Gaetz, Terrance
Fellowship Advisor Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory staffX-ray astronomy; supernova remnants; shock physics (radiative and nonradiative); astrophysical gas dynamics; computational physics and astrophysics.
Background And Education
Education And Training
- M.S., Cornell University
- Ph.D., Cornell University
- S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Publications
Selected Publications
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- Sacchi, Andrea, Karovska, Margarita, Raymond, John, Kashyap, Vinay, Gaetz, Terrance J., Hack, Warren, Kennea, Jamie, Lee, Nicholas, Mioduszewski, Amy J., and Claussen, Mark J. 2024. "Front-row Seat of the Recent R Aqr Periastron Passage: X-Ray Multiepoch Spectral and Spatial Analysis." The Astrophysical Journal, 961 12. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad12bb. 2024
- Long, Xi, Patnaude, Daniel J., Plucinsky, Paul P., and Gaetz, Terrance J. 2022. "The Proper Motion of the Pulsar J1124-5916 in the Galactic Supernova Remnant G292.0 1.8." The Astrophysical Journal, 932 117. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac704b. 2022
- 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, 655 A116. 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. 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. 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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- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Academic Department