Research Interests: Galaxy Clusters, AGN Feedback, Galaxy Formation, Extragalactic Astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysics, Optical/IR Astronomy, Radio Astronomy
Instrumentation: Chandra, Magellan, ALMA, Hubble, JVLA
Selected publications:
- Flores, A. M., …,Calzadilla, M. S., et al., 2021, “The history of metal enrichment traced byX-ray observations of high redshift galaxy clusters” (accepted by MNRAS; arXiv:2108.12051)
- Ruppin, F., McDonald, M., Bleem, L. E., …,Calzadilla, M., et al., 2021, “Stability of Cool Cores During Galaxy Cluster Growth: A Joint Chandra/SPT Analysis of 67 Galaxy Clusters Along aCommon Evolutionary Track Spanning 9 Gyr” ApJ, 918, 43R
- Ghirardini, V., …, Calzadilla, M. S., et al., 2021, “Evolution of the Thermodynamic Properties of Clusters of Galaxies Out to Redshift of 1.8.” ApJ, 910, 14G
- McDonald, M., McNamara, B. R.,Calzadilla, M. S., et al., 2021, “Observational Evidence for Enhanced Black Hole Accretion in Giant Elliptical Galaxies.” ApJ, 908, 85M
- Calzadilla, M. S., McDonald, M., Bayliss, M., et al. 2019, “Discovery of a Powerful >10^61 erg AGN Outburst in the Distant Galaxy Cluster SPT-CLJ0528-5300,” ApJL, 887, L171
- Calzadilla, M. S., Russell, H. R., McDonald, M. A., et al. 2019, “Revealing a Highly Dynamic Cluster Core in Abell 1664 with Chandra,” ApJ, 875, 65
Honors and Awards
NASA FINESST (Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology) Fellowship, 2021