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A SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE FAR-INFRARED SPECTRAL ATLAS OF COMPACT SOURCES IN THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS. I. THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD

Van Loon led the far-IR spectroscopy component of the SAGE-Spec Spitzer Space Telescope Legacy Programme, resulting in unique investigations of the dust temperature and gas cooling lines in objects of various evolutionary state (evolved stars, young stellar objects, supernova remnants) in the Magellanic Clouds. Van Loon analysed all of the spectra and measured all of the presented spectral properties himself, only benefitting from the data processing of the raw data by one of the expert co-authors (K. Gordon). Van Loon wrote all of the text, with only minor suggestions made by co-authors, and made all of the figures. He did all of the interpretation, the only more substantial contributions from co-authors being the suggestion to look at the photo-electric heating efficiency (which van Loon then pursued without further guidance).