Connor, Thomas
Astrophysicist, Chandra X-Ray Center
Multi-wavelength astrophysical observations, with particular specialization in X-ray imaging and spectroscopy, with applications focusing on the most massive structures in the Universe: clusters of galaxies, the cosmic web, and the first supermassive black holes.
Positions
- Astrophysicist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory 2022 -
Research Areas
Background And Education
Education And Training
- Ph.D. in Astrophysics, Michigan State University , Department of Physics and Astronomy 2011 - 2016
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Thongkham, Khunanon, Gonzalez, Anthony H., Brodwin, Mark, Trudeau, Ariane, Saha, Ripon, Eisenhardt, Peter, Stanford, S. A., Moravec, Emily, Connor, Thomas, and Stern, Daniel. 2024. "The Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey 2: Equatorial First Data Release." Astrophysical Journal, 967, (2) 123. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad3c44. 2024
- Yang, Jinyi, Wang, Feige, Fan, Xiaohui, Hennawi, Joseph F., Barth, Aaron J., Bañados, Eduardo, Sun, Fengwu, Liu, Weizhe, Cai, Zheng, Jiang, Linhua, Li, Zihao, Onoue, Masafusa, Schindler, Jan-Torge, Shen, Yue, Wu, Yunjing, Bhowmick, Aklant K., Bieri, Rebekka, Blecha, Laura, Bosman, Sarah, Champagne, Jaclyn B., Colina, Luis, Connor, Thomas, Costa, Tiago, Davies, Frederick B., Decarli, Roberto et al. 2023. "A SPectroscopic Survey of Biased Halos in the Reionization Era (ASPIRE): A First Look at the Rest-frame Optical Spectra of z > 6.5 Quasars Using JWST." The Astrophysical Journal, 951. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/acc9c8. 2023
- Wang, Feige, Yang, Jinyi, Hennawi, Joseph F., Fan, Xiaohui, Sun, Fengwu, Champagne, Jaclyn B., Costa, Tiago, Habouzit, Melanie, Endsley, Ryan, Li, Zihao, Lin, Xiaojing, Meyer, Romain A., Schindler, Jan-Torge, Wu, Yunjing, Bañados, Eduardo, Barth, Aaron J., Bhowmick, Aklant K., Bieri, Rebekka, Blecha, Laura, Bosman, Sarah, Cai, Zheng, Colina, Luis, Connor, Thomas, Davies, Frederick B., Decarli, Roberto et al. 2023. "A SPectroscopic Survey of Biased Halos in the Reionization Era (ASPIRE): JWST Reveals a Filamentary Structure around a z = 6.61 Quasar." The Astrophysical Journal, 951. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/accd6f. 2023
- Schindler, Jan-Torge, Bañados, Eduardo, Connor, Thomas, Decarli, Roberto, Fan, Xiaohui, Farina, Emanuele Paolo, Mazzucchelli, Chiara, Nanni, Riccardo, Rix, Hans-Walter, Stern, Daniel, Venemans, Bram P., and Walter, Fabian. 2023. "The Pan-STARRS1 z > 5.6 Quasar Survey. III. The z ≈ 6 Quasar Luminosity Function." The Astrophysical Journal, 943 67. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aca7ca. 2023
- Bañados, Eduardo, Schindler, Jan-Torge, Venemans, Bram P., Connor, Thomas, Decarli, Roberto, Farina, Emanuele Paolo, Mazzucchelli, Chiara, Meyer, Romain A., Stern, Daniel, Walter, Fabian, Fan, Xiaohui, Hennawi, Joseph F., Khusanova, Yana, Morrell, Nidia, Nanni, Riccardo, Noirot, Gaël, Pensabene, Antonio, Rix, Hans-Walter, Simon, Joseph, Verdoes Kleijn, Gijs A., Xie, Zhang-Liang, Yang, Da-Ming, and Connor, Andrew. 2023. "The Pan-STARRS1 z > 5.6 Quasar Survey. II. Discovery of 55 Quasars at 5.6 < z < 6.5." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 265 29. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/acb3c7. 2023
- Zhao, Zhiqiang, Cai, Meng, Wang, Fang, Winkler, Julie A., Connor, Thomas, Chung, Min Gon, Zhang, Jindong, Yang, Hongbo, Xu, Zhenci, Tang, Ying, Ouyang, Zhiyun, Zhang, Hemin, and Liu, Jianguo. 2021. "Synergies and tradeoffs among Sustainable Development Goals across boundaries in a metacoupled world." Science of The Total Environment, 751 Article 141749. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141749. 2021
- Hou, Jin, He, Yuxin, Yang, Hongbo, Connor, Thomas, Gao, Jie, Wang, Yujun, Zeng, Yichao, Zhang, Jindong, Huang, Jinyan, Zheng, Bochuan, and Zhou, Shiqiang. 2020. "Identification of animal individuals using deep learning: A case study of giant panda." Biological Conservation, 242 Article 108414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108414. 2020
- Chen, Ping, Dong, Subo, Stritzinger, M. D., Holmbo, Simon, Strader, Jay, Kochanek, C. S., Peng, Eric W., Benetti, S., Bersier, D., Brownsberger, Sasha, Buckley, David A. H., Gromadzki, Mariusz, Moran, Shane, Pastorello, A., Aydi, Elias, Bose, Subhash, Connor, Thomas, Boutsia, K., Mille, F. Di, Elias-Rosa, N., French, K. Decker, Holoien, Thomas W. -S, Mattila, Seppo, Shappee, B. J., Stark, Antony A. et al. 2020. "The Most Rapidly Declining Type I Supernova 2019bkc/ATLAS19dqr." The Astrophysical Journal, 889 L6. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ab62a4. 2020
- Connor, Thomas, Zahedy, Fakhri S., Chen, Hsiao-Wen, Cooper, Thomas J., Mulchaey, John S., and Vikhlinin, Alexey. 2019. "COS Observations of the Cosmic Web: A Search for the Cooler Components of a Hot, X-Ray Identified Filament." The Astrophysical Journal, 884 L20. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ab45f5. 2019
- Li, Cheng, Connor, Thomas, Bai, Wenke, Yang, Hongbo, Zhang, Jindong, Qi, Dunwu, and Zhou, Caiquan. 2019. "Dynamics of the giant panda habitat suitability in response to changing anthropogenic disturbance in the Liangshan Mountains." Biological Conservation, 237 445–455. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.07.018. 2019
- Connor, Thomas, Kelson, Daniel D., Mulchaey, John, Vikhlinin, Alexey, Patel, Shannon G., Balogh, Michael L., Joshi, Gandhali, Kraft, Ralph, Nagai, Daisuke, and Starikova, Svetlana. 2018. "Wide-field Optical Spectroscopy of Abell 133: A Search for Filaments Reported in X-Ray Observations." The Astrophysical Journal, 867 25. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aae38b. 2018
Contact
Location
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Academic Department