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Nebular C IV 1550 Imaging of the Metal-Poor Starburst Mrk 71, M. S. Oey, A. N. Sawant, L. J. Smith, A. Danehkar, J. Melinder, C. Leitherer, S. Silich, A. E. Jaskot, D. Calzetti, Y.-H. Chu, M. Hayes, B. L. James, & G. Östlin, ApJ, submitted

Delayed Massive-Star Mechanical Feedback at Low Metallicity, M. C. Jecmen & M. S. Oey 2023, ApJ, submitted

Strong Variability in AzV 493 an Extreme Oe-Type Star in the SMC, M. S. Oey, N. Castro, M. Renzo, I. Vargas-Salazar, M. W. Suffak, M. Ratajczak, J. D. Monnier, M. K. Szymanski, G. D. Phillips, N. Calvet, A. Chiti, G. Micheva, K. C. Rasmussen, & R. H. D. Townsend 2023, ApJ, 947, 27

Catastrophic Cooling in Superwinds III. Non-equilibrium Photoionization, A. Danehkar, M. S. Oey, & W. J. Gray 2022, ApJ, 937, 68; WEBSITE

Classical OBe Stars as Post-Supernova Runaways: Confirming Binary Origins, M. M. Dallas, M. S. Oey, & N. Castro 2022, ApJ, 936, 112

Emission-line Wings Driven by Lyman Continuum in the Green Pea Analog Mrk 71, L. Komarova, M. S. Oey, M. R. Krumholz, S. Silich, N. Kumari, & B. L. James 2021, ApJL, 920, L46

Limits to Ionization-Parameter Mapping as a Diagnostic of HII Region Optical Depth, A. N. Sawant, E. W. Pellegrini, M. S. Oey, J. Lopez-Hernandez, & G. Micheva 2021, ApJ, 923, 78

Catastrophic Cooling in Superwinds II. Exploring the Parameter Space, A. Danehkar, M. S. Oey, & W. J. Gray 2021, ApJ, 921, 91; WEBSITE

Runaway OB Stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud: Dynamical Versus Supernova Ejections, J. Dorigo Jones, M. S. Oey, K. Paggeot, N. Castro, & M. Moe 2020, ApJ, 903, 43

A Search for In-Situ Field OB Star Formation in the Small Magellanic Cloud, I. Vargas-Salazar, M. S. Oey, J. R. Barnes, X. Chen, N. Castro, K. M. Kratter, & T. A. Faerber 2020, ApJ 903, 42

Accretion-Driven Sources in Spatially Resolved Ly-alpha Emitters, B. Dittenber, M. S. Oey, E. Hodges-Kluck, E. Gallo, M. Hayes, G. Oestlin, & J. Melinder 2020, ApJL 890, L12

Catastrophic Cooling in Superwinds: Line Emission and Non-equilibrium Ionization, W. J. Gray, M. S. Oey, S. Silich, & E. Scannapieco 2019, ApJ, 887, 161

The Spectroscopic Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram of Hot, Massive Stars in the SMC, N. Castro, M. S. Oey, L. Fossati, & N. Langer 2018, ApJ, 868, 57

Resolved Kinematics of Runaway and Field OB Stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud M. S. Oey, J. Dorigo Jones, N. Castro, P. Zivick, G. Besla, H. C. Januszewski, M. Moe, N. Kallivayalil, & D. J. Lennon 2018, ApJ, 867, L8

Mapping Lyman Continuum Escape in Tololo 1247-232, G. Micheva, M. S. Oey, R. P. Keenan, A. E. Jaskot, & B. L. James 2018, ApJ, 867, 2

Kinematics and Optical Depth in the Green Peas: Suppressed Superwinds in Candidate LyC Emitters, A. E. Jaskot, M. S. Oey, S. Scarlata, & T. Dowd 2017, ApJ 851, L9

Dense CO in Mrk 71-A: Superwind Suppressed in a Young Super Star Cluster, M. S. Oey, C. N. Herrera, S. Silich, M. Reiter, B. L. James, A. E. Jaskot, & G. Micheva 2017, ApJ 849, L1

Haro 11: Where is the Lyman Continuum Source?, R. P. Keenan, M. S. Oey, A. E. Jaskot, & B. L. James 2017, ApJ 848, 12

Mrk 71/NGC 2366: The Nearest Green Pea Analog, G. Micheva, M. S. Oey, A. E. Jaskot, & B. L. James 2017, ApJ, 845, 165

Dust Emission at 8 um and 24 um as Diagnostics of HII Region Radiative Transfer, M. S. Oey, J. Lopez-Hernandez, J. A. Kellar, E. W. Pellegrini, K. D. Gordon, K. E. Jameson, A. Li, S. C. Madden, M. Meixner, J. Roman-Duval, C. Bot, M. Rubio, & A. G. G. M. Tielens 2017, ApJ, 844, 63

Classical Oe Stars in the Field of the Small Magellanic Cloud, J. B. Golden-Marx, M. S. Oey, J. B. Lamb, A. S. Graus, & A. S. White 2016, ApJ, 819, 55.

The Runaways and Isolated O-Type Star Spectroscopic Survey of the SMC (RIOTS4), J. B. Lamb, M. S. Oey, D. M. Segura-Cox, A. S. Graus, D. C. Kiminki, J. B. Golden-Marx, & J. Wm. Parker 2016, ApJ, 817, 113.

From H I to Stars: H I Depletion in Starbursts and Star-forming Galaxies in the ALFALFA Hα Survey, A. E. Jaskot, M. S. Oey, J. J. Salzer, A. Van Sistine, E. F. Bell, & M. P. Haynes 2015, ApJ, 808, 66.

Linking Ly-alpha and Low-Ionization Transitions at Low Optical Depth A. E. Jaskot & M. S. Oey 2014, ApJ, 791, L19.

New Constraints on the Escape of Ionizing Photons in Starburst Galaxies from Ionization-Parameter Mapping, J. Zastrow, M. S. Oey, S. Veilleux, & M. McDonald 2013, ApJ, 779, 76.

Single-Star HII Regions as a Probe of Massive Star Spectral Energy Distributions, J. Zastrow, M. S. Oey, & E. W. Pellegrini 2013, ApJ, 769, 94.

A Sample of OB Stars that Formed in the Field, M. S. Oey, J. B. Lamb, C. T. Kushner, E. W. Pellegrini, & A. S. Graus 2013, ApJ, 768, 66.

The Origin and Optical Depth of Ionizing Radiation in the `Green Pea' Galaxies, A. E. Jaskot & M. S. Oey 2013, ApJ 766, 91

The Initial Mass Function of Field OB Stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud, J. B. Lamb, M. S. Oey, A. S. Graus, F. C. Adams, & D. M. Segura-Cox 2013, ApJ, 763, 101.

Discovery of New, Dust-Poor B[e] Supergiants in the Small Magellanic Cloud, A. Graus, J. B. Lamb, & M. S. Oey 2012, ApJ, 759, 10.

The Optical Depth of H II Regions in the Magellanic Clouds E. W. Pellegrini, M. S. Oey, P. F. Winkler, S. D. Points, R. C. Smith, A. E. Jaskot, & J. Zastrow 2012, ApJ, 755, 40.

An Ionization Cone in the Dwarf Starburst Galaxy NGC 5253, J. Zastrow, M. S. Oey, S. Veilleux, M. McDonald, & C. L. Martin 2011, ApJ Letters, 741, L17.

Completing the Massive Star Population: Striking into the Field (Review), M. S. Oey & J. B. Lamb 2012, in Four Decades of Research on Massive Stars, eds. L. Drissen et al., ASP Conference Series, 431.

On the Origin of the Salpeter Slope for the Initial Mass Function, M. S. Oey 2011, ApJ Letters, 739, L46.

Dust Emission from Evolved and Unevolved HII Regions in the Large Magellanic Cloud, C.T. Slater, M.S. Oey, A. Li, J.-Ph. Bernard, E. Churchwell, K.D. Gordon, R. Indebetouw, B. Lawton, M. Meixner, D. Paradis, & W.T. Reach 2011, ApJ, 732, 98.

Observational Constraints on Superbubble X-ray Energy Budgets, A.E. Jaskot, D.K. Strickland, M.S. Oey, Y.-H. Chu, & G. Garcia-Segura 2011, ApJ, 729, 28.

Gemini GMOS Spectroscopy of He II Nebulae in M33, C. Kehrig, M.S. Oey, P.A. Crowther, J. Fogel, E. Pellegrini, O. Schnurr, D. Schaerer, P. Massey, & K. Roth 2011, A&A, 526, A128.

A Multiwavelength Study on the Fate of Ionizing Radiation in Local Starbursts, D.J. Hanish, M.S. Oey, J.R. Rigby, D.F. De Mello & J.C. Lee 2010, ApJ, 725, 2029.

The Sparsest Clusters with O Stars, The Sparsest Clusters with O Stars, J.B. Lamb, M.S. Oey, J.K. Werk, & L.D. Ingleby 2010, ApJ, 725, 1886.

Massive Stars: Feedback Effects in the Local Universe, M. S. Oey & C. J. Clarke 2009, in Massive Stars: From Pop III and GRBs to the Milky Way, eds. M. Livio & E. Villaver, (Cambridge: Cambridge U. Press), p. 74.

A Reexamination of Observed and Predicted Stellar Ionizing Fluxes in the Large Magellanic Cloud, E.S. Voges, M.S. Oey, R.A.M. Walterbos, & T.M. Wilkinson 2008, AJ, 135, 1291.

Tracing the Galactic Thick Disk to Solar Metallicities, T. Bensby, A.R. Zenn, M.S. Oey, & S. Feltzing 2007, ApJ Letters, 663, L13.

The Survey for Ionization in Neutral-Gas Galaxies: III. Diffuse, Warm Ionized Medium and Escape of Ionizing Radiation, M.S. Oey, G.R. Meurer, S. Yelda, E.J. Furst, S.M. Caballero-Nieves, D.J. Hanish, E.M. Levesque, D.A. Thilker, G.L. Walth, and the SINGG Team 2007, ApJ, 661, 801.

Disentangling the Hercules Stream, T. Bensby, M.S. Oey, S. Feltzing & B. Gustafsson 2007, ApJ Letters, 655, L89.

Statistical Confirmation of a Stellar Upper Mass Limit, M.S. Oey & C.J. Clarke 2005, ApJ Letters, 620, L43.

Hierarchical Triggering of Star Formation by Superbubbles in W3/W4, M.S. Oey, A.M. Watson, K. Kern, & G.L. Walth 2005, AJ, 129, 393.

Ambient Interstellar Pressure and Superbubble Evolution, M.S. Oey & G. García-Segura 2004, ApJ, 613, 302.

The Local Group as an Astrophysical Laboratory for Massive Star Feedback (Review), M.S. Oey, 2004, in The Local Group as an Astrophysical Laboratory, eds. M. Livio et al., (Cambridge: Cambridge U. Press), in press.

Massive Field Stars and the Stellar Clustering Law, M.S. Oey, N. L. King, & J. W. Parker 2004, AJ, 127, 1632.

Superbubble Activity in Star-Forming Galaxies (Review), M.S. Oey 2004, in From Observations to Self-Consistent Modelling of the ISM in Galaxies, JENAM 2002, eds. M. A. de Avillez & D. Breitschwerdt, Ap&SS, 289, 269.

HII Regions in Spiral Galaxies: Size Distribution, Luminosity Function, and New Isochrone Diagnostics of Density Wave Kinematics, M.S. Oey, J.S. Parker, V.J. Mikles, & X. Zhang 2003, AJ, 126, 2317.

Discussion: Star Formation Within Galaxies (Discussion Summary), M.S. Oey & C. Muñoz-Tuñón 2003, in Star Formation Through Time eds. E. Pérez, R. González Delgado, & G. Tenorio-Tagle, (San Francisco: ASP), 61.

The Number and Metallicities of the Most Metal-Poor Stars, M.S. Oey 2003, MNRAS, 339, 849.

Galactic Porosity and a Star-Formation Threshold for the Escape of Ionising Radiation from Galaxies, C.J. Clarke & M.S. Oey 2002, MNRAS, 337, 1299.

Dispersal of Massive Star Products and Consequences for Galactic Chemical Evolution (Review), M.S. Oey, 2002, in A Massive Star Odyssey: From Main Sequence to Supernova, eds. K. A. van der Hucht, A. Herrero, & C. Esteban (San Francisco: ASP), 620.

HI as a Probe of Structure in the Interstellar Medium of External Galaxies (Review), M.S. Oey, 2002, in Seeing Through the Dust: The Detection of HI and the Exploration of the ISM in Galaxies, eds. R. Taylor, T. Landecker, & A. Willis, (San Francisco: ASP), 295.

The HI Environment of Three Superbubbles in the Large Magellanic Cloud, M.S. Oey, B. Groves, L. Staveley-Smith, & R. C. Smith 2002, AJ, 123, 255.

Calibrating Nebular Diagnostics of T_* and Abundance (Review), M.S. Oey, J.C. Shields, M.A. Dopita, & R.C. Smith 2002, Rev.Mex.A&A, Ser. de Conf., 12, 77.

Mechanical Feedback: From Stellar Wind Bubbles to Starbursts (Review), M.S. Oey, C.J. Clarke, & P. Massey 2001, in Dwarf Galaxies and their Environment , eds. K. de Boer, R.-J. Dettmar, & U. Klein, (Shaker Verlag), 181.

A New Look at Simple Inhomogeneous Chemical Evolution M.S. Oey, 2000, ApJ Letters, 542, L25.

Calibration of Nebular Emission-line Diagnostics: II. Abundances, M.S. Oey & J.C. Shields, 2000, ApJ, 539, 687.

Calibration of Nebular Emission-line Diagnostics: I. Stellar Effective Temperatures, M.S. Oey, M.A. Dopita, J.C. Shields, & R.C. Smith, 2000, ApJS, 128, 511.

The Influence of Massive Stars on the Interstellar Medium (Review), M.S. Oey 1999, in Wolf-Rayet Phenomena in Massive Stars and Starburst Galaxies , IAU Symp. 193, eds. K.A. van der Hucht, G. Koenigsberger, & P.R.J. Eenens, (San Francisco: ASP), 627.

Superbubbles in the Magellanic Clouds (Review), M.S. Oey 1999, in New Views of the Magellanic Clouds , IAU Symp. 190, eds. Y.-H. Chu, N. Suntzeff, J. Hesser, & D. Bohlender, (San Francisco: ASP), 78.

Shell Formation and Star Formation in Superbubble DEM 192, M.S. Oey & S.A. Smedley 1998, AJ, 116, 1263.

On the Form of the H II Region Luminosity Function, M.S. Oey & C.J. Clarke 1998, AJ, 115, 1543.

The Size Distribution of Superbubbles in the Interstellar Medium M.S. Oey & C.J. Clarke 1998, in Interstellar Turbulence , eds. J. Franco & A. Carramin~ana, Cambridge U. Press, 112.

Comparison of H II region Luminosities with Observed Stellar Ionizing Sources in the Large Magellanic Cloud, M.S. Oey & R.C. Kennicutt 1997, MNRAS, 291, 827.

The Superbubble Size Distribution in the Interstellar Medium of Galaxies, M.S. Oey & C.J. Clarke 1997, MNRAS, 289, 570.

The Dynamics of Superbubbles in the Large Magellanic Cloud, M.S. Oey 1996c, ApJ 467, 666.

The Stellar Content of Superbubble H II Regions in the Large Magellanic Cloud, M.S. Oey 1996b, ApJ 465, 231.

UBV Photometry of OB Associations within Superbubbles of the Large Magellanic Cloud, M.S. Oey 1996a, ApJS 104, 71.

Triggered Star Formation and the Dynamics of a Superbubble in the LMC: The OB Association LH47/48 in DEM 152, M.S. Oey & P. Massey 1995, ApJ 452, 210.

O Star Giant Bubbles in M33, M.S. Oey & P. Massey 1994, ApJ 425, 635.

Two New Supernova Remnants in OB Associations in the LMC, R.C. Smith, Y-H. Chu, M-M. Mac Low, M.S. Oey, & U. Klein 1994, AJ 108, 1266.

Abundances of H II Regions in Early-Type Spiral Galaxies, M.S. Oey & R.C. Kennicutt 1993, ApJ 411, 137.

Gravitational Star Formation Thresholds and Gas Density in Three Galaxies, M.S. Oey & R.C. Kennicutt 1990, in The Interstellar Medium in External Galaxies, D. Hollenbach & H. Thronson (eds.), NASA Conf. Pub. 3084, 309.

"The ABC's of Astronomy," M.S. Oey 1997, in Physically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Physics and Astronomy, eds. C. C. Gaither & A. E. Cavazos-Gaither, Bristol: Inst. of Physics Publishing, 14.