Joey Neilsen

MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research

 

Here you’ll find information about my recent publications and talks! You can also look me up on ADS. If you just want to see my refereed publications, click here. Or check out my postings to astro-ph.


Here is a copy of my CV, which has pretty much everything I’ve been up to in the last few years. If you are interested in any of these papers, feel free to contact me!


Refereed Publications:

  1. 1.A Chandra/HETGS Census of X-ray Variability from Sgr A* During 2012

  2. Neilsen, J., Nowak, M. A., Gammie, C., Dexter, J., Markoff, S., Haggard, D., Nayakshin, S., Wang, Q. D., Grosso, N., Porquet, D., Tomsick, J. A., Degenaar, N., Fragile, P. C., Wijnands, R., Miller, J. M., Baganoff, F. K. 2013, ApJ, 774, 42, arxiv:1307.5843


  1. 2.The Case for Massive, Evolving Winds in Black Hole X-ray Binaries

  2. Neilsen, J. 2013, AdSpR, 52, 732


  1. 3.Chandra/HETGS Observations of the Brightest Flare Seen from Sgr A*

  2. Nowak, M. A., Neilsen, J., Markoff, S. B., Baganoff, F. K., Porquet, D., Grosso, N., Levin, Y., Houck, J., Eckart, A., Falcke, H., Ji, L., Miller, J. M., & Wang, Q. D. 2012, ApJ, 759, 95


  1. 4.Stochastic Variability in X-ray Emission from the Black Hole Binary GRS 1915+105

  2. Polyakov, Y. S., Neilsen, J., & Timashev, S. F. 2012, AJ, 143, 148


  1. 5.Ubiquitous Equatorial Accretion Disc Winds in Black Hole Soft States

  2. Ponti, G., Fender, R., Begelman, M., Dunn, R. J. H, Neilsen, J., & Coriat, M. 2012, MNRAS, 422, 11


  1. 6.Accretion Disc Wind Variability in the States of the Microquasar GRS 1915+105

  2. Neilsen, J., Petschek, A. J., & Lee, J. C. 2012, MNRAS, 421, 502


  4. 7.Radiation Pressure and Mass Ejection in ρ-like States of GRS 1915+105

  5. Neilsen, J., Remillard, R. A., & Lee, J. C. 2012, ApJ, 750, 71


  7. 8.A Hybrid Magnetically/Thermally Driven Wind in the Black Hole GRO J1655-40?

  8. Neilsen, J. & Homan, J. 2012, ApJ, 750, 27


  10. 9.Accretion Disc Wind Variability in the States of the Microquasar GRS 1915+105

  11. Neilsen, J., Petschek, A. J., & Lee, J. C. 2012, MNRAS, 421, 502


  13. 10.The Physics of the “Heartbeat” State of GRS 1915+105

  14. Neilsen, J., Remillard, R. A., & Lee, J. C. 2011, ApJ, 737, 69


  16. 11. The Inclination of the Soft X-ray Transient A0620-00 and the Mass of its Black Hole

  17. Cantrell, A. G., Bailyn, C. D., Orosz, J. A., McClintock, J. E., Remillard, R. A., Froning, C. S., Neilsen, J., Gelino, D. M., & Gou, L. 2010, ApJ, 710, 1127


  1. 12. Doppler and Modulation Tomography of XTE J1118+480 in Quiescence

  2. Calvelo, D. E., Vrtilek, S. D., Steeghs, D., Torres, M. A. P., Neilsen, J., Fillipenko, A. V., & Gonzalez Hernandez, J. I. 2009, MNRAS, 399, 539


  1. 13. Spectroscopic Signatures of the Superorbital Period in the Neutron Star Binary LMC X-4

  2. Neilsen, J., Lee, J. C., Nowak, M. A., Dennerl, K., & Vrtilek, S. D. 2009, ApJ, 696, 182


  4. 14. Accretion disk winds as the jet suppression mechanism in the microquasar GRS 1915+105

  5. Neilsen, J. & Lee, J. C. 2009, Nature, 458, 481


  7. 15. The Eccentric Accretion Disc of the Black Hole A0620-00

  8. Neilsen, J., Steeghs, D., & Vrtilek, S. D. 2008, MNRAS, 384, 849


  10. 16. Phase Variation in the Pulse Profiles of SMC X-1

  11. Neilsen, J., Hickox, R. C., & Vrtilek, S. D. 2004, ApJ, 616, L135


Conference Proceedings

  1. 1.The Physics of Disk Winds, Jets, and Fast X-ray Variability in GRS 1915+105

  2. Neilsen, J., Lee, J. C., & Remillard, R. A. In IAU Symposium 275: Jets at all Scales, ed G. E. Romero, R. A. Sunyaev, & T. Belloni. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.


Papers in Press

  1. 1.Dissecting X-ray-emitting Gas Around the Center of Our Galaxy

  2. Wang, Q. D., Nowak, M. A., Markoff, S. B., Baganoff, F. K., Nayakshin, S., Yuan, F., Cuadra, J., Davis, J., Dexter, J., Fabian, A. C., Grosso, N., Haggard, D., Houck, J., Ji, L., Neilsen, J., Porquet, D., Ripple, F., Shcherbakov, R. V. 2013. arxiv:1307.5845


Submitted Papers

  1. 1.The Effects of Thermodynamic Stability on Wind Properties in Different Black Hole Binary States

  2. Chakravorty, S., Lee, J. C., & Neilsen, J. 2013, MNRAS, submitted


  1. 2.Comparison of Anomalous Time and Phase Lag in the Hard State and Plateau State of GRS 1915+105

  2. Pahari, M., Neilsen, J., Yadav, J. S., Misra, R., & Uttley, P. 2013, ApJ, submitted