, The Ionized Gas and Nuclear Environment in NGC 3783 2003
  • Astronomical Journal
    Hutchings J. B., Balmer and He I absorption in the nuclear spectrum of NGC 4151
    124:5 1763, p. 2543 - 2547 2002
  • Astrophysical Journal
    Kraemer S. B., Variable ultraviolet absorption in the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 3516
    577:1 I, p. 98 - 113 2002
  • Astronomical Journal
    Gabel J. R., The central starburst and ionization mechanism in the liner/H II region transition nucleus in NGC 4569
    124:2 1760, p. 737 - 750 2002
  • Astrophysical Journal
    Kaspi Shai, The ionized gas and nuclear environment in NGC 3783. I. Time-averaged 900 kilosecond Chandra grating spectroscopy
    574:2 I, p. 643 - 662 2002
  • Astrophysical Journal
    Kraemer S. B., Stis echelle observations of the intrinsic uv absorption in the seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 3783
    557:1 PART 1, p. 30 - 38 2001
  • Astrophysical Journal
    Gabel J. R., Hubble Space Telescope observations and photoionization modeling of the LINER galaxy NGC 1052
    532:2 PART 1, p. 883 - 894 2000

Presentations

  • "Variability in the Intrinsic UV Absorption in Mrk 279 based on Hubble Space Telescope / COS Spectra", Schmachtenberger, B. R. and Gabel, J. R., 2015, 225th American Astronomical Society Meeting, Seattle, WA, January 2015 2015
  • "Variability in the Intrinsic Absorption in the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 3783", Gabel, J., Crenshaw, D., Kraemer, S., & Dunn, J., 2014, 223rd American Astronomical Society Meeting, Washington, DC, January 2014 2014
  • Presentation, CU@Joslyn Faculty Speaker Series, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE, 2013
  • Invited presentation, Hyde Observatory, Lincoln, NE 2013
  • "Mid-Infrared Spectra of Broad Absorption Line Quasars", Gabel, J. and Medvar, B., 2013, 221st American Astronomical Society Meeting, Long Beach, CA 2013
  • "Constraining BALQSO Kinematic Luminosity with 4m Mayall/Echelle Spectrograph C III* Measurements", 2013, 221st American Astronomical Society Meeting, McGinnis, D., Gabel, J., et al., Long Beach, CA 2013
  • Invited colloquium, Physics Department, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha 2012
  • Special colloquium celebrating the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics, Creighton University 2011
  • "Spitzer/IRS Observations of BALQSOs," Medvar, B. and Gabel, J., Through the Infrared Looking Glass: A Dusty View of Galaxy and AGN Evolution conference, 2011, Pasadena, CA 2011
  • "Constraining AGN Outflow Kinetic Luminosity with C III* Absorption", Austerberry, D. and Gabel, J., 2011, AGN Winds in Charleston conference, Charleston, SC 2011
  • "Rebuilding the Creighton Astronomy Curriculum with Robotic Telescope Observations," Duda, G. and Gabel, J., 2011, American Association of Physics Teachers summer meeting 2011
  • "Creighton University Program in Energy Technology and Sustainability", Svingen, E., Cherney, M., Sidebottom, D. and Gabel, J., 2010, EPSCoR Research and Innovation Conference, Lincoln, NE 2010
  • Invited presentation, Prairie Astronomy Club/Hyde Observatory, Lincoln, NE 2010
  • "A Spitzer Space Telescope Infrared Spectral Study of Quasar Outflows", Showalter, A. and Gabel, J., 2010, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, 244, Washington, DC 2010
  • Invited colloquium, Grinnell College, Physics Department, Grinnell, IA 2009
  • Invited talk, University of Nebraska Mueller Planetarium, Lincoln, NE 2009
  • "Spitzer/IRS Mid-Infrared Spectra of Broad Absorption Line QSOs", Gabel, J., Behncke, S., and Showalter, A., 2009, International Astronomical Union General Assembly Meeting, Symposium 267, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2009
  • Invited presentation, Nebraska Star Party, Valentine, NE 2009
  • Invited presentation, University of Nebraska State Museum Astronomy Day event, Lincoln, NE 2009
  • "Spitzer/IRS Study of Quasar Outflows", Behncke, S., Showalter, A., and Gabel, J., 2009, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, 685, Washington, DC, winner of Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award 2009
  • Invited colloquium, Grinnell College, Physics Department, Grinnell, IA 2007
  • Invited Keynote Address, Nebraska Academy of Science meeting, Lincoln, NE, 2007
  • Invited colloquium, St Andrews University, SUPA, St Andrews, Scotland 2006
  • Invited colloquium, Valparaiso University, Department of Physics, Valparaiso, IN 2006
  • Invited colloquium, Benedictine College, Atchison, MO, 2006
  • Invited talk, "Active Galactic Nuclei: From Atoms to Black Holes" conference, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel 2006
  • "Extracting the Physical Conditions, Abundances, and Geometric Structure of AGN Outflows from High Resolution UV Spectra: VLT/UVES Observations of the HDFS Target QSO J2233-606", Gabel, J., Arav, N., and Kim, T.-S., 2006, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 37, 1185, Washington, DC 2006
  • "High-Resolution X-ray and UV Spectra of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC High-Resolution X-ray and UV Spectra of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4151. I. Physical Conditions in the X-ray Absorbers", Kraemer, S.B., et al., 2006, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 37,1190, Washington, DC 2006
  • "Covering of the Outflow in Mrk 279", Scott, J.E., Gabel, J., and Arav, N., 2006, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 37, 1185, Washington, DC 2006
  • "High-Resolution X-ray and UV Spectra of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4151. II. STIS and FUSE Observations of the Intrinsic UV Absorption", Crenshaw, D. M. Kraemer, S.B., Gabel, J.R., NGC 4151 Team, 2006, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 37, 1185, Washington, DC 2006
  • "The AGN Outflow in the HDFS Target QSO J2233-606: Study of a High-Resolution VLT/UVES Spectrum", Gabel, J.R., AGN Winds in the Caribbean Conference, St. John, Virgin Islands 2005
  • Invited talk, "AGN Winds in the Caribbean" workshop, St John, Virgin Islands 2005
  • "Variability of the Intrinsic Ultraviolet Absorption in Mrk 279", Scott, J.E., Kriss, G.A, Kim Quijano, J., Arav, N., and Gabel, J., 2005, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 37, 446, San Diego, CA 2005
  • Invited talk, "AGN Mass Ejection: The UV/X-ray Connection" session, American Astronomical Society meeting, Denver, CO 2004
  • "The Geometry and Physical Condition in AGN Outflows: New Constraints from Intensive UV Observations", Gabel, J.R., et al., 2004, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 36, 752, Denver, CO 2004
  • "Intrinsic UV Absorption in the Seyfert 1 Galaxy Mrk 279: FUSE and HST/STIS Echelle Spectra", Gabel, J.R., et al., 2004, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 36, 581, Atlanta, GA 2004
  • "Combined HST/STIS, FUSE, and Chandra Observations of the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 4151", Kraemer, S.B., Crenshaw, D.M., Gabel, J.R., and George, I.M., 2004, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 35, 1299, Atlanta, GA 2004
  • "Intrinsic Absorption in the Dwarf Seyfert NGC 4395", Crenshaw, D.M., Kraemer, S.B., and Gabel, J.R., 2004, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 35, 1299, Atlanta, GA 2004
  • Invited colloquium, JILA/CASA Seminar, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 2003
  • Seminar presentation, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics, Greenbelt, MD 2003
  • "An Intensive Monitoring Campaign of the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 3783: Variability in the UV and Far-UV Intrinsic Absorption", Gabel, J.R., et al., 2003, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 34, 1183, Seattle, WA 2003
  • "Simultaneous UV and X-ray Spectroscopy of the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 5548. I. Evidence for Dust in the UV Absorbers", Kraemer, S., et al., 2003, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 34, 1110, Seattle, WA 2003
  • Invited colloquium, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, 2002
  • Invited colloquium, University of Kentucky, Department of Physics, Lexington, KY 2002
  • Invited colloquium, Physics Department, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 2002
  • "HST/STIS and FUSE Observations of the UV Intrinsic Absorption in NGC 3783", Gabel, J.R., et al., 2002, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 33, 1375, Washington, DC 2002
  • Invited colloquium, Dept of Physics & Astronomy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 2001
  • " The Physical Conditions in the Intrinsic UV Absorbing Gas in the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 3783", Gabel, J.R., et al., 2001, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol.33, 916, Pasadena, CA 2001
  • "The History of the Local ISM: The Last 50 Million Years", Goyette, J. Bruhweiler, F., Pitts, M., and Gabel, J., 2001, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 33, 884, Pasadena, CA 2001
  • Invited talk, "Mass Outflow in Active Galactic Nuclei: New Perspectives" conference, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 2001
  • "Stellar Photoionization Models of the Low Ionization Emission Region in the Nucleus of NGC 4569", Gabel, J.R. and Bruhweiler, F.C., 2000, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 32, 1565, Rochester, NY 2000
  • "FUSE Observations of Three Ultra-hot Wolf-Rayet Pre-White Dwarfs", Miskey C., Bruhweiler, F., Gabel, J., et al., 2000, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 32, 1473, Rochester, NY 2000
  • "Excitation Mechanism in the LINER/Starburst Galaxy NGC 4569", Gabel, J.R., et al., 1999, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 31, 1546, Chicago, IL 1999
  • "The Ionization Mechanism of LINER Galaxy NGC 1052", Gabel, J.R., et al., 1999, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 31, 893, Austin, TX 1999
  • "Model of an Expanding Supershell Structure in the LISM", Gabel, J.R., et al., 1998, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol.29, 1297, Washington, DC 1998

Other

  • NASA Nebraska Space Grant Fellowship FY21 Roden

  • Probing Accretion Disk Models of Quasars with Spectral and Photometric Surveys

  • NASA Nebraska Space Grant FY22 Fellowships

  • NASA FY23 Fellowship CU Pereira / Hare

  • Modeling Accretion Disks Associated with Supermassive Black Holes in Quasars

  • NASA Nebraska Space Grant Fellowship (Hare)

  • NASA Nebraska Space Grant Fellowship FY21 Roden

  • Probing Accretion Disk Models of Quasars with Spectral and Photometric Surveys

  • NASA Nebraska Space Grant FY22 Fellowships

  • NASA FY23 Fellowship CU Pereira / Hare

  • Modeling Accretion Disks Associated with Supermassive Black Holes in Quasars

  • NASA Nebraska Space Grant Fellowship (Hare)