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John A. Tomsick
Researcher at University of California, Berkeley
Publications - 326
Citations - 13121
John A. Tomsick is an academic researcher from University of California, Berkeley. The author has contributed to research in topics: Black hole & Neutron star. The author has an hindex of 54, co-authored 296 publications receiving 11791 citations. Previous affiliations of John A. Tomsick include University of California, San Diego.
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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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Modulated High-Energy Gamma-Ray Emission from the Microquasar Cygnus X-3
A. A. Abdo,Markus Ackermann,Marco Ajello,Magnus Axelsson,Luca Baldini,Jean Ballet,Guido Barbiellini,Denis Bastieri,B. M. Baughman,Keith Bechtol,R. Bellazzini,B. Berenji,Roger Blandford,Elliott D. Bloom,Emanuele Bonamente,A. W. Borgland,A. Brez,M. Brigida,Pascal Bruel,T. H. Burnett,Sara Buson,G. A. Caliandro,P. A. Caraveo,J. M. Casandjian,Claudia Cecchi,Ö. Çelik,Sylvain Chaty,C. C. Cheung,James Chiang,Stefano Ciprini,R. Claus,Johann Cohen-Tanugi,L.R. Cominski,Jan Conrad,Stephane Corbel,R. H. D. Corbet,Charles D. Dermer,F. de Palma,S. W. Digel,E. Do Couto E Silva,Persis S. Drell,Richard Dubois,Guillaume Dubus,D. Dumora,C. Farnier,C. Favuzzi,S. J. Fegan,W. B. Focke,P. Fortin,Marco Frailis,P. Fusco,F. Gargano,Neil Gehrels,S. Germani,Gianluca Giavitto,B. Giebels,Nicola Giglietto,F. Giordano,T. Glanzman,G.L. Godfrey,I. A. Grenier,M.-H. Grondin,J. E. Grove,L. Guillemot,Sylvain Guiriec,Y. Hanabata,Alice K. Harding,M. Hayashida,E. Hays,A. B. Hill,L. Hjalmarsdotter,D. Horan,R. E. Hughes,M. Jackson,Gudlaugur Johannesson,A. S. Johnson,Tyrel J. Johnson,W. N. Johnson,T. Kamae,Hideaki Katagiri,N. Kawai,Matthew Kerr,Jürgen Knödlseder,M. L. Kocian,Elmar Koerding,M. Kuss,J. Lande,Luca Latronico,M. Lemoine-Goumard,Francesco Longo,F. Loparco,B. Lott,M. N. Lovellette,P. Lubrano,G. M. Madejski,A. Makeev,L. Marchand,M. Marelli,Walter Max-Moerbeck,M. N. Mazziotta,N. Mccoll,Julie McEnery,C. Meurer,Peter F. Michelson,Simone Migliari,W. Mitthumsiri,Tsunefumi Mizuno,C. Monte,M. E. Monzani,A. Morselli,Igor V. Moskalenko,S. Murgia,P. L. Nolan,J. P. Norris,E. Nuss,T. Ohsugi,Nicola Omodei,R. A. Ong,Jonathan F. Ormes,David Paneque,D. Parent,V. Pelassa,M. Pepe,Melissa Pesce-Rollins,F. Piron,Guy G. Pooley,T. A. Porter,Katja Pottschmidt,S. Rainò,R. Rando,Paul S. Ray,M. Razzano,Nanda Rea,Anthony C. S. Readhead,A. Reimer,Olaf Reimer,J. L. Richards,L.S. Rochester,J. L. Rodriguez,A. Y. Rodriguez,Roger W. Romani,Felix Ryde,H.F-W. Sadrosinski,A. Sander,P. M. Saz Parkinson,G. Sgro,E. J. Siskind,David Smith,P. D. Smith,P. Spinelli,Jean-Luc Starck,Mark Stevenson,M. S. Strickman,Hiromitsu Takahashi,Yasuyuki T. Tanaka,J. B. Thayer,D. J. Thompson,L. Tibaldo,John A. Tomsick,Diego F. Torres,G. Tosti,Andrea Tramacere,Y. Uchiyama,T. L. Usher,V. Vasileiou,N. Vilchez,V. Vitale,A. P. Waite,Paul J. Wang,Jörn Wilms,Brian L Winer,K. S. Wood,T. Ylinen,M. Ziegler +173 more
TL;DR: The Fermi Large Area Telescope has detected a variable high-energy source coinciding with the position of the x-ray binary and microquasar Cygnus X-3, opening new areas in which to study the formation of relativistic jets.
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NuSTAR DISCOVERY OF A 3.76 s TRANSIENT MAGNETAR NEAR SAGITTARIUS A
Kaya Mori,Eric V. Gotthelf,Shuo Zhang,Hongjun An,Frederick K. Baganoff,Nicolas M. Barrière,Andrei M. Beloborodov,Steven E. Boggs,Finn Erland Christensen,William W. Craig,Francois Dufour,Brian W. Grefenstette,Charles J. Hailey,Fiona A. Harrison,Jaesub Hong,Victoria M. Kaspi,J. A. Kennea,Kristin K. Madsen,Craig B. Markwardt,Melania Nynka,Daniel Stern,John A. Tomsick,William W. Zhang +22 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reported the discovery of 3.76 s pulsations from a new burst source near Sgr A^* observed by the NuSTAR observatory, which is known as SGR J1745-29.