Publications (15)
On the X-ray Spectral Energy Distributions of Star-Forming Galaxies: the 0.3-30 keV Spectrum of the Low-Metallicity Starburst Galaxy VV 114
Kristen Garofali, Bret D. Lehmer, Antara Basu-Zych +6
Binary population synthesis combined with cosmological models suggest that X-ray emission from star-forming galaxies, consisting primarily of emission from X-ray binaries (XRBs) an…
NuSTAR Observations of Abell 665 and 2146: Constraints on Non-Thermal Emission
Randall Rojas Bolivar, Daniel Wik, AyÅegül Tümer +11
Observations from past missions such as RXTE and Beppo-SAX suggested the presence of inverse Compton (IC) scattering at hard X-ray energies within the intracluster medium of some m…
Physics of cosmic plasmas from high angular resolution X-ray imaging of galaxy clusters
Maxim Markevitch, Esra Bulbul, Eugene Churazov +15
Galaxy clusters are massive dark matter-dominated systems filled with X-ray emitting, optically thin plasma. Their large size and relative simplicity (at least as astrophysical obj…
Wavelet-based image decomposition method for NuSTAR stray light background studies
Andrey Mukhin, Roman Krivonos, Alexey Vikhlinin +3
The large side aperture of the NuSTAR telescope for unfocused photons (so-called stray light) is a known source of rich astrophysical information. To support many studies based on…
NuSTAR measurement of the cosmic X-ray background in the 3-20 keV energy band
Roman Krivonos, Daniel Wik, Brian Grefenstette +5
We present measurements of the intensity of the Cosmic X-ray Background (CXB) with the NuSTAR telescope in the 3-20 keV energy range. Our method uses spatial modulation of the CXB…
The High Energy X-ray Probe: Resolved X-ray Populations in Extragalactic Environments
Bret D. Lehmer, Kristen Garofali, Breanna A. Binder +15
We construct simulated galaxy data sets based on the High Energy X-ray Probe (HEX-P) mission concept to demonstrate the significant advances in galaxy science that will be yielded…