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Brian W. Grefenstette
Researcher at California Institute of Technology
Publications - 299
Citations - 18177
Brian W. Grefenstette is an academic researcher from California Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Luminosity & Pulsar. The author has an hindex of 70, co-authored 275 publications receiving 16322 citations. Previous affiliations of Brian W. Grefenstette include University of Toulouse & Marshall Space Flight Center.
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THE NUCLEAR SPECTROSCOPIC TELESCOPE ARRAY (NuSTAR) HIGH-ENERGY X-RAY MISSION
Fiona A. Harrison,William W. Craig,William W. Craig,Finn Erland Christensen,Charles J. Hailey,William W. Zhang,Steven E. Boggs,Daniel Stern,W. Rick Cook,Karl Forster,Paolo Giommi,Brian W. Grefenstette,Yunjin Kim,Takao Kitaguchi,Jason E. Koglin,Kristin K. Madsen,Peter H. Mao,Hiromasa Miyasaka,Kaya Mori,M. Perri,Michael J. Pivovaroff,Simonetta Puccetti,Vikram Rana,Niels Jørgen Stenfeldt Westergaard,J. L. Willis,Andreas Zoglauer,Hongjun An,Matteo Bachetti,Matteo Bachetti,Nicolas M. Barrière,Eric C. Bellm,Varun Bhalerao,Varun Bhalerao,Nicolai Brejnholt,Felix Fuerst,Carl Christian Liebe,Craig B. Markwardt,Melania Nynka,Julia Vogel,Dominic J. Walton,Daniel R. Wik,David M. Alexander,L. R. Cominsky,Ann Hornschemeier,Allan Hornstrup,Victoria M. Kaspi,Greg Madejski,Giorgio Matt,S. Molendi,David M. Smith,John A. Tomsick,Marco Ajello,David R. Ballantyne,Mislav Baloković,Didier Barret,Didier Barret,Franz E. Bauer,Roger Blandford,W. Niel Brandt,Laura Brenneman,James Chiang,Deepto Chakrabarty,Jérôme Chenevez,Andrea Comastri,Francois Dufour,Martin Elvis,Andrew C. Fabian,Duncan Farrah,Chris L. Fryer,Eric V. Gotthelf,Jonathan E. Grindlay,D. J. Helfand,Roman Krivonos,David L. Meier,Jon M. Miller,Lorenzo Natalucci,Patrick Ogle,Eran O. Ofek,Andrew Ptak,Stephen P. Reynolds,Jane R. Rigby,Gianpiero Tagliaferri,Stephen E. Thorsett,Ezequiel Treister,C. Megan Urry +84 more
TL;DR: The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) as discussed by the authors is the first focusing high-energy X-ray telescope in orbit, which operates in the band from 3 to 79 keV.
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The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) Mission
Fiona A. Harrison,William W. Craig,Finn Erland Christensen,Charles J. Hailey,W. W. Zhang,Steven E. Boggs,Daniel Stern,W. Rick Cook,Karl Forster,Paolo Giommi,Brian W. Grefenstette,Yunjin Kim,Takao Kitaguchi,Jason E. Koglin,Kristin K. Madsen,Peter H. Mao,Hiromasa Miyasaka,Kaya Mori,M. Perri,Michael J. Pivovaroff,Simonetta Puccetti,Vikram Rana,Niels Jørgen Stenfeldt Westergaard,J. L. Willis,Andreas Zoglauer,Hongjun An,Matteo Bachetti,Nicolas M. Barrière,Eric C. Bellm,Varun Bhalerao,Nicolai Brejnholt,Felix Fuerst,Carl Christian Liebe,Craig B. Markwardt,Melania Nynka,Julia Vogel,Dominic J. Walton,Daniel R. Wik,David M. Alexander,L. R. Cominsky,Ann Hornschemeier,Allan Hornstrup,Victoria M. Kaspi,Greg Madejski,Giorgio Matt,Silvano Molendi,David M. Smith,John A. Tomsick,Marco Ajello,David R. Ballantyne,Mislav Baloković,Diddier Barret,Franz E. Bauer,Roger Blandford,W. Niel Brandt,Laura Brenneman,James Chiang,Deepto Chakrabarty,Jérôme Chenevez,Andrea Comastri,Martin Elvis,Andrew C. Fabian,Duncan Farrah,Chris L. Fryer,Eric V. Gotthelf,Jonathan E. Grindlay,David J. Helfand,Roman Krivonos,David L. Meier,Jon M. Miller,Lorenzo Natalucci,Patrick Ogle,Eran O. Ofek,Andrew Ptak,Stephen P. Reynolds,Jand R. Rigby,Gianpiero Tagliaferri,Stephen E. Thorsett,Ezequiel Treister,C. Megan Urry +79 more
TL;DR: The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) as discussed by the authors is the first focusing high-energy X-ray telescope in orbit, which operates in the band from 3 - 79 keV.
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An ultraluminous X-ray source powered by an accreting neutron star
Matteo Bachetti,Fiona A. Harrison,Dominic J. Walton,Brian W. Grefenstette,Deepto Chakrabarty,Felix Fürst,Didier Barret,Andrei M. Beloborodov,Steven E. Boggs,Finn Erland Christensen,William W. Craig,A. C. Fabian,C. J. Hailey,Ann Hornschemeier,V. M. Kaspi,Shrinivas R. Kulkarni,Thomas J. Maccarone,Jon M. Miller,Vikram Rana,Daniel Stern,Shriharsh P. Tendulkar,John A. Tomsick,N. A. Webb,W. W. Zhang +23 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reported broadband X-ray observations of the nuclear region of the galaxy M82 that reveal pulsations with an average period of 1.37 seconds and a 2.5-day sinusoidal modulation.
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Swift and NuSTAR observations of GW170817: Detection of a blue kilonova.
Phil Evans,S. B. Cenko,S. B. Cenko,J. A. Kennea,S. W. K. Emery,N. P. M. Kuin,Oleg Korobkin,Ryan Wollaeger,Chris L. Fryer,K. K. Madsen,Fiona A. Harrison,Y. Xu,Ehud Nakar,Kenta Hotokezaka,A. Y. Lien,A. Y. Lien,Sergio Campana,S. R. Oates,Eleonora Troja,Eleonora Troja,A. A. Breeveld,Frank Marshall,Scott Barthelmy,A. P. Beardmore,David N. Burrows,Giancarlo Cusumano,Antonino D'Ai,P. D'Avanzo,Valerio D'Elia,Valerio D'Elia,M. de Pasquale,Wesley Even,Wesley Even,Christopher J. Fontes,Karl Forster,Javier A. García,Paolo Giommi,Brian W. Grefenstette,Caryl Gronwall,Dieter H. Hartmann,Marianne Heida,Aimee Hungerford,Mansi M. Kasliwal,Hans A. Krimm,Hans A. Krimm,Andrew J. Levan,D. B. Malesani,A. Melandri,Hiromasa Miyasaka,J. A. Nousek,P. T. O'Brien,J. P. Osborne,C. Pagani,K. L. Page,David Palmer,M. Perri,M. Perri,Sean N. Pike,Judith Racusin,Stephan Rosswog,Michael H. Siegel,T. Sakamoto,B. Sbarufatti,Gianpiero Tagliaferri,Nial R. Tanvir,A. Tohuvavohu +65 more
TL;DR: In this paper, ultraviolet and x-ray observations from the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NSTA) of the binary neutron star merger GW170817 were used to detect a high mass (≈0.03 solar masses) wind-driven outflow with moderate electron fraction.
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Calibration of the NuSTAR High-energy Focusing X-ray Telescope
Kristin K. Madsen,Fiona A. Harrison,Craig B. Markwardt,Hongjun An,Brian W. Grefenstette,Matteo Bachetti,Matteo Bachetti,Hiromasa Miyasaka,Takao Kitaguchi,Varun Bhalerao,S. E. Boggs,Finn Erland Christensen,William W. Craig,Karl Forster,Felix Fuerst,Charles J. Hailey,M. Perri,Simonetta Puccetti,Vikram Rana,Daniel Stern,Dominic J. Walton,Niels Jørgen Stenfeldt Westergaard,William W. Zhang +22 more
TL;DR: In this article, a piece-wise linear spline function was proposed to modify the vignetting response of the nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) X-ray satellite.