

Brickhouse, Nancy
Senior Science Advisor
Plasma physics; solar and stellar coronae; plasma emission line spectroscopy; ultraviolet and X-ray spectroscopy of astrophysical sources; laboratory astrophysics.
Background And Education
Research And Grants
co-principal investigator on
Publications
selected publications
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- Gall, Amy C., Dipti, Buechele, S. W., Sanders, S., Szabo, C. I., Silwal, R., Ralchenko, Yu, Brickhouse, Nancy S., and Takacs, E. 2020. "Measurements of linear polarization of satellite transitions from Li- and Be-like Ar ions." Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular Physics 53:145004. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/ab8eff 2020
- Mathur, S., Nicastro, F., Gupta, A., Krongold, Y., McLaughlin, B. M., Brickhouse, Nancy S., and Pradhan, A. 2017. "The O VI Mystery: Mismatch between X-Ray and UV Column Densities." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 851, L7. , https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa991a. 2017
- Träbert, Elmar, Beiersdorfer, Peter, Brickhouse, Nancy S., and Golub, Leon. 2016. "Low-density laboratory spectra near the He ii ?304 line." Astronomy and Astrophysics 586:A115. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527825 2016
- Yamaguchi, Hiroya, Badenes, Carles, Foster, Adam R., Bravo, Eduardo, Williams, Brian J., Maeda, Keiichi, Nobukawa, Masayoshi, Eriksen, Kristoffer A., Brickhouse, Nancy S., Petre, Robert, and Koyama, Katsuji. 2015. "A Chandrasekhar Mass Progenitor for the Type Ia Supernova Remnant 3C 397 from the Enhanced Abundances of Nickel and Manganese." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 801, L31. IOP Publishing, https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/801/2/L31. 2015
- Luna, G. J. M., Raymond, John C., Brickhouse, Nancy S., Mauche, C. W., and Suleimanov, V. 2015. "Testing the cooling flow model in the intermediate polar EX Hydrae." Astronomy and Astrophysics 578:A15. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525755 2015
- Beiersdorfer, Peter, Träbert, Elmar, Lepson, Jaan K., Brickhouse, Nancy S., and Golub, Leon. 2014. "High-resolution Laboratory Measurements of Coronal Lines in the 198-218 Å Region." The Astrophysical Journal 788:25. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/788/1/25 2014
- Träbert, Elmar, Beiersdorfer, Peter, Brickhouse, Nancy S., and Golub, Leon. 2014. "High-resolution Laboratory Spectra of the ?193 Channel of the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly Instrument on Board Solar Dynamics Observatory." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 215:6. https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/215/1/6 2014
- Yamaguchi, Hiroya, Eriksen, Kristoffer A., Badenes, Carles, Hughes, John P., Brickhouse, Nancy S., Foster, Adam R., Patnaude, Daniel J., Petre, Robert, Slane, Patrick O., and Smith, Randall K. 2014. "New Evidence for Efficient Collisionless Heating of Electrons at the Reverse Shock of a Young Supernova Remnant." The Astrophysical Journal 780:136. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/780/2/136 2014
- Smith, Randall K., Foster, Adam R., Edgar, Richard J., and Brickhouse, Nancy S. 2014. "Resolving the Origin of the Diffuse Soft X-Ray Background." The Astrophysical Journal 787:77. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/787/1/77 2014
- Dupree, A. K., Brickhouse, Nancy S., Cranmer, S. R., Berlind, P., Strader, Jay, and Smith, Graeme H. 2014. "Structure and Dynamics of the Accretion Process and Wind in TW Hya." The Astrophysical Journal 789:27. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/789/1/27 2014
- Poppenhaeger, K., Günther, H. M., Beiersdorfer, P., Brickhouse, Nancy S., Carter, J. A., Hudson, H. S., Kowalski, A., Lalitha, S., Miceli, M., and Wolk, S. J. 2013. "Non-thermal processes in coronae and beyond." Astronomische Nachrichten 334:101. https://doi.org/10.1002/asna.201211755 2013
- Hussain, G. A. J., Brickhouse, Nancy S., Dupree, A. K., Reale, F., Favata, F., and Jardine, M. M. 2012. "Chandra study of the eclipsing M dwarf binary, YY Gem." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 423:493-504. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20894.x 2012
- Dupree, A. K., Brickhouse, Nancy S., Cranmer, S. R., Luna, G. J. M., Schneider, E. E., Bessell, M. S., Bonanos, A., Crause, L. A., Lawson, W. A., Mallik, S. V., and Schuler, S. C. 2012. "TW Hya: Spectral Variability, X-Rays, and Accretion Diagnostics." The Astrophysical Journal 750:73. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/750/1/73 2012
- Savin, D. W., Brickhouse, Nancy S., Cowan, J. J., Drake, R. P., Federman, S. R., Ferland, G. J., Frank, A., Gudipati, M. S., Haxton, W. C., Herbst, E., Profumo, S., Salama, F., Ziurys, L. M., and Zweibel, E. G. 2012. "The impact of recent advances in laboratory astrophysics on our understanding of the cosmos." Reports on Progress in Physics 75:6901. https://doi.org/10.1088/0034-4885/75/3/036901 2012
- Foster, A. R., Ji, L., Smith, Randall K., and Brickhouse, Nancy S. 2012. "Updated Atomic Data and Calculations for X-Ray Spectroscopy." The Astrophysical Journal 756:128. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/756/2/128 2012
- Brickhouse, Nancy S., Cranmer, S. R., Dupree, A. K., Günther, H. M., Luna, G. J. M., and Wolk, S. J. 2012. "X-Ray Determination of the Variable Rate of Mass Accretion onto TW Hydrae." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 760, L21. IOP Publishing, https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/760/2/L21. 2012
- Luna, G. J. M., Diaz, M. P., Brickhouse, Nancy S., and Moraes, M. 2012. "XMM-Newton EPIC and OM observation of Nova Centauri 1986 (V842 Cen)." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 423:L75-L78. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-3933.2012.01260.x 2012
- Gillaspy, J. D., Lin, T., Tedesco, L., Tan, J. N., Pomeroy, J. M., Laming, J. M., Brickhouse, Nancy S., Chen, G. -X, and Silver, Eric. 2011. "Fe XVII X-ray Line Ratios for Accurate Astrophysical Plasma Diagnostics." The Astrophysical Journal 728 (2):132. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/728/2/132 2011
- Brickhouse, Nancy S. 2011. "Magnetic accretion onto young stars." Astrophysics and Space Science 336 (1):75-79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-010-0562-0 2011
- Brickhouse, Nancy S., Cranmer, Steven R., Dupree, A. K., Luna, G. J. M., and Wolk, S. 2010. "A Deep Chandra X-Ray Spectrum of the Accreting Young Star TW Hydrae." The Astrophysical Journal 710:1835-1847. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/710/2/1835 2010
- Luna, G. J. M., Raymond, John C., Brickhouse, Nancy S., Mauche, C. W., Proga, D., Steeghs, D., and Hoogerwerf, R. 2010. "Photoionized Features in the X-ray Spectrum of EX Hydrae." The Astrophysical Journal 711:1333-1337. 2010
- Kotochigova, S., Linnik, M., Kirby, K. P., and Brickhouse, Nancy S. 2010. "Radiative L-Shell Transitions in Fe XIX and Fe XX Ions." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 186:85-93. https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/186/1/85 2010
- Chen, G. X., Kirby, K., Brickhouse, Nancy S., Lin, T., and Silver, Eric. 2010. "Reply to ``Comment on `Dirac R-matrix method for the calculation of x-ray line polarization' ''." Physical Review A 82:36702. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.82.036702 2010
- Liu, Yuan, Elvis, Martin, McHardy, Ian M., Grupe, Dirk, Wilkes, Belinda J., Reeves, James, Brickhouse, Nancy S., Krongold, Yair, Mathur, Smita, Minezaki, Takeo, Nicastro, Fabrizio, Yoshii, Yuzuru, and Zhang, Shuang Nan. 2010. "Suzaku Monitoring of the Iron K Emission Line in the Type 1 Active Galactic Nucleus NGC 5548." The Astrophysical Journal 710:1228-1238. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/710/2/1228 2010
- Krongold, Y., Elvis, Martin, Andrade-Velazquez, M., Nicastro, F., Mathur, S., Reeves, J. N., Brickhouse, Nancy S., Binette, L., Jimenez-Bailon, E., Grupe, D., Liu, Y., McHardy, I. M., Minezaki, T., Yoshii, Y., and Wilkes, Belinda J. 2010. "Suzaku Monitoring of the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 5548: Warm Absorber Location and Its Implication for Cosmic Feedback." The Astrophysical Journal 710:360-371. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/710/1/360 2010
- Andrade-Velázquez, Mercedes, Krongold, Yair, Elvis, Martin, Nicastro, Fabrizio, Brickhouse, Nancy S., Binette, Luc, Mathur, Smita, and Jiménez-Bailón, Elena. 2010. "The Two-Phase, Two-Velocity Ionized Absorber in the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 5548." The Astrophysical Journal 711:888-906. 2010
- Smith, Randall K., Chen, Guo-Xin, Kirby, Kate, and Brickhouse, Nancy S. 2009. "A New Calculation of Ne IX Line Diagnostics." The Astrophysical Journal 700:679-683. 2009
- Smith, Randall K., Chen, Guo-Xin, Kirby, Kate, and Brickhouse, Nancy S. 2009. "Erratum: "A New Calculation of Ne IX Line Diagnostics" (2009, ApJ, 700, 679)." The Astrophysical Journal 701:2034. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/701/2/2034 2009
- Mauche, C. W., Brickhouse, Nancy S., Hoogerwerf, R., Luna, Gerardo J. M., Mukai, K., and Sterken, C. 2009. "Updated spin ephemeris for the cataclysmic variable EX Hydrae." Information Bulletin on Variable Stars (5876): https://doi.org/eprintid: arXiv:0902.1977 2009
- Krongold, Yair, Jiménez-Bailón, Elena, Santos-Lleo, Maria, Nicastro, Fabrizio, Elvis, Martin, Brickhouse, Nancy S., Andrade-Velazquez, Mercedes, Binette, Luc, and Mathur, Smita. 2009. "Xmm-Newton View of the Multiphase Warm Absorber in Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 985." The Astrophysical Journal 690:773-782. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/690/1/773 2009
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- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Academic Department