education and training
- M.S., Cornell University
- Ph.D., Cornell University
- S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gaetz, Terrance
Fellowship Advisor
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory staff
X-ray astronomy; supernova remnants; shock physics (radiative and nonradiative); astrophysical gas dynamics; computational physics and astrophysics.
Background And Education
Publications
selected publications
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article
- Suzuki, H., Plucinsky, Paul P., Gaetz, T. J., and Bamba, A. 2021. "Spatial and temporal variations of the Chandra ACIS particle-induced background and development of a spectral-model generation tool." Astronomy and Astrophysics, A116. 655, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202141458. 2021
- Xi, Long, Gaetz, Terrance J., and Plucinsky, Paul P. 2020. "On the X-Ray Properties of the Putative Central Compact Object in 1E 0102.2-7219." The Astrophysical Journal 904:70. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abc075 2020
- Sharda, Piyush, Gaetz, Terrance J., Kashyap, Vinay L., and Plucinsky, Paul P. 2020. "Spatially Resolved Chandra Spectroscopy of the Large Magellanic Cloud Supernova Remnant N132D." The Astrophysical Journal 894:145. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab8a46 2020
- Antoniou, Vallia, Zezas, Andreas, Drake, Jeremy J., Badenes, Carles, Haberl, Frank, Wright, Nicholas J., Hong, Jaesub, Di Stefano, Rosanne, Gaetz, Terrance J., Long, Knox S., Plucinsky, Paul P., Sasaki, Manami, Williams, Benjamin F., Winkler, P. Frank, and SMC XVP collaboration. 2019. "Deep Chandra Survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud. III. Formation Efficiency of High-mass X-Ray Binaries." The Astrophysical Journal 887:20. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab4a7a 2019
- Xi, Long, Gaetz, Terrance J., Plucinsky, Paul P., Hughes, John P., and Patnaude, Daniel J. 2019. "The Expansion of the Forward Shock of 1E 0102.2-7219 in X-Rays." The Astrophysical Journal 874:14. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab09ea 2019
- Slane, Patrick, Lovchinsky, I., Kolb, C., Snowden, S. L., Temim, T., Blondin, J., Bocchino, F., Miceli, M., Chevalier, R. A., Hughes, J. P., Patnaude, Daniel J., and Gaetz, Terrance. 2018. "Investigating the Structure of Vela X." The Astrophysical Journal 865:86. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aada12 2018
- Garofali, Kristen, Williams, Benjamin F., Plucinsky, Paul P., Gaetz, Terrance J., Wold, Brian, Haberl, Frank, Long, Knox S., Blair, William P., Pannuti, Thomas G., Winkler, P. Frank, and Gross, Jacob. 2017. "Supernova remnants in M33: X-ray properties as observed by XMM-Newton." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 472:308-333. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1905 2017
- Binder, B., Gross, J., Williams, B. F., Eracleous, M., Gaetz, T. J., Plucinsky, Paul P., and Skillman, E. D. 2017. "The Effect of Variability on X-Ray Binary Luminosity Functions: Multiple-epoch Observations of NGC 300 with Chandra." The Astrophysical Journal 834:128. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/834/2/128 2017
- Binder, B., Williams, B. F., Kong, A. K. H., Gaetz, T. J., Plucinsky, Paul P., Skillman, E. D., and Dolphin, A. 2016. "Recurring X-ray outbursts in the supernova impostor SN 2010da in NGC 300." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 457:1636-1643. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw119 2016
- Hong, Jaesub, Antoniou, Vallia, Zezas, Andreas, Haberl, Frank, Drake, Jeremy J., Plucinsky, Paul P., Gaetz, Terrance, Sasaki, Manami, Williams, Benjamin, Long, Knox S., Blair, William P., Winkler, P. Frank, Wright, Nicholas J., Laycock, Silas, and Udalski, Andrzej. 2016. "SXP 214: An X-Ray Pulsar in the Small Magellanic Cloud, Crossing the Circumstellar Disk of the Companion." The Astrophysical Journal 826:4. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/826/1/4 2016
- Williams, Benjamin F., Wold, Brian, Haberl, Frank, Garofali, Kristen, Blair, William P., Gaetz, Terrance J., Kuntz, K. D., Long, Knox S., Pannuti, Thomas G., Pietsch, Wolfgang, Plucinsky, Paul P., and Winkler, P. Frank. 2015. "A Deep XMM-Newton Survey of M33: Point-source Catalog, Source Detection, and Characterization of Overlapping Fields." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 218:9. https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/218/1/9 2015
- Binder, B., Williams, B. F., Eracleous, M., Plucinsky, Paul P., Gaetz, T. J., Anderson, S. F., Skillman, E. D., Dalcanton, J. J., Kong, A. K. H., and Weisz, D. R. 2015. "The Chandra Local Volume Survey. I. The X-Ray Point Source Populations of NGC 55, NGC 2403, and NGC 4214." The Astronomical Journal 150:94. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/94 2015
- Sankrit, Ravi, Raymond, John C., Bautista, Manuel, Gaetz, Terrance J., Williams, Brian J., Blair, William P., Borkowski, Kazimierz J., and Long, Knox S. 2014. "Spitzer IRS Observations of the XA Region in the Cygnus Loop Supernova Remnant." The Astrophysical Journal 787:3. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/787/1/3 2014
- Sasaki, M., Plucinsky, Paul P., Gaetz, T. J., and Bocchino, F. 2013. "Chandra observation of the Galactic supernova remnant CTB 109 (G109.1-1.0)." Astronomy and Astrophysics 552:45. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220836 2013
- Raymond, John C., Ghavamian, Parviz, Williams, Brian J., Blair, William P., Borkowski, Kazimierz J., Gaetz, Terrance J., and Sankrit, Ravi. 2013. "Grain Destruction in a Supernova Remnant Shock Wave." The Astrophysical Journal 778:161. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/778/2/161 2013
- Binder, B., Williams, B. F., Eracleous, M., Gaetz, T. J., Kong, A. K. H., Skillman, E. D., and Weisz, D. R. 2013. "The Chandra Local Volume Survey: The X-Ray Point-source Population of NGC 404." The Astrophysical Journal 763:128. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/763/2/128 2013
- Binder, B., Williams, B. F., Eracleous, M., Gaetz, T. J., Plucinsky, Paul P., Skillman, E. D., Dalcanton, J. J., Anderson, S. F., Weisz, D. R., and Kong, A. K. H. 2012. "The Chandra Local Volume Survey: The X-Ray Point-source Catalog of NGC 300." The Astrophysical Journal 758:15. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/758/1/15 2012
- Binder, B., Williams, B. F., Eracleous, M., Garcia, Michael R., Anderson, S. F., and Gaetz, Terrance J. 2011. "A Deep Chandra Observation of the Wolf-Rayet Black Hole Binary NGC 300 X-1." The Astrophysical Journal 742 (2):https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/742/2/128 2011
- Binder, B., Williams, B. F., Eracleous, M., Seth, A. C., Dalcanton, J. J., Skillman, E. D., Weisz, D. R., Anderson, S. F., Gaetz, T. J., and Plucinsky, Paul P. 2011. "A Deep Chandra View of the NGC 404 Central Engine." The Astrophysical Journal 737:77. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/737/2/77 2011
- Binder, B., Williams, B. F., Kong, A. K. H., Gaetz, T. J., Plucinsky, Paul P., Dalcanton, J. J., and Weisz, D. R. 2011. "Chandra Detection of SN 2010da Four Months After Outburst: Evidence for a High-mass X-Ray Binary in NGC 300." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 739, L51. IOP Publishing, https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/739/2/L51. 2011
- Karovska, Margarita, Gaetz, Terrance J., Carilli, Christopher L., Hack, Warren, Raymond, John C., and Lee, Nicholas P. 2010. "A Precessing Jet in the CH Cyg Symbiotic System." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 710, L132–L136. IOP Publishing, https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/710/2/L132. 2010
- Sankrit, Ravi, Williams, Brian J., Borkowski, Kazimierz J., Gaetz, Terrance J., Raymond, John C., Blair, William P., Ghavamian, Parviz, Long, Knox S., and Reynolds, Stephen P. 2010. "Dust Destruction in a Non-radiative Shock in the Cygnus Loop Supernova Remnant." The Astrophysical Journal 712:1092-1099. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/712/2/1092 2010
- Tüllmann, R., Plucinsky, Paul P., Gaetz, T. J., Slane, P., Hughes, J. P., Harrus, I., and Pannuti, T. G. 2010. "Searching for the Pulsar in G18.95-1.1: Discovery of an X-ray Point Source and Associated Synchrotron Nebula with Chandra." The Astrophysical Journal 720:848-852. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/720/1/848 2010
- Tüllmann, Ralph, Long, Knox S., Pannuti, Thomas G., Winkler, P. F., Plucinsky, Paul P., Gaetz, Terrance J., Williams, Ben, Kuntz, Kip D., Pietsch, Wolfgang, Blair, William P., Haberl, Frank, and Smith, Randall K. 2009. "Chandra ACIS Survey of M33 (ChASeM33): The Enigmatic X-Ray Emission from IC131." The Astrophysical Journal 707:1361-1371. 2009
- Pietsch, Wolfgang, Haberl, Frank, Gaetz, Terrance J., Hartman, Joel D., Plucinsky, Paul P., Tllmann, Ralph, Williams, Benjamin F., Shporer, Avi, Mazeh, Tsevi, and Pannuti, Thomas G. 2009. "Detection of the Second Eclipsing High-Mass X-Ray Binary in M 33." The Astrophysical Journal 694:449-458. 2009
- Tüllmann, Ralph, Gaetz, Terrance J., Plucinsky, Paul P., Long, Knox S., Hughes, John P., Blair, William P., Winkler, P. Frank, Pannuti, Thomas G., Breitschwerdt, Dieter, and Ghavamian, Parviz. 2008. "The Chandra ACIS Survey of M33 (ChASeM33): Investigating the Hot Ionized Medium in NGC 604." The Astrophysical Journal 685:919-932. https://doi.org/10.1086/591019 2008
- Williams, Benjamin F., Gaetz, Terrance J., Haberl, Frank, Pietsch, Wolfgang, Shporer, Avi, Ghavamian, Parviz, Plucinsky, Paul P., Mazeh, T., Sasaki, Manami, and Pannuti, Thomas G. 2008. "The Chandra ACIS Survey of M33 (ChASeM33): Transient X-Ray Sources Discovered in M33." The Astrophysical Journal 680:1120-1131. 2008
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Location
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Academic Department
