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Montez, Rodolfo

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory staff

Expert on stellar evolution and stellar deaths. Studying multiwavelength observations of stars from the ground and space to better understand physical processes at the end of the star's life.

Providing user support materials for the Chandra X-ray Observatory.

Directing the multi-institutional Latino Initiative Bridge Program at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

Positions

Astrophysicist, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian 2016 -

Publications

Selected Publications

Article
- Bublitz, Jesse, Kastner, Joel H., Hily-Blant, Pierre, Forveille, Thierry, Santander-García, Miguel, Alcolea, Javier, Bujarrabal, Valentin, Wilner, David J., Montez, Rodolfo, and Aleman, Isabel. 2023. "Mapping NGC 7027 in New Light: CO and HCO Emission Reveal Its Photon- and X-Ray-dominated Regions." The Astrophysical Journal, 942 14. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aca405. 2023
- Moraga Baez, Paula, Kastner, Joel H., Balick, Bruce, Montez, Rodolfo, and Bublitz, Jesse. 2023. "Panchromatic HST/WFC3 Imaging Studies of Young, Rapidly Evolving Planetary Nebulae. II. NGC 7027." The Astrophysical Journal, 942 15. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aca401. 2023
- Toalá, J. A., González-Martín, O., Karovska, M., Montez, R., Botello, M. K., and Sabin, L. 2023. "Peering into the central region of a nano-quasar: XMM-Newton and Chandra views of the CH Cyg symbiotic system." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 522 6102–6114. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad1401. 2023
- Huang, Caroline D., Karovska, Margarita, Hack, Warren, Raymond, John C., Montez, Rodolfo, and Kashyap, Vinay L. 2023. "Shocks and Photoionization of the Inner 650 au Jet of the Interacting Binary Star R Aquarii from Multiwavelength Hubble Space Telescope Observations." The Astrophysical Journal, 947 11. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acc068. 2023
- Kastner, Joel H., Moraga Baez, Paula, Balick, Bruce, Bublitz, Jesse, Montez, Rodolfo, Frank, Adam, and Blackman, Eric. 2022. "Erratum: "Panchromatic HST/WFC3 Imaging Studies of Young, Rapidly Evolving Planetary Nebulae. I. NGC 6302" (2022, ApJ, 927, 100)." The Astrophysical Journal, 935 180. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac84d5. 2022
- Montez, Rodolfo, Luna, G. J. M., Mukai, K., Sokoloski, J. L., and Kastner, J. H. 2022. "Expanding Bipolar X-Ray Structure After the 2006 Eruption of RS Oph." The Astrophysical Journal, 926 100. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac4583. 2022
- Roulston, Benjamin R., Green, Paul J., Montez, Rodolfo, Filippazzo, Joseph, Drake, Jeremy J., Toonen, Silvia, Anderson, Scott F., Eracleous, Michael, and Frank, Adam. 2022. "New Clues to the Evolution of Dwarf Carbon Stars From Their Variability and X-Ray Emission." The Astrophysical Journal, 926 210. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac4706. 2022
- Kastner, Joel H., Moraga Baez, Paula, Balick, Bruce, Bublitz, Jesse, Montez, Rodolfo, Frank, Adam, and Blackman, Eric. 2022. "Panchromatic HST/WFC3 Imaging Studies of Young, Rapidly Evolving Planetary Nebulae. I. NGC 6302." The Astrophysical Journal, 927 100. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac51cd. 2022
- Vega, Laura D., Stassun, Keivan G., Montez, Rodolfo, Jr., Kamiński, Tomasz, Sabin, Laurence, Schlegel, Eric M., Vlemmings, Wouter H. T., Kastner, Joel H., Ramstedt, Sofia, and Boyd, Patricia T. 2021. "Multiwavelength Observations of the RV Tauri Variable System U Monocerotis: Long-term Variability Phenomena That Can Be Explained by Binary Interactions with a Circumbinary Disk." The Astrophysical Journal, 909 138. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abe302. 2021
- Ramstedt, S., Vlemmings, W. H. T., Doan, L., Danilovich, T., Lindqvist, M., Saberi, M., Olofsson, H., De Beck, E., Groenewegen, M. A. T., Höfner, S., Kastner, J. H., Kerschbaum, F., Khouri, T., Maercker, M., Montez, Rodolfo, Quintana-Lacaci, G., Sahai, R., Tafoya, D., and Zijlstra, A. 2020. "DEATHSTAR: Nearby AGB stars with the Atacama Compact Array. I. CO envelope sizes and asymmetries: A new hope for accurate mass-loss-rate estimates." Astronomy and Astrophysics, 640 A133. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201936874. 2020
- Bublitz, Jesse, Kastner, Joel, Hily-Blant, Pierre, Forveille, Thierry, Santander-García, Miguel, Bujarrabal, Valentin, Alcolea, Javier, and Montez, Rodolfo, Jr. 2020. "Irradiation Investigation: Exploring the Molecular Gas in NGC 7293." Galaxies, 8 32. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies8020032. 2020
- Green, Paul J., Montez, Rodolfo, Mazzoni, Fernando, Filippazzo, Joseph, Anderson, Scott F., De Marco, Orsola, Drake, Jeremy J., Farihi, Jay, Frank, Adam, Kastner, Joel H., Miszalski, Brent, and Roulston, Benjamin R. 2019. "A Chandra Study: Are Dwarf Carbon Stars Spun Up and Rejuvenated by Mass Transfer?" The Astrophysical Journal, 881 49. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab2bf4. 2019
- Bublitz, J., Kastner, J. H., Santander-García, M., Bujarrabal, V., Alcolea, J., and Montez, Rodolfo. 2019. "A new radio molecular line survey of planetary nebulae. HNC/HCN as a diagnostic of ultraviolet irradiation." Astronomy and Astrophysics, 625 A101. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201834408. 2019
- Ueta, T., Ladjal, D., Exter, K. M., Otsuka, M., Szczerba, R., Siódmiak, N., Aleman, I., van Hoof, P. A. M., Kastner, J. H., Montez, Rodolfo, McDonald, I., Wittkowski, M., Sandin, C., Ramstedt, S., De Marco, O., Villaver, E., Chu, Y. -H, Vlemmings, W., Izumiura, H., Sahai, R., Lopez, J. A., Balick, B., Zijlstra, A., Tielens, A. G. G. M., Rattray, R. E. et al. 2014. "The Herschel Planetary Nebula Survey (HerPlaNS). I. Data overview and analysis demonstration with NGC 6781." Astronomy and Astrophysics, 565 36. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423395. 2014

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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Academic Department