Recent Publications

Vacuum birefringence in the polarized X-ray emission of a radio magnetar

| arXiv e-prints
Author(s): Stewart, Rachael E., Dinh Thi, Hoa, Younes, George, et. al
UMD Author(s): Zorawar Wadiasingh


Performance Evaluation of CIMI Electron Precipitation During Geomagnetic Storms With the Introduction of Multiple Reflections

| Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Author(s): Dibyendu Sur, Mei‐Ching Fok, Natalia Y. Buzulukova, et. al
UMD Author(s): Natalia Buzulukova


BASS. LIII. The Eddington Ratio as the Primary Regulator of the Fraction of X-Ray Emission in Active Galactic Nuclei

| The Astrophysical Journal
Author(s): Kriti Kamal Gupta, Claudio Ricci, Alessia Tortosa, et. al
UMD Author(s): Richard Mushotzky


Unveiling the Cosmic Gems Arc at z ∼ 10 with JWST NIRCam

| The Astrophysical Journal
Author(s): Bradley, Larry D., Adamo, Angela, Vanzella, Eros, et. al
UMD Author(s): Massimo Ricotti


PEARLS: Globular Clusters and Ultracompact Dwarfs in the El Gordo Galaxies at z = 0.87

| The Astrophysical Journal
Author(s): Harris, William E., Reina-Campos, Marta, Koekemoer, Anton M., et. al
UMD Author(s): Massimo Ricotti


Enhanced Seismic Backscattering for Lava Tube Detection

| Geophysical Research Letters
Author(s): Jingchuan Wang, Nicholas C. Schmerr, Naoma McCall, et. al
UMD Author(s): Patrick Liam Whelley


Enabling Robust Exoplanet Atmospheric Retrievals with Gaussian Processes

| The Astrophysical Journal
Author(s): Yoav Rotman, Luis Welbanks, Michael R. Line, et. al


The 157 Month Swift/BAT All-sky Hard X-Ray Survey

| The Astrophysical Journal
Author(s): Amy Y. Lien, Hans A. Krimm, Craig B. Markwardt, et. al
UMD Author(s): Richard Mushotzky


Peaky Finders: Characterizing Double-peaked Type IIb Supernovae in Large-scale Live-stream Photometric Surveys

| The Astrophysical Journal
Author(s): Adrian Crawford, Tyler A. Pritchard, Maryam Modjaz, et. al
UMD Author(s): Tyler Anthony Pritchard


The Population of NuSTAR Black Hole X-Ray Binaries

| The Astrophysical Journal
Author(s): Paul A. Draghis, Jon M. Miller, Laura Brenneman, et. al
UMD Author(s): Abderahmen Zoghbi


Optical and Near-infrared Spectroscopy of the Outbursting Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks

| The Astrophysical Journal
Author(s): Ruining Zhao, Bin Yang, Michael S. P. Kelley, et. al
UMD Author(s): Michael S. Kelley


The Discovery of 25 μm Interstellar Methanol

| The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Author(s): Sarah L. Nickerson, Naseem Rangwala, Keeyoon Sung, et. al


Cold Gas and Star Formation in the Phoenix Cluster with JWST

| The Astrophysical Journal
Author(s): Michael Reefe, Michael McDonald, Marios Chatzikos, et. al
UMD Author(s): Richard Mushotzky, Sylvain Veilleux


DIGMARS Datasets for Testing the Limits of Provenance Analysis from Basaltic Fluvial Sediment near Sandvatn, Iceland, as a Mars Analog

| Zenodo
Author(s): Audrey Putnam, Kirsten Siebach, Michael Thorpe, et. al
UMD Author(s): Michael Terrance Thorpe


Unveiling the Structure and Dynamics of Water Confined in Colloidal Boehmite Suspensions

| Langmuir
Author(s): Lawrence M. Anovitz, Gregory Schenter, Jaehun Chun, et. al
UMD Author(s): Tingting Liu


BASS. XLVIII. [Ne V] λ3427 Emission in Powerful Nearby Active Galactic Nuclei

| The Astrophysical Journal
Author(s): Tomer Reiss, Benny Trakhtenbrot, Claudio Ricci, et. al
UMD Author(s): Richard Mushotzky


Observational Constraints on Cool Gas Clouds in M82’s Starburst-driven Outflow

| The Astrophysical Journal
Author(s): Sebastian Lopez, Laura A. Lopez, Todd A. Thompson, et. al
UMD Author(s): Alberto Daniel Bolatto


Puzzling Variation of Gamma Rays from the Sun over the Solar Cycle Revealed with Fermi-LAT

| Astrophys.J.Lett.
Author(s): Acharyya, A., Adelfio, A., Ajello, M., et. al
UMD Author(s): Zorawar Wadiasingh


Timing and Spectral Evolution of the Magnetar 1E 1841-045 in Outburst

| Astrophys.J.
Author(s): Younes, George, Lander, Samuel K., Baring, Matthew G., et. al
UMD Author(s): Zorawar Wadiasingh


Rapid Spectral Evolution of SGR 1935+2154 during Its 2022 Outburst

| Astrophys.J.
Author(s): Hu, Chin-Ping, Wadiasingh, Zorawar, Ho, Wynn C.G., et. al
UMD Author(s): Zorawar Wadiasingh


A Radio Flaring, Chromospherically Inactive K Dwarf

| Astrophysical Journal
Author(s): Frail, Dale A., Hyman, Scott D., Silverstein, Michele L., et. al
UMD Author(s): Matthew Lastovka


EP250108a/SN 2025kg: A Jet-driven Stellar Explosion Interacting with Circumstellar Material

| The Astrophysical Journal
Author(s): Srinivasaragavan, Gokul P., Hamidani, Hamid, Schroeder, Genevieve, et. al
UMD Author(s): Michael Coleman Miller


Comparing the space densities of millisecond-spin magnetars and fast X-ray transients

| Astronomy and Astrophysics
Author(s): Biswas, Sumedha, Jonker, Peter G., Miller, M. Coleman, et. al
UMD Author(s): Michael Coleman Miller


The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array Local Group L-Band Survey (LGLBS)

| The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Author(s): Koch, Eric W., Leroy, Adam K., Rosolowsky, Erik W., et. al
UMD Author(s): Serena A. Cronin


Stability and Collapse Analysis of Terrestrial Lava Tubes Under Irregular Shapes: Case Study of Skull and Valentine Caves

| Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
Author(s): Marcin Chwała, Maciej Bodlak, Patrick Whelley
UMD Author(s): Patrick Liam Whelley